She also managed to fully fortify the local warp (fortefeting level 100), making it into her own realm separate from the outside where her domain can manifest in perpetuity
Does it have permanent consequences or can this be undone fast if she is unlucky?
Does it mean anyone trying to pass into our world through the warp would do it through the realm of an hostile god, or can the chaos gods deal with it?
Does it have any consequences for feng shui, considering that feng shui effect how the warp look to create an effect.
Other similar stuff that it means? Like can she construct stuff like Tzeench's library or Khorne's forges inside for benefits?
There is no way this could be undone without a lot of effort and the time to invest that effort.
The fortification level can drop but this would be done by battering down the defense of the relm rather then directly opposing Kuvara energy investment.
Does it mean anyone trying to pass into our world through the warp would do it through the realm of an hostile god, or can the chaos gods deal with it?
She should be able to but dint expect anything in a while, normally things like that take centuries to build and wind as a concept is less suprtive of them.
She should be able to but dint expect anything in a while, normally things like that take centuries to build and wind as a concept is less suprtive of them.
I've had some time and had the urge to write about the empire ruling system.
We'll start from the top, shikatu is an absolute monarch, his control over the state organs is all but total (seeing as how he taught many of those who hold the posts and a good deal of them are by this point his worshipers), his control over the army isn't as absolute but mostly because the vast majority of it is based regionally (although this is starting to change with the slow mobilization going on) but even he didn't control it at all it wouldn't matter as he can decimate the entire army alone and he dos possess absolute control over pretty much all the cultivators of the empire (with the only cultivator force that could challenge you being the five sects your former students).
Add the fact that most of the empire worship either you or Kuvara and Shiaktu can pretty much do anything he wants. The only thing stopping him is his own rules and his wisdom telling him that being ham-fisted and a tyrant about everything would lead to instability and problems.
This total control would be a problem if he (And kekita) ever died and the crown passed to someone else but seeing as how they wont the complete and respect and subservience of pretty much the main power of the empire (the cultivator) and the currant existing rules it won't be as bad as it could. Shikatu still crafted a few hidden documents to be passed as law if this were to ever happen that would mitigate many of the problems.
Now Shikatu might be an absolute ruler but he does very little actual ruling (his time is too valuable for that) he is mostly present for the big policy meetings and is available if something rises to the level of needing his attention, he also makes a few appearances in public events every now and then and he uses his supernatural abilities to keep up with reports so he knows what going on and can detect if something is amiss.
He also have a public court session every month for a few hours, mostly people come for two reasons, either for healing (in which case they are directed to one of the healers that are around just for that) or for a blessing (often for newly born) those sessions aren't being screened so form to time someone comes in with a really petty issue or something idiotic but there are two reason it isn't being screened, the first is that the effect of every citizen in the empire could go straight to the emperor for their problems dos a lot maintain loyalty and reduce unrest (even if they won't or can't actually do that) and the second is that it prevent corruption both in the selection process and in the case where someone comes to report local corruption or abuses of power (which dos happen from time to time).
Anyway, I've said that Shikatu doesn't actually rule that much. He mostly delegates that actual act of ruling to his council, which is composed of the many ministers and organizations of the empire (every minster gets a seat, each of the five province governors get to assign someone a seat, the faith gets a seat, the bureaucracy, the hunters and so on and so on) this council deals with the day to day act of acutely ruling and carrying out Shikatu will (or at least passing it out to the people who will).
Below this council are the five governors, there are five provinces in the empire (central, north, west, east and south) each one is assigned a governor by the emperor (which is delegated to the council most of the time) for a period of ten years which is then extended ten years at a time unless something bad happens. Those governors are responsible in managing the province assigned to them, helping with the empire projects, enforcing the rules and furthering local incentives.
The governors then assign mayors to the large cities (who are responsible just for their cities and the surrounding villages) while large neighborhoods and villages choose representatives to a local council meant to help and counter act the authority of the assigned mayor.
