loyalty - The Associated Worlds

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Author's Note: Mutiny as a Service

So I said I'd write a quick worldbuilding note on the psychological differences between eldrae and humans that lead to such things as, well, Mutiny as a Service or the ancient Imperial Military Service tradition of generals having to ask their legions to fight for them, and the

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Trope-a-Day: Thicker Than Water

Thicker Than Water: While the Houses (extended family-clans) are an important part of their social structure, the eldrae are really too individualistic to play this one entirely straight; and, well, principles are thicker (see: Honor Before Reason, Principles Zealot). In practice, most do pay rather more than lip service to