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Meanwhile, in Cardia's bunkers: "Aliens and mutants; Exterminate" "THEY WILL DIE THIS DAY!" "We must clear all impurities." "ALL SHALL FEAR THE AUTARCH'S WRATH!" "None shall pass unscaved." "THE ALIENS SHALL SUFFER THE ULTIMATE PUNISHMENT!" "The aliens shall burn!" ANOINT THEM WITH THEIR OWN BLOOD!

Come and get it space Hirolini... We have biscuits :D

I'll kill you, your biscuits, and then anoint myself with YOUR blood! For I am SPESS JESUS!!!!!!!!!

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I know this is Space Opera and all, but are we talking literally 1200 years of nonstop wars? If so that would leave a pretty reduced population, that and they must be bred pretty much for just war, since otherwise they would revolt at some point or another .-.

Well, nonstop wars was an exaggeration but when they weren't fighting they were usually prepared for one.
A kilonova explosion sent neutron star fragments to dozens of star systems and it critically changed them. Many previously habitable planets became barren rocks, while the surviving civilizations needed to live in a radically changed environment. Morte managed to adapt to their death world relatively unchanged but apparently all the other aliens sorts of went insane from the radiation and grew warlike. To them it was attacking either others or their own so they chose the former.

Anyways you're not wrong on that Morteans are reproducing like rabbits. Even with their technology and slightly adapted physiology every third newborn dies. They also used cloning at times albeit the records on its extend are unclear, same for genetic experiments on the population. Anyways for living for a decade in "peace" the Morte is already struggling with overpopulation thus the current plot in the IC.

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I'll kill you, your biscuits, and then anoint myself with YOUR blood! For I am SPESS JESUS!!!!!!!!!

Pff... Space Jesus... It's not like such a thing exists or something...

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Pff... Space Jesus... It's not like such a thing exists or something...

He's space God, not Space Jesus.

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He's space God, not Space Jesus.

No, he isnt space god... God didnt sacrifise himself for mankind, Jesus did according to the new testament. :P

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No, he isnt space god... God didnt sacrifise himself for mankind, Jesus did. :P

If anything, Ollanius Pius would be Space Jesus, sacrificing himself so Space God could cast out Space Satan.

<Snipped quote by Alfhedil>Well, nonstop wars was an exaggeration but when they weren't fighting they were usually prepared for one.
A kilonova explosion sent neutron star fragments to dozens of star systems and it critically changed them. Many previously habitable planets became barren rocks, while the surviving civilizations needed to live in a radically changed environment. Morte managed to adapt to their death world relatively unchanged but apparently all the other aliens sorts of went insane from the radiation and grew warlike. To them it was attacking either others or their own so they chose the former.

Anyways you're not wrong on that Morteans are reproducing like rabbits. Even with their technology and slightly adapted physiology every third newborn dies. They also used cloning at times albeit the records on its extend are unclear, same for genetic experiments on the population. Anyways for living for a decade in "peace" the Morte is already struggling with overpopulation thus the current plot in the IC.

You'd think a One Child policy would be drafted, implemented, and enforced by this point.

Or maybe sterilization on a massive scale would suffice.

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If anything, Ollanius Pius would be Space Jesus, sacrificing himself so Space God could cast out Space Satan.

By that logic Sanguinius would be space Jesus aswell, plus those 3 custodes.

Not like the stealth drive would make any difference in this situation. If your sensors picked up me exiting slipspace you would know where to look anyway.

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By that logic Sanguinius would be space Jesus aswell, plus those 3 custodes.

Actually, only Sanguinius died before the Emperor arrived. Then, Ollanius Pius (it's been changed to a Custodes apparently but the Guard doesn't believe that crap) shows up and sacrifices himself. So yes, two Space Jesuses.

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Industry and economy would be wrecked aswell I guess.

EDIT: doesnt mean it's impossible I guess. There is a certain SciFi faction which has been at constant war for more then 10.000 years... But they are an Imperium spanning over millions of stars.

More like they were forced to become increasingly more ridiculous with it.
Their systems are basically filled with fortifications and factory complexes.
Uninhabited star systems are basically nothing but a gigantic resource pool for them to feed this tiny monster. The enemy wanted so they grew to give them a fight which they regret.

Although the more I think about it, the more it seems like the gaps between wars may have been too big.
Gotta add some more beligerent alien races they met
Unless I wish to make it something like the "32nd Luxon War"
Well, that can work, too.

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Actually, only Sanguinius died before the Emperor arrived. Then, Ollanius Pius (it's been changed to a Custodes apparently but the Guard doesn't believe that crap) shows up and sacrifices himself. So yes, two Space Jesuses.

Ooh well... I've only got one thing to say: They were all lapdogs of the false Emperor. BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! THE AGE OF THE FALSE EMPEROR IS OVER AT LAST!

<Snipped quote by Zoldyck>More like they were forced to become increasingly more ridiculous with it.
Their systems are basically filled with fortifications and factory complexes.
Uninhabited star systems are basically nothing but a gigantic resource pool for them to feed this tiny monster. The enemy wanted so they grew to give them a fight which they regret.

Although the more I think about it, the more it seems like the gaps between wars may have been too big.
Gotta add some more beligerent alien races they met
Unless I wish to make it something like the "32nd Luxon War"
Well, that can work, too.

Or you just shorten the war period from 1200 years to something like 400 years :P

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Or you just shorten the war period from 1200 years to something like 400 years :P

This would be more sensible.

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You'd think a One Child policy would be drafted, implemented, and enforced by this point.

Or maybe sterilization on a massive scale would suffice.

It could.
The government just refuses to do it, fearing they might be intentionally weakening themselves for the next war which can happen any time.
It's been a few decades since then but they're still adamant about it.
Thus they do it the other way.
By establishing a new habitat for them.
At this point the government doesn't even care if many of the colonists die.
Ironically, Sterbstahl does.

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Or you just shorten the war period from 1200 years to something like 400 years :P

I could but that won't be sufficiently long to establish other changes in them compared to how they were before.
That and I slightly wrote myself in the corner by saying the autocratic system was established with the first war.
Perhaps there was a few centuries of peace after the first few wars?
May explain how did the Morte recover before they became the way like they are now.

<Snipped quote by Zoldyck>I could but that won't be sufficiently long to establish other changes in them compared to how they were before.
That and I slightly wrote myself in the corner by saying the autocratic system was established with the first war.
Perhaps there was a few centuries of peace after the first few wars?
May explain how did the Morte recover before they became the way like they are now.

Yeah, honestly having nonstop wars over 1200 years is a bit over the top. Throwing in some periods of stability and restructuring would make it a more solid concept and give more realism and depth to the civ.

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Yeah, honestly having nonstop wars over 1200 years is a bit over the top. Throwing in some periods of stability and restructuring would make it a more solid concept and give more realism and depth to the civ.

Well, I never said they were in non-stop war.
Small "peace" periods were always in my mind. I just haven't realized how big the gaps would be if I give such low numbers for the various wars.
So let's say the last Luxon War was the 13rd.
Give even more weight behind why the Morteans are so throughly drilled against somebody ambushing them via hyperspace jumps.
Luxons are the second place after the Ix on their asshole list.

I wanna fight you @Willy Vereb, I think you know why.
@Durandal I want to ally you, so that you may drill hostility and arcane FTL travel down the membrane of my people. (metaphor)

I wanna fight you @Willy Vereb, I think you know why.
@Durandal I want to ally you, so that you may drill hostility and arcane FTL travel down the membrane of my people. (metaphor)

Would you settle for not-arcane FTL?