There is – of course- a central bureaucracy which is responsible for things like collecting taxes and so on.
Okey, a small status update, I've been in a rut this past week and I haven't actually done all that much writing/editing (I did start a new quest, which is basically my way to burn it out) I did edit both of the main sheets but I still have the rest to do.
I'll do them slowly over the weekend and we'll see if I also manage to push out T15 during that time
Side note is there a word limit on posts? Because the character sheet is like 23k words by now.
Divine body remove our limits, what does it mean in practice, can we chug steroids while letting our regeneration handle the side effect and just grow like that, do we need to dedicate time to sports? Can we do something like use artificial gravity device to progressively increase the gravity on us?
Divine body remove our limits, what does it mean in practice, can we chug steroids while letting our regeneration handle the side effect and just grow like that, do we need to dedicate time to sports? Can we do something like use artificial gravity device to progressively increase the gravity on us?
It removes your limit on growth, so you grow taler, border and stronger as you age and actually training your muscles would give you more than normal (to a point) you'll get to the peak of this physical enhancement (the point where diminishing returns start really hitting you) without any investment in like 2 turns.
I'm really hoping I didn't forget anything but here is the new armed force tab (with the old one now being defunct), I still have a few more bookkeeping things to do before I'm going to fully work on turn 15 so it's probably isn't going to go out tomorrow but I'm going to make the effort so it won't be another week.
Please do ask is something isn't understandable enough also, note the approximate number is per unit "stack" rather than just the entirety of the force.
Army forces.
2x Elder flight (Approx. 150 keku)- old and powerful, the elder flight is a unit like no other, one hundred and fifty second steps working in tendon are akin to a force of nature, their skill and might is enough for them to stand and route any of your enemies' forces… for a time. pitched battle would wear on their Qi reserves and with it the elder flight effectiveness, still powerful, still skilled and still armed with the best the empire can manage yet not the force of nature they once were.
4x (+ 5 from the five sects) Doomsworn (Approx. 1000 Keku)- the Doomsworn (look, we need some badass names here) are the finest of the keku, cultivators one and all, they are the strongest, fastest and smartest of your race. Adorned with the best of the best they take up arms to defense their race. Their resolve is all but unbreakable and non but the greatest of your enemies may pose a threat for them.
21x (Approx. 5,000 keku) Mobile hover infantry- the elites of the keku, heavily armed and armored and trained to the highest of standards. Their roll is to be shock troopers to reinforce the lines were needed and beat the enemy back. Their hover vehicles give them both mobility and speed comparable to keku flight as well as providing an iron shell to hide behind. Their standard armament consists of a heavy lasgun, a light bolter sidearm and heavy armor, this saps their stamina rapidly -especially if they need to fly for more than brief instances- to correct for this their vehicles have been designed to be ridden into battle and to allow a quick disembark into the sky or the ground.
20x (Approx. 10,000 keku) Motorized infantry- remnants of the past, the again vehicles of the motorized corps can still possess a use, ferrying soldiers to the fronts swiftly and with heavier equipment, much like the hover infantry, the motorized infantry carry a heavy lasgun as their primary armament and are more heavily armed then regular infantry -if not to the extent of the hover ones-.
75x (Approx. 13,000 keku) Infantry- trained and armed, the infantry corps are the meat of your forces and represent the line of battle. They are meant to delay the enemy by any mean for heavier asset to get into position. Carrying a lasgun and lightly armored speed and maneuverability is their advantage.
140x (Approx 15,000 keku) Armed militia/garrisons- armed with lasguns but more heavily armored Armed militia/garrisons- armed with light lasguns but more heavily armored the garrison's purpose is to occupy and deafened cities and fortress, with their purpose requiring less speed and consuming less stamina then other infantry units their armor is comparable to the mobile hover infantry but costs constraints leave their armaments lighter. Generally they are less trained then regular infantry, owing to the fact most are not fully part of the army and can only dedicate so much time to training.
