Thread:Irskaad/@comment-5365119-20130322060017

Right! So after a long discussion, Drodo and I came to the conclusion that Drodoian gold, though it was a handy plot device in the past, is not the answer to today's dilemma. Instead, we came up with this plan:

Since the Objektirokh Domain is constantly looking to acquire new technology, they might routinely send out probes in (probably not so) random directions to see if there's anything interesting out there. One of these probes could somehow stumble upon evidence of the Drodo zombie superweapons (currently being fielded in the NCKU conflict), prompting the Domain to investigate.

The Drodo zombie-weapon is a highly virulent virus designed to reproduce and mutate at astounding speeds until the strain can effectively modify the physiology of the species it was intended to target. Once it stumbles on the right mutation, the virus spreads like wildfire. Those infected, as the name would suggest, turn into zombies. I'd say that that's a piece of technology that might attract the Domain's attention.

Now, this makes perfect sense and doesn't have as far-reaching implications for the sector as the Drodoian gold. However, we still run into problems. This plan would directly oppose the Domain, who want to get at the top secret Drodo superweapon, and the Drodo Empire, who have no intention of giving it up. The result is probably going to be an armed conflict, which is a kind of fiction that we're trying to move away from. That, and the Drodo Empire really isn't in a condition to be able to fight yet another war. Its navy is struggling to hold the line against the Tyranny in the Drodo occupation zone while the Drodo Exploration Fleet (DEF), normally not a combat unit, was mobilized to fight the NCKU when it invaded the Confederate Union of Secton. To make up for the difference in force size (the DEF vs. the entire NCKU navy isn't a very good match), the Drodo allowed the use of superweapons, though they are under very light guard because nothing else could be arranged. Essentially, a fight between the DEF (plus the 183rd Fleet from the FPC, but they hardly count) and the Domain would probably be laughably one-sided.

All of this is to say, we've got the door open for you, but it might not be the best idea to enter the Katar Sector with the Domain. For a foreign or intergalactic power, there really isn't that much to do in the Katar Sector aside from conventional and economic imperialism, which isn't really fun for the small 300-1000 system empires.

What Marines and I strongly recommend is that you create an entirely new empire of several hundred systems tailored specifically to the Katar Sector. It could then play an active role in the politics of the sector, become part of the Katar Sector Alliance and help in the fight against the Tyranny (we have plans). Or it could attempt desperately to remain neutral and face the consequences. Or you could create a nation of freed Tyranny slaves (like the United Free Peoples Coalition, except a lot smaller), liberated by the KSA later on. We have a TON of things planned for these emergent nations in the future, and we'll have to create A LOT of them ourselves.

In all, it seems like there are A LOT more opportunities for small and native fictions than for large, intergalactic empires.

What do you think? 