LGWI - Emperor: Battle for Dune 004 (Great Convention, Schmeat Convention)

If it were truly so great, then why didn't it save their lives? Rofl rofl rofl.

SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:

The Landsraad is a political body, the assembly of all noble Houses within the Imperium. Theoretically, the Landsraad exists to support a system of checks and balances against both the Padishah Emperor (a member of House Corrino) and the Spacing Guild (whose neutrality and monopolization of interstellar space travel prevents anyone from getting too uppity). However, with the Sardaukar at their service and control of Arrakis, past Emperors have found ways to trump the Landsraad. Of course, this isn't a problem in the game; the throne is vacant.

The Great Convention is the treaty under which this convoluted system of government operates. Drafted shortly after the Butlerian Jihad, its principal guideline is to preserve human life. Strict rules are in place for the various House-to-House wars and feuds, and the use of atomics against human targets is always prohibited. Furthermore, the Emperor must act (or at least appear to act) as a neutral arbiter in all inter-House warfare.

The Spacing Guild, as noted earlier, is an apolitical organization concerned only with self-preservation. As the sole force in the Imperium capable of interstellar space travel, the Guild has the power to dictate terms and fees to anyone - even the Emperor himself - for transport. Aboard mighty heighliner starships, mutated Guild Navigators use their prescient vision granted by the spice to guide what would otherwise be extremely perilous travel. Consequently, the Spacing Guild is a big fan of promoting "the spice must flow" mantra; otherwise, its entire monopoly would collapse into nothing... and so would its Navigators.

The Bene Gesserit are an exclusive, secretive sisterhood whose motives can only be guessed; by subtly manipulating the various social, religious, and political elements of the Imperium, this matriarchal order guides humanity in the way it thinks is best. Few can begin to comprehend the Bene Gesserit's scope of power; fewer still aren't Bene Gesserit themselves. They prefer to remain out of public view, operating from the shadows, and it's impossible to discern just how much they have and they will influence events in "Emperor: Battle for Dune."

The Ixians are a technocracy; from the planet Ix (which leads to them being called "Ix"), they are the leading providers of various technological developments within the Imperium. Little is known of their society, and many are highly distrustful of them because of how close their machines seem to come to sentience. As the Orange Catholic Bible writes, "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind."

The Tleilaxu are a xenophobic, isolationist society who receive at least as much distrust - if not outright disgust - as the Ixians. While Ixians concern themselves itself with technological manipulation, Tleilaxu focus on matters of the flesh; they are skilled genetic manipulators, recognized by their ability to grow artificial organs as well as gholas (basically, clones of dead people). Their primary world is Tleilax, and just as little is known about how they live as is known about their motives. Do what I do, folks, and follow this directive: Never trust the Tleilaxu.

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[ScreamingDoom]

What exactly prevents anyone from making computers to compete with the spacing guild? I mean, I know it's illegal, but given how very little oversight the supposed central government has over the constituent Houses, you'd think it'd be an easy thing to create in secret.

Just build a fleet of computer ships, sneak attack Arrakis with enough atomic bombs to split the planet, and then hold up for a few weeks until the entirety of the Imperium is isolated and easily conquered piecemeal.

[GrimithR]

@ScreamingDoom #1) It's illegal. #2) No one knows how to create a computer to replicate what the Navigators do. The only faction with enough technological knowhow to even begin to fathom such a thing during the game's time period is the Ix. #3) If word ever leaked of what you were attempting to do, your entire civilization would be leveled into ash.

[ScreamingDoom]

@GrimithR Wait, what? If the technology doesn't exist, how the hell did anyone GET to Dune in the first place to find the Spice? Did they just use really slow sub-light craft and stumbled on the planet?

And, sure, it's risky... but the reward is complete control over the known galaxy, with no annoying politics getting in the way. That's QUITE a prize and certainly worth the risk, especially if you're not in the Big Three.

[GrimithR]

@ScreamingDoom Let's just say space travel 10,500 years ago took a very, very long time.

[Cptwalmart]

2:50 "Yes yes, great convention, total bullshit, this is the crowd of people who care, and i'm murdering them right now" Oh god, my sides, I can't breath!

[GrimithR]

@MetalSlimeHunt I think leaving the "SUPPLEMENTAL DATA" in the video description is a good idea. While I certainly don't mind talking all of your pretty little heads off, there are some people who either already know what I'd say or don't care. For a real-time strategy game, I need to focus more on gameplay, and I'd rather not sit at a menu for ten minutes and explain everything to all of you.

[Bammboo2011]

Is it sad that my favorite part of this game is when the troops say "At once".

[MasterAsra]

Glorious game Grimith, inanimate objects will surely learn to fear your name! Or they would, if artificial intelligence weren't illegal.

[rey9006]

@GrimithR @ScreamingDoom interesting thing, the "thinking computers" that the Great Convention also banned can't even figure out intergalactic travel. once they were banished after the Butlerian Jihad, it took them thousands and thousands of years to return.

[Arashmickey]

You sure pincered the crap out of those explosive barrels

[Astartes94]

I cant imagine the hologram tanks useful outside multiplayer... but perhaps im wrong?

[MrSentia]

@once! @once! @once! Attack! :P