11,000 (Aprox 30,000 Keku) Conscripts- owing to the high numbers of coscripts you expect its hard to define a standard load out, with many being equipped with second rate equipment,efforts are made for light and cheap armor to be available to all coscripts along with less powerful and technology advanced light Lasgun. Training -as equipment- is also wildly fluctuated some possessing basic knowledge of army training and some not having any at all.brecant efforts have established a basel for training and while still mostly untrained the average has been brought up,their main use is to provide mass to army formations and tie up enemy units in bloody exchanges.
10x (Approx. 1000 Keku) Deathseekers artillery- high accuracy, high payload and low-Ish rate of fire, the deathsekker artillery piece is meant to be utilized form the backs of the lines -and if possible, form fortifications- to deal with highly armored and high priority targets. Their large range allowing them to strike thought the entire battlefield and bring death to their enemies.
24x (Approx. 500 Keku) Hurricane artillery- prioritizing rate of fire and mobility over everything else, meant to support infantry formations the hurricane artillery is only limited by the ability of its crew to reload it and available ammunition. Against infantry and low armor units it will be absolutely deadly and while it will struggle with more heavily armored units its rate of fire can overcome anything but the greats of armor. The Hurricane artillery is small and light enough to rapidly reposition and is fitted with an experimental antigrav technology to allow it to be carried by its crew in flight for brief moments of time.
3x (Approx. 5,000 keku) The Doomed- The Doomed are the special few Keku who volunteered to fight the enemy on their ground, not in the air but within the ground, this force is expected to meet heavy if not total casualties as it carries out its task and they are outfitted with this outcome in mind. by far they are the heaviest unit among the mortals for they no need their wings where they go. trained exclusively for combat within caves and tunnels. The doomed are your best soldiers when it would come to storming the breeches. The army recant efforts into raising cultivators has been focused on those brave few willing to enter the maw of the beast
, casualties are still expected to be total
2x (Approx. 100 Keku and 50 airframes) Flaming Wing Squadron- the flaming wing squadron is the first unit composed of the new air superiority air craft, their tasks to conquer the sky for the keku, fast, agile and packing quite the punch they would at least heavily bleed you enemies before being shot of the sky.
Champions:
Shikatu (you)- champion (V- low).
-future sight (I): when this champion is participating in war turns he gives three pieces of information derived from future sight.
kekita(your daughter) – champion (III- Med).
Kekeru- champion (II-Low).
Terkahu- champion (IV-low).
Yokoto- champion (II-mid).
Haku - champion (III- low).
-Maktu- champion (I-high).
-unnamed half step- champion (I-mid).
3 new thirds steps (that I haven't yet generated).
10-70,000x (Aproxx 10,000) Petty daemons- fragments of ideas those demaons have no set from and likely no set of identity beyond being answering to base nature and masters' directives. Strong, fast, tough and all but unlimited in numbers, they are the main mass behind chaos attack numberings in the tens of millions at the absolute least. The silver lining is that a good three shots from the basic lasgun would put them down and they would die in droves to the hurricane artillery or any high explosive hurled their way.
10X (Approx. 100) Major demons of the lord of war- strong and powerful, the lord of war major demons are engines of war unparalleled, infantry weapon would do little against them as they break part your formations and revel in the lighters, around thirty or so shots form a heavy lasgun would be enough to bring one down but there is standing orders to call for artillery support the moment they are spotted.
10X (Approx. 100) Major demons of the lord of pleasure- probably the weakest of the major demons, their main threat comes not in their strength of arms but by the madness they impose on the world and their potential to flip units of weak resolve. They are the highest priority targets on the battlefield and thankfully even light lasguns will prove effective against them even if heavier armament is recommended.
10X (Approx. 100) Major demons of the lord of fate- the major demons of the lord of fate can wield the warp like no else, giving them versatility and power beyond their weak -relatively- frames, their limited abilities of foresight make them tricky opponents where overwhelming fire is needed to actually hit and affect them.
