The Zhodani vs. Impies
September 14th, 2002 by BeRKAI just wanted to point out that the Zhodani Consulate is a democracy, and that the Third Imperium is not.
(Oh, its the _Third_ Imperium, and it’s a thousand years old reich…)
So where would You like to live?
September 25th, 2002 at 11:46 pm
The consulate… the imperium come on, full of self agrandizing nobles at the expense of the citizens.
March 3rd, 2005 at 9:40 pm
Yeah, well the Zhodani use their psionics to regularly read and alter their non-citizens’ minds! Plus, their “democracy,” if it can be called that, is only open to those who have psionic powers!
At least in the Imperium any commoner could become a noble.
Seriously, though, if I could I’d be a Zhodani, whether a Noble, Intendant or Prole.
March 5th, 2005 at 12:43 pm
After some thought, most people seem to prefer the Consulate.
It is really only the the criminals that are re-educated by the thought police, and in my opinion, that is a much more humane way of threating criminals than in the Imperium.
January 16th, 2007 at 10:51 pm
Well, the consulate is a police state. And police states are great…as long as you’re the ones doing the “policing.”
Seriously, the Consulate seems pretty flaky once the proles are cut off from their psionic minority rulers. They are so dependent upon them, the proles cannot seem to function without them.
I know some of you have seroius issues with the “Empress Wave” concept. I guess the main reason why is it reminds everyone here how frail the Consulate way of life really can be.
January 18th, 2007 at 9:19 am
Yeah, I think the “Empress Wave” is quite silly. It also contradicts canon from classic traveller.
If You want something that disrupts the stable state of known space, I would suggest a new and massive Hhkar invasion.