Fringe Settlers

Specialities	Survival, Artifact Hunting
Introduced	0.20a

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The Forest will only be aggressive to those who show aggression to it first.

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The Fringe Settlers are a faction that appears in Survarium.

Overview[ | ]

The Fringe Settlers are another force that emerged after the apocalypse. What makes them different from the other factions is that they have learned to live in harmony with the new world, with the Forest.

Background[ | ]

They take their name from the fact that their main base is located at the border between the Forest and safe territory. Many people don't understand how it could come about that a Faction could be located on the very border with the Forest.

Rather than being scared they learned to live in harmony with it and the Forest the same. Their main idea is that the Forest may not always be dangerous and that one can co-exist with it. As opposed to just simple survival, they treat it as a religion. They have symbolism, things that simply cannot be explained rationally, and they use artifacts very frequently.

The Fringe Settlers are known to believe that in the future mankind will be able to live in harmony with the Forest. So they defend their beliefs, convince other forces of that and demonstrate by their own example that the Forest will only be aggressive to those who show aggression to it first.

Equipment[ | ]

The equipment of the Fringe Settlers is special in that the gear helps one survive in extreme conditions; in extremely low temperatures, anomalous impacts and so on. They're mostly focused on surviving in anomalous conditions.

Their more advanced suits are a sort of hybrid between man-made things and certain supernatural materials which the Fringe Settlers harvest from the Forest.

The faction's armament largely consists of Warsaw Pact guns with certain elements of NATO weaponry. In particular, their weapons are usually customised using harvested materials such as amulets and animal skins wrapped around the guns.

Equipment for sale[ | ]

Hunter (Rank 1)
	Mosin carbine	0
	Animal skin vest	1,000
	Animal skin pants	500
	Mocassins	250
	Antitoxin	20
?	Ghost	1,000
	"The Fringe Settlers" Hunter	1,000

Huntsman (Rank 2)
	PP-91 "Kedr"	2,500
	TOZ-34	2,000
	Malachite respirator	630
	Ranger jacket	2,500
	"Breeze" respiratory system	1,250
	Ranger pants	1,250
	Explorer's gloves	630
	Science Medkit	25

Wanderer (Rank 3)
	SKS	6,000
	Hunter's hood	3,000
	Hunter's jacket	6,000
	Hunter's pants	3,000
	Hunter's boots	1,500

Pathfinder (Rank 4)
	Benelli M4 Super 90	8,800
	APS	5,500
	Explorer's hat	5,500
	Gas mask "Smaragd"	2,750
	Explorer's jacket	11,000
	Dar 2M container	5,500
	Explorer's pants	5,500
	Explorer's boots	2,750

Devoted (Rank 5)
	PP-2000	20,000
	Warrior helmet	10,000
	Warrior jacket	20,000
	Warrior pants	10,000 }
	Stalker's boots	5,000
?	Hot sun	5,000

Elder (Rank 6)
	SV-98	42,000
	Stalker's jacket	35,000
	Stalker's pants	17,500
	Stalker's gloves	8,750

Soothsayer (Rank 7)
	Vepr	60,000
	Veles Helmet	30,000
	Veles Mask	15,000
	Veles Vest	60,000
	Token	30,000
	Veles Pants	30,000
	Sorcerer Gloves	15,000
	Sorcerer Boots	15,000

Master (Rank 8)
	RPK-74M	108,000
	Saiga-12K	72,000
	Master's hood	45,000
	Master bulletproof vest	90,000
	Master pants	45,000
	Master's gloves	22,500
	Master's boots	22,500

Keeper (Rank 9)
	VSK-94	120,000
	9A-91	120,000
	"Keeper" helmet	60,000
	"Keeper" mask	30,000
	Bulletproof vest "Keeper"	120,000
	"Wanderer" container	60,000
	"Keeper" pants	60,000
	Keeper's gloves	30,000
	Keeper's boots	30,000

Magister (Rank 10)
	VSSK "Vychlop"	192,000
	ASh-12	160,000
	"Pilgrim" helmet	80,000
	"Pilgrim" bulletproof vest	160,000
	"Pilgrim" container	80,000
	"Pilgrim" pants	80,000
	"Pilgrim" gloves	40,000
	"Pilgrim" boots	40,000
?	Huntsman	10,000
	The Fringe Settlers Magister	10,000