10X (Approx. 100) Major demons of the lord of plague- slow, and though, the major demaon of the lord of plague represent little physical threat -again relatively- but their ability to spread mass plagues and poisons is threat enough to whole army groups that they must swiftly be taken down or require cultivator intervention to stop their plagues form spreading beyond initially affected troops. Unfortunately, nothing less than dedicate artillery barrages can put them down in any reasonable time frame.
250~x (Approx 1,000) Chaos Space Marines- fast, strong, extremely experienced and clad in heavy and powerful armor. Equipped with heavy bolters (and heavy weaponry in general) nothing but the heaviest of armors would stand up to their fire. They're going to scythe through your units like farmers scythe thorough wheat, only your most elite units can even hope to contest them, the only reason other units would even slow them down is that the space marines would kill them so fast they would drown in the bodies. Their armor would stand against all but the heaviest infantry weapons -although even lighter weapons would degrade and in time break it- they would also stand against limited fire from hurricane style artillery.
Magnus the red:
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Perturabo:
The anger of ruin- calculating and possessing an unshakable discipline, few are Perturabo equal in suppressing and controlling the rage of the blood god. And yet as great as his control is, it is not beyond breaking and while Perturabo would be greatly strengthened by no longer needing to keep a part of himself in check, his greatest power -his mind- would diminish.
so our army currently has...
150 second steps
6,000 first steps
40,000 hover infantry
130,000 motorized infantry (to be updated with hover I imagine)
585,000 infantry
900,000 militia/garrison (not full-time)
Total of the above: 1,661,150. over 1.5 millions.
For comparison, in terms of ACTIVE military, from wiki, that's above current 2nd place (India, 1,475,750, slightly under 1.5 millions) and under the 1st place (China, 2,035,000, over 2 millions)
300 million conscripts o)
nope, no realistic comparison. Though we really need to give them something better than MUSKETS. We basically need to become Mass Effect Turians, each citizen a soldier with multiple guns.
Also
3.000 on heavy artillery
5.000 on light/high rate of fire artillery
10.000 "doomed" (undeground fighters)
100 keku / 50 airframes (aircraft)
Well... we need more of everything, but it's a good start. We need more equip, training and trainers to hopefully "rank up" troops (motorized to hovercraft, garrison to infantry, conscripts to garrison...), we need more aircraft, more artillery...
it's a GOOD start though.
Are the 300 million conscripts basically all the able bodied Keku in the Empire (that don't cover critical positions and thus can't be moved to the military)?
To note, the "Petty Demons" number 100 to 700 millions though, so even arming LITERALLY everyone we can we are STILL outnumbered.
then there's 1000 major daemons for each of the 4 lords...
nope, no realistic comparison. Though we really need to give them something better than MUSKETS. We basically need to become Mass Effect Turians, each citizen a soldier with multiple guns.
Not sure that possible, usually you wouldn't see even in the most militaristic countries less than ten civilians per soldier trained in combat, fighting is much more than a guy with a gun, our soldiers need an entire infrastructure and bureaucracy to even get those guns, and those won't operate themselves.
Now, equipping the conscripts, that possible, but every citizen being a trained soldier? Even the imperium can't pull it off, the planets whose entire population are soldiers are backed by the other worlds to actually support that structure.
Are the 300 million conscripts basically all the able bodied Keku in the Empire (that don't cover critical positions and thus can't be moved to the military)?
This is honestly long overdue but I just never had the time/motivation for it and it has since then grown important enough to need its own section.
Anyways, for those of you who don't know, I've started a new quest, a riot quest in fact, so feel free to jump over and vote there (as every vote counts).
As for Distant stars news, I started working on turn 15. I still have few things that I need to edit in the sheets but hopefully it will be out this weekend.
Name: Terkahu.
Age: 320~
Background- Terkahu was an old Keku when he sought Shiaktu out, following the rumors of a sage who could heal any aliment for his daughter has caught an illness non could heal, he then spent several decades traveling and learning to cultivate with shikatu until he parted amicably over differences in lifestyle and has gone on to form what would in time become one of the five sects.
