death penalty
So, in reader questions of the day: I swear I saw an entry for the levels of execution, ranging from kill current instantiation, restore, to kill them, their back ups and the servers they rode in on. Am I misremembering? And since I don't recall any such thing
death penalty
This is a note providing some background on one of the traditional Imperial methods of execution, namely, the flames of purification (as described here) for an ongoing comment thread here (relevant part quoted below): Let’s also not forget that the eldrae themselves have had a historical penchant for burning
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Cryo Prison: Not something they use any more than any other kind of prison (although at least it would be more humane) – but in related concepts, they do keep uploaded mind-states of executed felons around in dead storage (places like the Aeon Pit) just in case. Turns out that with
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Public Execution: How things were done historically in the Empire – not for entertainment or bloodlust (they were generally rather solemn affairs), or for intimidation, but rather because of the transparency principles enshrined in the Imperial Charter; while the Imperial government might have lawful occasion to kill criminals, it was thought