RDN's Lucifer (nerthos)'s status on Monday, 08-Apr-13 11:00:07 UTC
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@ceruleanspark Exactly. The NCR is living off the work of others, whilst claiming they are what's best for the people. The Legion is strong, and each soldier is more fierce and full of conviction than those of other factions, but they're armed with machetes and leather armor. Against proper soldiers with real state-of-the-art equipment and training, they'll be crushed. And even if they by miracle succeed, a military empire only survives as long as there's something to conquer. A society based in pure strenght where climbing in the social ladder means chopping the heads of those whose place you want can't survive in peace, because they'll destroy themselves as soon as the fearsome figure that commands them (namely Caesar, "father" of their society, and Lanius, gauntleted fist of Caesar's will) dies and they no longer fear retaliation. With slaves to do their work and no one to fight, they'll quickly grow restless and anxious.
