Hi!
Very true Lorenzo, china for example is still recovering from the effects of
the cultural revolution where it destroyed a whole generation of
intellectuals. The impact of this remains to this day and still will haunt
then for time to come.
Peter
-----Original Message-----
From: Lorenzo Canapicchi <lorenzo.canapicchi_at_...>
To: netepic_at_egroups.com <netepic_at_egroups.com>
Date: Friday, May 26, 2000 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: [NetEpic ML] Re: On Imperial armies and original fluff
>jyrki.saari_at_... wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>> Just one point: the Heresy wasn't the major catastrophe; The age of
strife
>> was. That's where the tech level took a quantum leap backwards. The
Imperium
>> ha actually yet to recover from the Age of Strife technologically, they
>> don't have the STC anymore which was the basis of tecnological knowledge.
>> The technology is buried under quasi-religious rituals and mysticism and
>> progresses only at very slow pace. The training of technician consists
more
>> of learning a couple of thousand pages of litanies by heart than
>> understanding the REAL mechanics of technology. Only unusually brilliant
>> minds can actually see through the mumbo-jumbo well enough to actually
>> design something new.
>
>In effect if you pay attention to the development rate of country where
>religion it's the real power of government you see always something
>similar to the 40k universe.
>
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