Lord's Believers (SMAC)

The Lord's Believers are a faction in Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. Led by Sister Miriam Godwinson, this faction believes in dominionism.
==Faction characteristics==
* +2 Support (Citizens eager to defend faith)
* +1 Probe (Devout believers difficult to brainwash)
* -2 Research (Suspicious of secular science)
* -1 Planet (Believe Planet is their promised land)
* Aggression Aggressive
* Priorities Explore, Conquer
* Starting Tech Social Psych
* Agendas Fundamentalist (Politics)
* Aversion Knowledge (Values)
* Special bonuses When attacking other factions, units gain a +25% attack bonus
* Accumulates no research points until MY 2110.
Although Miriam is not herself restricted from using the Democratic and Police State politics choice, an AI-controlled Miriam will take offense at a player's choices of such.
==Leader's defining quote==
The righteous need not cower before the drumbeat of human progress. Though the song of yesterday fades into the challenge of tomorrow, God still watches and judges us. Evil lurks in the datalinks as it lurked in the streets of yesteryear. But it was never the streets that were evil.
-- Sister Miriam Godwinson, "The Blessed Struggle"
==Writings==
* The Blessed Struggle
* We Must Dissent
* The Collected Sermons
* But for the Grace of God
==List of bases==
===Land===
# New Jerusalem
# Great Conclave
# Great Zion
# Far Jericho
# Redemption Base
# Children of God
# Noah’s Rainbow
# The Voice of God
# Judgement Seat
# Valley of the Faithful
# Blessed Redeemer
# The Glory of God
# New Eden
# Terrible Swift Sword
# Time of Salvation
# Eternal Reward
# The Lord’s Mercy
# Righteous Sentence
# Throne of God
# The Rapture
# The Lord’s Wrath
# The Lord’s Grace
# The Hand of God
# The Coming of the Lord
# Sanctity Base
# The Lord’s Chosen
# Hallowed Ground
# The Lord’s Gift
# Divinity Base
# The Word of God
# Revelation Base
# The Holy Fire
# The Lord’s Truth
# Blessed Saviour
# From On High
# Godwinson’s Hope
# House of Martyrs
===Water===
# He Walked on Water
# Loaves and Fishes
# Belly of the Whale
# Fisher of Men
# Port Grace
# Water to Wine
# Consecrated Waters
==Trivia==
* The leader of the Lord's Believers is voiced by Gretchen Weigel.
==External links==
* Official website profile of Miriam