Re: [NetEpic ML] Re: On Imperial armies and original fluff

From: Thomas Wildman <tnrw00_at_...>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 10:46:51 -0500

> > 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.

Not always. Only when the religious group has absolute power and a fear of
letting the people have political power, ie. religious dictatorship(Iran?,
Holy Roman Empire).

Tom
Received on Fri May 26 2000 - 15:46:51 UTC