The Confederacy of Corporate Colonies

The group that pulls Doc's strings, the Confederacy of Corporate Colonies - or C3 for short - is probably one of those independently operating fragments of the Machine as discussed here previously, rather than being a totally independent group in their own right. I'm envisioning the Terrans from Starcraft but more corporate and full of manifest destiny. They likely only rule over the one future's timeline, but with eye towards further expansion - if they can just manipulate our pirate crew out of their way Of course, they've gotta be subtle about it, because our crew plays a pivotal role in the founding of C3. So they've gotta push us lightly or risk erasing their own history