They soon became known as the "Peacekeepers," in recognition of their tireless efforts to prevent conflict between the factions. The other factions all failed in some degree to take this ideal seriously, but most of them retained a certain respect for Lal and his people. They came to regard themselves as the last extension of U.N. In the years after Planetfall, Lal and his followers remained loyal to the colony's charter. Only after Garland's death did he reluctantly lead a portion of the crew into one of the escape pods, to attempt the landing on Planet. He was also Captain Garland's closest friend, and remained loyal until the bitter end. Although he was not second-in-command aboard the starship, he was the senior officer most dedicated to the ideals embodied in the U.N. Pravin Lal was the Chief Surgeon aboard the Unity. The Peacekeepers can not make the "Police State" social choice.
Due to his experience with parliamentary maneuvering, Lal’s vote counts double when the Planetary Council isĬonvened for election of a Planetary Governor or Supreme Leader. Their bases can exceed normal population limits by 2. The idealism of this faction attracts an intellectual elite, but their society possesses a tendency towards bureaucratic inefficiency. They start the game with the Biogenetics technology. The Peacekeepers exist to support the humanitarian principles of the United Nations of Earth, the organization that originally commissioned the Unity expedition to Alpha Centauri.