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## Faction choice

**Factions** are teams in Ingress. The two factions are the 인라이튼드 and 레지스탕스, who constantly fight each other for control over Portals and MU.

## Factions

There are two factions with contrary beliefs about Exotic Matter (XM), its intended and possible applications and about the Shapers and their motives that are fighting over the control of Portals as the primary source of Exotic Matter (XM) and Mind Units (MUs) in form of 컨트롤 필드 Δ.

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> **The 인라이튼드:** The 인라이튼드 seek harness the power of Exotic Matter to evolve mankind to a higher level.
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> **The 레지스탕스:** The 레지스탕스 seek to battle the forces that are attempting to use Exotic Matter to enslave humanity.
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> ### The ***인라이튼드***
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> > Motto: "Unlock your Mind"
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> (short: **ENL**, Agents colloquially also known as ***frogs***), represented green within the Scanner were founded by *Roland Jarvis*, a sculptor and former member of the Niantic Project. The 인라이튼드 favour ***progress*** and believe that the Exotic Matter (XM) could shape the future of humanity and allow it to reach its full potential. They want to embrace the new possibilities that come with the Exotic Matter (XM) and think that they should be made available for everyone along with all knowledge. In their mind Exotic Matter (XM) is the path to epiphany, elevation and enlightenment. While the 레지스탕스 is convinced the Shapers are here for their own purposes and want to protect humanity from the Shaper influence, the 인라이튼드 believe that the Shapers have existed since the beginning of mankind and are the reason for mankind's progress from the Stone age into the modern era and that the Shapers are trying to help humanity evolve.
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> (short: **RES**, Agents colloquially also known as ***smurfs***), represented blue within the Scanner, are lead by *ADA* (full name: *A Detection Algorithm*), an artificial intelligence developed by Niantic Project researchers to assist in their research of Exotic Matter (XM) but which became self-aware after being exposed to the latter. The 레지스탕스 favours ***stability*** and believes that the Exotic Matter (XM) is dangerous and should be contained along with all knowledge. They are at best sceptical about the new possibilities that come with the Exotic Matter (XM). In their mind Exotic Matter (XM) is part of a 'hostile takeover of the mind' and they are the only thing standing in the way. While the 인라이튼드 are convinced that the Shapers have existed since the beginning of mankind and are the reason for mankind's progress from the Stone age into the modern era and that the Shapers are trying to help humanity evolve, the 레지스탕스 believes the Shapers are here for their own purposes and want to protect humanity from the Shaper influence.
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Overall the 인라이튼드 seek to use Exotic Matter (XM) to progress mankind along its evolutionary path through art, music, science, and education whereas the 레지스탕스 aims to keep Exotic Matter (XM) in lockdown and believe it should be studied to hopefully be utilised to help evolve mankind on its own terms, preventing the Shapers from fulfilling any unknown ulterior motives they may have.

Due to the difference in perspective over the Shapers and their motives, and the appropriate utilisation of Exotic Matter (XM), the 레지스탕스 and the 인라이튼드 exist in a perpetual state of conflict on Earth.

## Faction Change

같이 보기: Recurse
**Faction Change** (**FC**) is an act of changing one's present faction to the opposite side.

There are three ways to change one's faction:

* When an Agent reaches 레벨 16​ (40M AP), they can request Recursion, with the possibility to change factions. This resets the Level to 레벨 1​, but the Agent keeps their items.
* Agents can request a **Faction Change** (**FC**) via a support ticket from Niantic; requests may not be approved if there is no sufficient justification. Unlike Recursion, all Agent's owned items and entities will be destroyed, and their inventory is cleared; the Agent will start again as 레벨 1​ with 0 AP. However, Agent's username, stats and badges remain. Even though Niantic officially states that only one **FC** is allowed per Agent, there have been rare exceptions to this rule.
* New Agents will be given the choice to switch their faction once they reach 40 000 AP. Switching faction at this point **does not reset the Agent to 레벨 1​** and they will keep all their items. This choice can only be made once, and if the Agent declines to change faction, they will need to Recurse or open a Support Ticket to change their faction after that.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ingress Video: "Welcome to Ingress" (05. November 2018) [YouTube]
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ingress Video: "Ingress Prime - Out Now" (05. November 2018) [YouTube]
3. ↑ https://support.ingress.com/hc/en-us/articles/206617398-How-do-I-change-my-faction-or-my-codename-
4. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Ingress/comments/3brtcp/faction\_change\_completed/

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