Karl Barth understood this well when he wrote: «Strange as it may seem, it is still true, that those who fail to understand other churches than their own are not the people who care intensely about theology, but the theological dilettantes, eclectics, and historians of all sorts; while those very men who have found themselves
forced to confront a clear, thoroughgoing, logical sic et non find themselves
allied to each other in spite of all contradictions, by an underlying fellowship and understanding, even in the cause which they handle so differently and approach from such painfully
different angles.
As soon as you start the game you'll be prompted to
ally yourself with one of five
different factions, ranging from the Lin Kuei to the Special
Forces but oddly missing Scorpion's Shirai Ryu clan, and from then on everything you do, be it singleplayer or multiplayer, earns points that are added to your Faction's pool.