I'm not saying we'll definitely lose. If anything, they're probably as fragile as we are, what with being a small island nation ruling over a lot of continental territory. I get the feeling that the right kind of defeat would lead to a rapid loss of vassals and subordinates for them. But they're the kind of enemy that could break us.
Paths of Civilization
- Thread starter Academia Nut
- Start date
- Original
And I doubt it. Well, we sent Red Banner anyway, so we will learn how are they in battle firsthand soon.
- Location
- Voidbetweenstars
Would you go to war with 4 marital?
Sure, right after it becomes equal power with substats.
Horologer
Incertae sedis
- Location
- a risen sea
No, I'd have to delegate command to someone else. Planning four weddings would be time-consuming.
Legion0047
Retired Shadowrunner.
- Location
- Austria
- Pronouns
- God Emperor
We really need gyms for the sub martial cap increase.
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- He/Him
Given that the Patricians would be the ones in charge of such an event, no, no they have not considered it.
Ah yes, the great idea of killing our entire government. Pray tell how would that help exactly?
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- He/Him
Given that the patrician class is defined by being the government, this is sort of unavoidable, although the latest upgrade certainly exacerbated.
Carrnage
Human
- Location
- New Zealand
Given patticians are one huge extended family its SoD breaking that they havent considered killing eachother at least once.
- Location
- Inner Sol System
My apologies. It's been some time since I was in here. I last decided to leave about the time you guys thought having giant mercenary armies was a good idea. I've returned to see that you've managed to create a class-stratified hellscape with mercenaries running about willy-nilly and with your upper crust of nobles destabilizing your government. Ideally, these problems would have been solved before they began by taking the appropriate actions, but that's crying over spilled milk.
Ideally at this point, objective #1 should be the complete elimination of the noble class in favor of a caste of bureaucrats entirely subservient to your government, lest you find this current setup somehow desirable. This would have to be done over generations and the scars would be long-lasting, but it seems like the only way to eradicate the current decentralized chaos the Ymaryn government has become.
And how exactly that government would be different from the government right now?
- Location
- Inner Sol System
In that station should be based on skill, with family ties having minimized importance. A civil service system should be implemented so as to at least begin to create something vaguely resembling a meritocracy. This current system gives power to people because the two right people were in the same bedroom at the same time.
Carrnage
Human
- Location
- New Zealand
Err the mercenary armies arent at all like modern mercenaries and are in fact the very first form of a large disciplined force beholden directly to the crown rather than to a particular region or settlement.
- Location
- Inner Sol System
Can they be hired off by people not your government? If so, that seems like a monumentally bad idea.
So exactly like now, huh? Patrician's children are legitimately super skilled, after all.
- Location
- Inner Sol System
Except with the power of a declawed kitten. As in "follow the will of the central authority you are beholden to or you will beg the army for mercy". You've allowed them to garner far too much power and have too much influence. They need not be nobility living lavish lives above the commoner, merely bureaucratic functionaries.
Carrnage
Human
- Location
- New Zealand
They dont get hired by anyone. People pay the crown and the crown sends the soldiers.
- Location
- Inner Sol System
Even the thought of hiring out your soldiers seems rather poorly thought out. They should fight for the Ymaryn and their allies, if politely asked, not for someone who has the right amount of coin.
Who is these mysterious central authority? They sure sound like patricians.
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Given patticians are one huge extended family its SoD breaking that they havent considered killing eachother at least once.
They're constantly offing one another, it's just not something that tends to concern the king so long as taxes get paid.
That's exactly what you have now. The hereditary bureaucrats (because that is the only way to actually train bureaucrats right now) are the only ones who know how to make the government work, so they are subservient to the government while also being the government. That this is hugely corrupt is inherent in the system, yes, but you will have to spend generations investing in education before this can possibly be not the case.
- Location
- Southampton, Great Britain
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@Academia Nut Since you're here, may I request that you come up with a post detailing how nasty the Ymaryn by modern standards and how they do bad things such as 'encouraging' those who can't work to kill themselves?
Edit: Something like these posts:
Edit: Something like these posts:
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I've been working on and off about some small scale story type updates, just been having trouble focusing.