[x] Path of Ancients
Here's why.
I know people feel that we're locking other tech bases but does it really? Their technologies follows the same laws of physics just applied differently. If the the laws of physics was different then our from our home reality then our technology base should have faced catastrophic failures the moment we entered this universe.
Since our technology is still working, then we can conclude that the laws of physics are identical if not the same as our previous universe. Then there's nothing preventing us from making our own observation, our own research, using our own tools and using the data that we've gathered to unlock those technologies in our own techbase.
Hence, we can make our own imperial analogues of Xeno technology without having to go the long arduous process of trying to reverse engineering, not to mention the compatibility issues that might crop up in the process.
I know people calling research on Xeno tech as heresy if we choose the path of the ancients. Does it matter? No one's going to reverse engineer their technology but we can certainly figure out a way to counter or unlock in own on tech-base.
Here's an example for Halo. For instance halo Slipspace drives use micro black holes to tear the fabric of reality and push the ship into slip space. Does it prevent us from studying how black holes and micro black holes and how we could apply the same process to gain the same result is heresy now?
Wouldn't that mean that the very laws physics itself is heresy at its core? because Xenos are also using the same physical laws. They just happen to apply it differently to enable their technologies to function
Biological process? HERESY!
Electrons? They exist on Xeno tech; must be heresy!
Protons? They exist on Xeno tech; must be heresy!
Micro Black holes? They're used on Xeno tech; must be heresy!
Ergo everyone is a heretic and should be burn to the ground!
As long as it operates under the laws reality then can make our own analogues...no need to copy non imperial xeno
shit.
One of the end game tech is machine spirit singularity STC that possess the ability to not just store information but also to produce new designs to meet changing circumstances. It makes XCOM tactics useless if we can make roll out new technologies faster, not to mention they're harder to reverse engineer.
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I feel that Path of Sovereigns is just taking best pieces of technology and making it our own. That's nice and awesome but it doesn't feel as great as making your homebrew technology that functions the same, works the same and just as good as what you're trying to copy. It feels like we're just hunting for advance Xeno
STCs tech similar to how the Mechanicus hunted for STCs back in our homeworld.
Isn't the point of the new quest of knowledge is to innovate, can you copying xeno tech and integrating it to your tech base but claim it as innovation is the highest form of tech heresy! You didn't innovate, you didn't create, you didn't discover, you've merely replicated the fruits of Xeno research and development and labeled it innovation. There's also no reason for Xeno tech to become magically more hardened at corruption than standard imperium tech. And tech obfuscation is a hell lot harder than slapping a waithbone on top of it.
When you see a Xeno technology that far outstrips human technology, you shouldn't fawn of how advance it is, you should be disgusted of the fact the Humans have been out done by Xenos! Instead it shouldinspire you to want to exceed what Xeno's have achieved using human technology and why our techbase isn't in inferior to Xeno tech. (R&D intensifies)
Humanity must master its own destiny, and fuck non-imperial tech because we can do better with given enough time, effort and motivation and we also no cutting corner just to gain access to some fancy xeno trinkets.
But seriously the truth is this is cutting corners to gain access to advance xeno tech can mean sacrificing knowledge and productivity. It would also screw us over if there's someone familiar with XCOM tactics (Most likely Umojians)
