On 10/24/2014 11:15 PM, Onno Meyer wrote:
Jay asked:
What would it look like if Pachekki were every and domnated known
space the Humans do in other settings?
What does the Pachekki Imperium look like?
Answering that is about as easy as describing the archetypal
human-dominated Imperium. But it is fun
to try ...
* The writeup in Space mentions that most Pachekki are rather dull and
follow their smarter leaders
without any fuss. That could cause expectations among the Pachekki
leadership (and political
theorists) that the same applies on the interstellar scale. Colony
worlds are expected to follow
the directions of the homeworlds, dumber species (read: less
advanced at the time of contact) are
expected to follow the directions of the Pachekki. If they refuse to
do so, the Pachekki will
feel that this is a betrayal of the natural order. They react with
anger and violence.
Hmmm, okay, so Instead of an Imperium there might be an exceptionally
large zone of council control. A Pachekkie Council-ate (Consulate?)
So the Pachekki expect the junior partners to send smart people to the
big Senate/Councl to help run things.
Worlds that don't run according to the pachekki pattern will be view
with some confusion and distaste
But, the big Pachekki council must control or else violence and chaos
will result. So the Pachekki will detail small groups of smarties and
their minions to trouble areas to make sure that chaos and disorder do
not break out.
* That could cause them to hold the homeworld responsible for the
actions of outlying colonies. If
Earth claims that it cannot be held responsible for the actions of
human worlds elsewhere, that
will be seen as a blatant lie. The actions of smart individuals may
be another thing entirely.
Other species will be puzzled to figure out where individual
responsibility turns into group
responsibility, and try to push the limits with small special ops
teams.
Or, they'll endless search for alien "Smarties" to try and either
convert them or prevent them from challenging Pachekki control.
* Pachekki rely on leadership groups rather than individuals to buffer
their mood swings, so they
will have a Senate rather than an Emperor. They will have a hard
time dealing with societies
where an individual claims to hold (or just represent) sovereignty
and to speak for a world.
Only groups can make binding agreements on behalf of their world,
individuals are discounted.
So individuals who do not play ball and bring disorder and chaos with
them are just stomped out of hand - groups are courted or threatened to
make sure they don't upset the larger apple-cart
* Pachekki can only live on a narrow range of habitable worlds. That
could lead to heavy
immigration on those worlds, no matter who lived their first. By
contrast, unsuitable worlds
are given away with hardly a thought. At sufficient tech levels,
they might resettle other
species to suit their needs.
Regards,
Onno
Hmmm. I had forgotten this. Truth to tell, I didn't even grab GURPS
Aliens and read the darned thing before posting the question.
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