No society could function without people to grease the wheels. It's good that Hannakona was able to make contact with such elements on Kamdor.
The Kammarians as a whole might be fairly unpalatable to deal with, but at least they can be dealt with. The lack of overt xenophobia, at least, means that the Free Traders can get their foot in the door, and even if the regime itself isn't amenable to abolishing slavery outright at least the unofficial ties to the merchant classes might be useful in spreading a little beneficial cultural "contamination."
In my current Shattered Ring game, my first contact was the Anathurians, a race of fanatically xenophobic reptilians. Thankfully, they weren't fanatical purifiers and let me send envoys to them to improve our relationship. Eventually, we formed a Research Cooperative federation and are good friends. This is why I love the new diplomacy rework--even empires that otherwise would hate your guts can become firm allies.
Heh. Imagine that.
I very much enjoyed the opening little scene. That felt very verisimillitudinous.
So from a potentially disasterous contact matters have turned out pretty well so far with Kammarians, though one might imagine potential shoals ahead in the future.
Well... that's an interesting way to meet a fellow interstellar civilization. At least they turned out to be amenable to diplomacy.
Also, I enjoyed how you depicted the Yldar as so adapted to their habitats they need mental training just to live on a planet.
I'm impressed as always with the attention to detail, especially with the way you consider the psychological impact of going from living in a permanent enclosed, climate-controlled space to setting foot on an unfamiliar, uncontrollable planet. It definitely makes sense that the Yldars would have an agoraphobic strain as a culture.
The Kammarians as a whole might be fairly unpalatable to deal with, but at least they can be dealt with. The lack of overt xenophobia, at least, means that the Free Traders can get their foot in the door, and even if the regime itself isn't amenable to abolishing slavery outright at least the unofficial ties to the merchant classes might be useful in spreading a little beneficial cultural "contamination."
No society could function without people to grease the wheels. It's good that Hannakona was able to make contact with such elements on Kamdor.
In my current Shattered Ring game, my first contact was the Anathurians, a race of fanatically xenophobic reptilians. Thankfully, they weren't fanatical purifiers and let me send envoys to them to improve our relationship. Eventually, we formed a Research Cooperative federation and are good friends. This is why I love the new diplomacy rework--even empires that otherwise would hate your guts can become firm allies.
This. Ditto! The new diplomacy system has opened up so many new avenues and options that the game has a whole new dynamic feel to it, and it's much more intriguing as well.
A few face to lead the Yldar, a different set of scales to measure the needs of the state. (I love hte allusions one can make with "scales" with the Yldar). Despite the "open" objective of "securing the borders" I wonder if this might not prove momentous in their other ideological aims.
A youthful new leader to offer a fresh direction; shall be interesting to see what new encounters they need to deal with - and how they manage to balance these new and somewhat competing political factions.
Well, then. Wary peaceful existence it is.
Jondru's star is certainly rising quickly (relatively speaking), and it's impressive enough that he's managed to take the Chair while remaining incorruptible like he has. Still, I imagine this isn't the last we'll be hearing of Rhass and his cronies.
I find fascinating how you manage to make regular boring in-game events into interesting narrative facts.