Since then, Terkahu has been teaching new cultivators and raising new disciples for his sect, he was the third Keku to reach the third step and the second to reach the fourth.
1. life.
"Life finds a way, it always finds a way" your natural healing may heal any wound eventually, even ones that is shouldn't.
"From life comes life, the cycle of it all expending at an exceptional rate" the longer you spend healing a specific injury the faster you heal said injury.
"Life endures in the harshest of conditions and so shell you" increased toughness and resistance to extreme conditions.
"Plant a seed and watch it grow, water it with Qi and let grow mighty indeed" for a qi mote you may hasten the growth of plants considerably and may guide their growth.
"Life endures, yet it is also incredibly fragile, infuse it with your authority and reinforce its life stream to become more then it once was" you may spend time and QI to strengthen the properties of living materials.
2. Nature.
"The trees sway in the wind, creaking and groaning in their own language. Listen well to the rustling leaves and those ancient being would share their wisdom" you may speak to trees.
"Nature is unforgiving, dealing death and pain as much if not more than life and pleasure. You cannot change that, but you can be different, you can heal rather than destroy, nurture rather than kill, you belong to nature yet are distinct from it" your healing techniques and insights are easier on the body/soul and are more effective.
Divine "You have brought back life back to barren land, for this the elements bless you, never to harm you and yours to commend" gain basic control over the four elements grant immunity to attacks utilizing the four elements, the further removed for the basic four elements the less effective said immunity is. 3 earth. Corrupted.
I'll put them here when he purifies his pillar.
4. growth.
"It is in the nature of all living beings to grow, never stop" break the skill cap.
"To grow one must cut that which smothers it out, in the shadow of your teacher you may never advance step out of his shadows no longer a student but a peer" slight bonus to facing the tribulation. Sacrificed
5. legacy.
"A student, a teacher you are part of a great legacy, once you have received and have passed onwards, this legacy is one that must not be snuffed out" when acting for the preservation of the practice of cultivation for the future, all of your insights are strengthened.
"The thought of legacy is one that occupies every sentient mind, even one as long lived as you, or perhaps it is because of said longevity that the desire for legacy runs ever fiercer in your chest, a want to leave something for your many descendants for which you would pay any price" pick an insight to sacrifice, call down the tribulation of advancement upon yourself, the power within in the lightning which would have been used to purify your core will instead be consumed to enhance the picked insight and inscribe it within your blood. All who share your blood will now -and forever more- possess it. as part of the cost of these insights, the inscribed insight will not confer any benefit to you.
Core:
Currant stage: 0.
Concept: enduring life (life, nature, growth, legacy)- a core emphasizing the reliance of life to survive before all obstacles. Basic effect: so long as your body isn't extremally damaged, when you die you will slowly resurrect (speed dependent on healing factor). Empowered by: Dao of life, Dao of nature, Dao of resilience, Dao of growth, Dao of endurance and more
The thought of legacy is one that occupies every sentient mind, even one as long lived as you, or perhaps it is because of said longevity that the desire for legacy runs ever fiercer in your chest, a want to leave something for your many descendants for which you would pay any price" pick an insight to sacrifice, call down the tribulation of advancement upon yourself, the power within in the lightning which would have been used to purify your core will instead be consumed to enhance the picked insight and inscribe it within your blood. All who share your blood will now -and forever more- possess it. as part of the cost of these insights, the inscribed insight will not confer any benefit to you.
Not sure it was the wisest choice, sure, in the long term it would be great to him with his worldview, the insight he picked also fit his fears perfectly.
But he might not have any descendants in two decades, so his priorities feel a little skewed to me, I mean, how many descendants does he have who are going to do tribulation within the next decade?
I wonder if in a few hundred or a thousand years, most of our young cultivators will have this trait.
Divine "You have brought back life back to barren land, for this the elements bless you, never to harm you and yours to commend" gain basic control over the four elements grant immunity to attacks utilizing the four elements, the further removed for the basic four elements the less effective said immunity is.
