[quote=@Ophidian]
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Oh, they're going be relentlessly bitchy about it. Rest assured.

I'm not sure if there's genuine hatred or if this is a case of two nations being tsundere on a [i]hitherto unobserved scale.[/i]
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I really like the idea of two extremely tsun-tsun communist nations. Besides, the Chairman of the Terran Union was a tankie back in the day and would be more excited by the idea of Neo-Soviets with space marines than mad about them being different.

[img]https://i.gyazo.com/98aced8d8eb056c5dd802184964f40c1.png[/img]
[img]https://i.gyazo.com/24203e6163667933d00b1e08dff99267.png[/img]

It checks out too.

[quote=@TheSovereignGrave]
Meanwhile the Simulacrum are wondering how a species who can't even inherently feel the emotions of others nearby managed to survive long enough to get into space without killing itself off.
[/quote]

All the Terran Union can say about that is "Yeah, we almost did."