A guild of highly skilled workers, including mechanics, engineers, and technicians, vital for keeping Rouktu’s infrastructure operational.
Engineering excellence, precision repairs, and the maintenance of critical industrial and spacefaring systems.
Industrial Machinery Maintenance – Keeping heavy equipment in operation despite wear, damage, or sabotage.
Starship & Spacecraft Repair – Restoring complex systems in docks, orbit, or the field.
Automated System Oversight – Maintaining and troubleshooting automated production and defense systems.
Field Engineering & Improvisation – Repairing with limited resources or under extreme time pressure.
The Forge Pact – A guild-wide agreement that binds members together in mutual protection and ensures fair negotiation with employers.
Guild Halls & Workshops – Well-equipped bases in major industrial centers, serving as repair hubs, training facilities, and social gathering points.
Rapid Deployment Teams – Specialized crews that can be dispatched on short notice to repair critical systems in crisis situations.
Guildmaster – Oversees the Masidna’s strategic direction and negotiates high-level contracts.
Forge Council – Elected representatives from various industrial sectors, responsible for guild policy and dispute resolution.
Master Mechanics – Senior engineers who lead crews and mentor apprentices.
Strike Crews – Rapid-response repair teams deployed to emergency sites.
Journeymen & Apprentices – Skilled workers in training, progressing toward full guild membership.
The Masidna are respected as the indispensable backbone of Rouktu’s mechanical and industrial stability—without their skills, mines would grind to a halt, starships would remain grounded, and automated systems would fail. Their reputation for precision, adaptability, and fast response in crises makes them sought-after by warlords, corporate powers, and independent traders alike. However, their guild loyalty and collective bargaining under the Forge Pact make them a thorn in the side of those who prefer cheap, compliant labor. To their allies, they are problem-solvers and miracle-workers; to their rivals, they are stubborn, slow to compromise, and unwilling to bow to outside authority.
Ruvkebagi (Industrial Laborers) – While they share the same industrial sectors, Ruvkebagi often see the Masidna as elitist, claiming the guild demands higher pay and better conditions while the miners endure the harshest labor. Disputes over safety standards and machinery upkeep can quickly escalate.
Gavpi (Merchant Caste) – The Gavpi frequently attempt to undercut Masidna contracts or force them into exclusivity deals. The Masidna view such moves as a threat to their independence and a way to turn them into corporate vassals.
Helion Combine (Financial Power) – The Combine’s cost-cutting measures, debt contracts, and monopolistic control of resources clash with the Masidna’s insistence on fair pay and safe working environments. In return, the Combine sees the guild as an obstacle to maximizing profits.
Soahtti (Paramilitary Enforcers) – Tensions flare when the Soahtti are hired to “enforce” corporate demands on the guild, especially during labor disputes. Masidna crews have been known to sabotage Soahtti equipment when pushed too far.
Drusari Syndicate (Shadow Empire) – The Syndicate tries to coerce or bribe Masidna engineers into aiding smuggling operations or disabling security systems. While some individuals have been tempted, the guild as a whole sees the Syndicate as a corrosive influence.
The Masidna are the indispensable keepers of Rouktu’s mechanical lifeblood. From the heart of industrial cities to remote shipyards, their hands ensure that engines turn, lights stay on, and machines hum with life. They maintain everything from towering ore processors to delicate starship guidance arrays, often working in dangerous environments where a single mistake could cripple entire operations.
Bound together by the Forge Pact, the Masidna operate as both a professional guild and a mutual defense network, negotiating contracts, protecting workers’ rights, and ensuring fair treatment for their members. They are respected for their skill, but their influence in contract disputes sometimes earns them enemies among powerful owners and impatient overseers.
Masidna crews are trained to improvise under pressure, scavenging parts, bypassing damaged systems, and restoring critical function before disaster strikes. Whether in the heat of a foundry, the vacuum of a space dock, or the cramped innards of a mining crawler, the Masidna motto holds true: the machine fails only when they do.