"To grow one must cut that which smothers it out, in the shadow of your teacher you may never advance step out of his shadows no longer a student but a peer" slight bonus to facing the tribulation. Sacrificed
"The thought of legacy is one that occupies every sentient mind, even one as long lived as you, or perhaps it is because of said longevity that the desire for legacy runs ever fiercer in your chest, a want to leave something for your many descendants for which you would pay any price" pick an insight to sacrifice, call down the tribulation of advancement upon yourself, the power within in the lightning which would have been used to purify your core will instead be consumed to enhance the picked insight and inscribe it within your blood. All who share your blood will now -and forever more- possess it. as part of the cost of these insights, the inscribed insight will not confer any benefit to you.
"A student, a teacher you are part of a great legacy, once you have received and have passed onwards, this legacy is one that must not be snuffed out" when acting for the preservation of the practice of cultivation for the future, all of your insights are strengthened.
...so all of his blood will face easier tribulations? That's a pretty great insight, and basically a bloodline trait that will pass on and form a clan eventually.
Does he have a large family? Because there's quite the incentive to... well, basically have him breed like a Rabbit
Concept: enduring life (life, nature, growth, legacy)- a core emphasizing the reliance of life to survive before all obstacles. Basic effect: so long as your body isn't extremally damaged, when you die you will slowly resurrect (speed dependent on healing factor). Empowered by: Dao of life, Dao of nature, Dao of resilience, Dao of growth, Dao of endurance and more
Not sure it was the wisest choice, sure, in the long term it would be great to him with his worldview, the insight he picked also fit his fears perfectly.
But he might not have any descendants in two decades, so his priorities feel a little skewed to me, I mean, how many descendants does he have who are going to do tribulation within the next decade?
I wonder if in a few hundred or a thousand years, most of our young cultivators will have this trait.
It might be a mark of how much he trusts the Emperor to get them through this. All in all he only gave up a tribulation bonus that he was not going to use anymore, as it will be the better part of a century at least before he's ready to try for stage 5... if he even ever decides to risk it at all.
He had 7 children over his long life, 4 are dead (1 to tribulation 3 to plain old age), they had around 20~ children altogether, which then had 50~ children and so on and so on.
There are at least 10,000 people with his blood around, not all of them are cultivators but many are.
Would Shitaku be able to use his body alteration thing to induce a minor genetic modification to himself (and potentially any/all keku if we push it) that'd make them metaphysically count as part of Terhaku's gene-line? Give everyone a slight facial resemblance or something.
Yes, this is blatant abuse of the bloodline ability, but it's worth it as a long-run project.
Wait long enough and significant percentages of the population will be related to him.
Though on that note, how exactly is blood counted? Is it birth only, does adoption count, I'm betting marriage doesn't count but it's worth asking, etc. And would this apply to siblings and their descendants, if he had any?
It might be a mark of how much he trusts the Emperor to get them through this. All in all he only gave up a tribulation bonus that he was not going to use anymore, as it will be the better part of a century at least before he's ready to try for stage 5... if he even ever decides to risk it at all.
He gave up the refinement of his core, so basically, it is as if he ascended without tribulation.
If he wasn't heavily damaged, I would suggest using a cut of the empire's divine qi to refine his core with tempering tribulation, but as he is, he is going to suffer some heavy penalties to such an attempt.
He had 7 children over his long life, 4 are dead (1 to tribulation 3 to plain old age), they had around 20~ children altogether, which then had 50~ children and so on and so on.
There are at least 10,000 people with his blood around, not all of them are cultivators but many are.
Wait long enough and significant percentages of the population will be related to him.
Though on that note, how exactly is blood counted? Is it birth only, does adoption count, I'm betting marriage doesn't count but it's worth asking, etc. And would this apply to siblings and their descendants, if he had any?
Personal guess, blood is what it implied, you need to be biological child of his.
