The Firaxians are the hidden eighth faction in Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. They can be accessed by opening the Faction Editor, going to "Load Faction", and either typing in "sid" (to set Sid Meier as faction leader) or "brian" (to set Brian Reynolds as faction leader) as the faction to load. Once loaded and saved, the Firaxians can be added to a game. The Firaxians do not start the game with any positive or negative societal traits, but receive one free technology, Singularity Mechanics, allowing them to build units with singularity engines from the start of the game.