Unfortunately the Dragons are the only other friendly polity we're likely the interact with at the moment.
Multi-nation alliances existed well before NATO and during the age of sail, it's just the most immediate example I could use. But you are not completely wrong. We might be able to create some version of Rogue Traders who explore the surrounding area in search of further Imperial holdouts? Just an idea.
Those tiny statelets have little to nothing to offer us. Any military contributions they make will be trivial compared to what we can mobilize on our own, and that won't change unless we give them access to some of our more advanced STCs. We can't trade them any advanced STC unless they revamp their information security, and we can't push that to any satisfactory level unless we actually occupy the worlds and do invasive surgeries.
That'll come up during a proper High Council Meeting, not the current emergency one.
Of course, but those were generally on the same continent or closely connected, but it takes us a year to get to the Dragons (less now thanks to the Abbachi).
Of course it hasn't had an effect this is an emergency meeting, not the proper meeting where things like the bank and integration with the dragons would have been discussed.
I think he meant ships that explore & trade with neighbouring petty Imperiums and statelets. Which I think is worthwhile; we can give them Impaler STCs (which the Chaos factions all have anyway) in return for any archeotech or STCs they happen to have, if any.
Pretty sure the Impaler was spread far a wide by the Imperium so no need there, but I can see Varquez setting up some rogue trader type things using his old expertise.
You are both wrong. Ear to the Ground is supposed to tell us about what other people have in store so we can do something BEFORE the meeting. At least in theory. In practice, not only has there been absolutely no reason for us to do anything but wait for the meeting, as I predicted, it also seems that some players never even intended to use it for the one possible purpose it might've had.Of course it hasn't had an effect this is an emergency meeting, not the proper meeting where things like the bank and integration with the dragons would have been discussed.
Its still useful when it becomes relevant, but it isn't yet.
Seems like a good idea, may as well get something out of the distribution of STCs local chaos realms have. On the other hand I'm worried the Trust is getting its name a little out there.
No the idea is to tell us what people have in mind to give us more time to come up with alternative suggestions and plans, give our opinions ect. which we have done.
I don't think the Impailer was that widespread. They only had it for a pretty short time before the end.
There's no action either to change people's minds about proposals we have before we go to meeting, and yet Sound Out explicitly says that that's something we can do.
You underestimate how much the Imperium could spread those things.
Yes, but that's never been the case except with the Quartok so unless @Durin wants to confirm that is the case then I'm sticking to the idea that barring exceptional circumstances it is to get us a head of the curve and thinking before we get bull rushed during the meeting itself.
You underestimate how slow Imperial Bureaucracy was and how anal the Mechanicus could/can be. As I understand it even the most benign STC technologies can undergo centuries of testing before being put into galaxy wide production.
I'm well aware of how anal it can be, but I am also well aware of how fast the Imperium can move if they really want too.
you cant prepare for a tier 4 waagh, it would hit you with tens of trillions of +800 Orks. the Imperial Trust and every polity within 1k LY would be roadkill before that. Abbadons Black Imperium would have a desperate fight if one comes their way
I still also care for the extra support it provides us. I might be a bit unreasonable about it but I take the Beast very seriously. To the point I don't care about owing a favor for help with expidently dealing with a T2 Waagh. I also kind of want to see what their use of the favor tells us. What are they most pressed for at the moment? I just personally hope they are in the position to use it on industrialization.
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