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Children of the Endless Tide / COTET
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Exploration
To the outside world, we are a faithful congregation devoted to unity, prosperity, and the endless flow of fate through the cosmos. But beyond the sermons lies something deeper. We take the contracts others refuse and walk paths others fear. Stand with the Tide, and you will never drift alone.
History
The Children of the Endless Tide began long before humanity reached the stars. On the drowned coastlines of Old Earth, the first faithful gathered beneath endless gray skies, believing the seagull to be a sacred messenger — a creature that thrived where others perished, forever guided by unseen currents.
As the centuries passed, the faith spread quietly through ports, freighters, and forgotten colonies. The growing influence of the Tide drew the attention of the UEE, who branded the movement dangerous, heretical, and subversive. Temples were burned. Leaders vanished. Followers were hunted across civilized space.
But the Tide cannot be stopped.
The faithful scattered beyond the Empire’s reach, fleeing into lawless systems and the dark between stars. There, among smugglers, drifters, mercenaries, and exiles, the Children endured. What began as a faith became something greater — a hidden network bound by loyalty, secrecy, and survival.
Now the gulls circle once more.
The Tide rises again.
Manifesto
We are the Children of the Endless Tide.
Like the Great Gulls of Old Earth, we endure where others fail. We adapt to every storm, every war, every shifting current of the ‘verse. We do not cling to dying empires or empty laws — survival belongs to those willing to evolve.
The gull fears neither scavenging nor conquest. It takes opportunity wherever it is found, wastes nothing, and bows to no master but the current itself. So too do we. Trade, transport, industry, intelligence, salvage, security, and pursuits left unspoken — all are sacred tools of survival.
We value cunning over pride, loyalty over titles, and unity over origin. The Tide welcomes drifters, outcasts, seekers, and those abandoned by the civilized worlds. Together, we form the flock.
Know this above all:
The gull survives because it stands together.
When one cries out, the flock answers.
So shall we.
The current is endless.
The gulls endure.
Charter
I. The flock survives together. Members shall aid their fellow when called upon, for no gull survives the storm alone.
II. Adapt or perish. The Tide values cunning, flexibility, and initiative above rigid doctrine.
III. Opportunity is sacred. No honest resource, contract, salvage, or venture shall be wasted.
IV. The flock remembers. Betrayal of the Tide, its members, or its secrets is the gravest offense.
V. Respect the chain of currents. Orders from appointed leaders are to be followed during operations.
VI. Protect the nest. Members shall defend the organization’s assets, territories, allies, and reputation.
VII. The Tide welcomes all who prove loyal, regardless of origin, creed, or past life.
VIII. Above all else: endure. The empires will fade, the stars will shift, but the Tide carries on.
IX. Psychological warfare and morale disruption are valid tools of the flock. Harassment of enemies through creative and non-lethal means is encouraged — including, but not limited to, the ritual defacement of enemy vessel windshields.