If I would bet, the only cases where is actually borderline is if his children do something like create a (souled, because most aren't) AI, meaning making a child without actually being their biological child.
Unfortunately, the turn itself is going… slowly. So, it may take some more time.
In the meantime, let's have a quick vote for who you're going to drain lifespan from.
This is the formation you've created this turn
The martyr's formation- this formation has been designed to do one thing and one thing only, to siphon lifeforce from its members to it leader. This formation has been designed to minimize the consequences of such an action. Soft cap: 1 unit. Efficiency 45%. Effect: the ability to gather life force from others.
There are basically 3 levels of intensity you can draw lifespan form someone (if you don't want to kill them).
Light- you drain little enough that most people wont even notice it, gaining 1 lifespan per 10 people you drain but they will suffer no consequence. (note unless you spend AP on dedicating time to drain lifespan there is a cap of 25 Lifespan gained with light drainage)
Moderate- you drain a good amount, enough to be noticed and weaken them. gaining 2 lifespan per person but giving them light wounds in the process
Heavy- you draw as much as you can without killing the recipient. Gaining 10 lifespan per person but giving them medium wounds in the process.
There are also basically three groups of cultivators you can drain from.
The third steps- the third steps are small in numbers but are the hardiest of all of your disciples, this allows you to drain them more without suffering consequences but then again, the third steps are also those you least want to be weakened. Draining from the third steps give 2X time the lifespan. Light- 2 lifespan. Moderate- 50~ heavy- 260.
The first steps- the first steps are numerous enough that draining slightly from many of them can bring in a large amount of lifespan, they are also numerus enough that you can't drain form all of them unless you've invested more time. you may spend 1 AP to drain even more lifespan. Light- 25 lifespan. Medium- 500 Lifespan. Heavy- 2,500 lifespan.
The nobles- you can also tax the nobles for lifespan. Doing so will enrage them (especially on the heavier drain) but there isn't much they can do about it (they might still try) and it means your forces arnt weakend. Light: 10 lifespan. Medium 200 lifespan. Heavy 1,000 lifespan.
I don't think this vote requires a mortarium so feel free to vote.
Keep in mind the nobles did nothing to warrant such punishment, they have been more than perfectly behaving, with their leader being a third step and some of the people that would be drained likely her own descendents, heavy draining is just asking them to turn traitor and join chaos.
The power also doesn't stay with us, we actually need to spend it soonish after getting it or it fades away, also keeping in mind that draining someone now means he would have less to give later.
So far, we have been spending 40 years a turn to keep up with the needs of our insight, checking, it seems out life force body gave us 10% boost, meaning we can lower our needs to 36 lifespan per turn.
Uri, did any of our half steps take Kuvara's offer? Need to know it when calculating how much lifespan we can actually burn this turn without trying to waste it on purpose.
Uri, did any of our half steps take Kuvara's offer? Need to know it when calculating how much lifespan we can actually burn this turn without trying to waste it on purpose.
If so, I see no real need to go too overboard, 36 for our base needs (four decades for actions minus 10% for life forged body), plus 2 for emergency power ups and the pyramid expedition, assuming the burn lifespan for power work in single units or less rather than decades.
Keeping our forces unspent.
[X] plan, not more than we need.
-[X] drain the first steps
--[X] between light and medium, we only need 38.
We can also heal our fourth step early, to let our forces time to recover, but that expensive in divine qi, that would mean pushing further into medium, we need 100 lifespan for just his wing.
The point of taking the lifespan is do that we have more time to do critical stuff, not so we can waste trying to repay stuff back.
We can get up to eight APs a turn if I remember correctly, it isn't like we are so lacking for stuff to do that we can give away our time for little things.
The entire point of the empire is setting a system independent of us that can both do stuff itself and support us, we need to trust them to do their parts, because we can do things they can't, so we need to prioritize.
Speaking of doing stuff themselves, did our instutitions get anything out of the demonic cultiavtors' corpses? They were given hundreds of them to experiment with.
o)
