this is super-fun because I'm learning (i) about a bunch of sci-fi I hadn't read, and (ii) basically recreating Stellaris
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everyone answers "The Culture" huh havent read that, by iain banks, huh interesting what else did he wriOH FUCK I had deliberately forgotten that thanks everyone
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how are we construing 'empire' here? I guess as a people we could do worse than the Cetagandan empire, with its explicit genetic-transhumanist agenda.
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choose your own adventure, I'll take it!
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strictly on a technological basis, the Star Trek Federation, because those dumb assholes are underutilizing the potential of full mass/energy conversion into arbitrary patterns like W H O A
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yeah man it kills me that the writers just . . . don't think things through to their logical conclusions I think consistency and thoroughness are the thing I admire most in scifi and I just don't see it in Trek
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hard to write in physics-breaking powers in comfortable social settings for this reason I guess, once you really game it out things start to look Pretty Weird
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The Imperium of Man obviously Y30k would be nicer for everyone involved but I’ll take the Y40k version as well The reason, obviously, is aesthetics
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dang I might be with you there's Meaning there, you know? even if its grimdark
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It’s not that much more grimdark than irl And at least it has Pride and Glory and Beauty, even if it’s all dead and rusting
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I think those things are even more fully realized when they lie in ruins
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Craftworld Eldar player
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Remeber kids: Fun Brings Ruin! Never Enjoy Anything lest ye Wake a Liveliest Awfulness
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ofc the Dark Eldar approach to keeping Slaanesh at bay is to be such complete Hot Topic tryhards Slaanesh is just *embarrassed* to be around them
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WOW bold claim (and this is coming from a genuine robot-identifying person)
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Does the Culture count?
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oh totally!
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The 2312 universe from Kim Stanley Robinson would be interesting because it's economic model is actually fairly sharply done
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added to The List! thank you ^^
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Kim Stanley Robinson tends to have a remarkably astute assessment of individual and organizational behavior, across a wide range of personality types and cultures. Highly recommended.
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