The Cause is a group of allied organizations secretly working to oppose the Principality invasion and occupation of Palisade.
The Millennium Break side of the Cause is commanded by Gucci Garantine. Each of the factions is named after a color and a water feature according to Gucci's whims.
Factions
Blue Channel
The faction composed of the Blue Channel's crew. Supported by some Twill people.
Jade Kill
A military faction, based in Joyous Guard, that "opposes with direct assaults and force". Jade Kill is led by August Righteousness and his Delegate liberation group, Reunion. It is supported by Kalar Anakalar's Giantkillers and a wing of Swordbreakers.
Violet Cove
Based in the Isle of the Broken Key, Violet Cove is a strange faction that "opposes with the weird and unexplained". It is comprised of two distinct cults - the Cult of Devotion and the Dim Liturgy - as well as newly-arrived forces from the Twilight Mirage.
Violet Cove has been found by Asepsis to harbour a number of BIS spies.[1]
Grey Pond
A group of suppliers that "opposes with new equipment or supplies", based out of the hills of Sinder Karst. Grey Pond is comprised of blue-collar revolutionaries from the Oxblood Clan, the Company of the Spade, and the Concrete Front.
Carmine Bight
A group of adventurers which "opposes with bold action and unpredictable tactics", based out of Rifle Island. They are submarine pilots and submarine pirates, long descendants of the Herringbone Flotilla and Lineage Brighton. Carmine Bight is led by Captain Skelton Knaggs and "guided by a coalition of Hyphan navigators".
Rose River
A research unit that "opposes with ingenuity and curiosity", based out of New Oath. This faction contains not only Véronique, Fealty, and their supporters, but also an NEH Sleep Detachment squad from over 5,000 years ago. Lonny and T from the Twilight Mirage "godspeed, glory" episode descriptions are members. Rose River is melancholy and dreamlike, hoping for "a day when they can be something other than soldiers."