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Post by Kage2020 on Dec 21, 2004 19:43:47 GMT -5
Lord Anargo is paranoid. The Castellan subsector is a front between the Orks that 'destroyed' the Cruciatine sector. If unchecked by the Castellan Front then both Anargo and Archiaos will be threatened. In the Anargo subsector Lord Anargo has responded with the Anargo Buffer Zone. Most obviously this could take the form of a militarised world, but could also take the form of a sequence of listening posts or whatever...
So, I'm listening!
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Post by Sikkukkut on Dec 22, 2004 2:47:42 GMT -5
How does Lord Anargo feel about the Castellan Line itself, and the militarised zone that lies between it and the rest of the Sector? Is he trying to construct what is in effect a second militarised line between Anargo and Castellan? Perhaps the reason (or one reason) for his paranoia is that he distrusts and resents the Lord Militant Protector, whose authority derives mostly from the Munitorium and could be viewed as set up in opposition to the Sector government based in Anargo.
This makes sense when it's considered that the current LMP is engaging in a bit of a shakeup of Castellan's military after his predecessor let things slide. It's not intended as an attempt to build up a power base to challenge the Anargan government - the LMP's attention is directed firmly outwards at the Cruciatien border - but it might easily look that way from where a nervous Lord Anargo is sitting.
(There'll be more on the recent history of the Castellan command in due course, btw - Tynesh and I are getting our ducks in a row before we start posting in detail.)
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Post by Kage2020 on Dec 22, 2004 18:54:56 GMT -5
How does Lord Anargo feel about the Castellan Line itself, and the militarised zone that lies between it and the rest of the Sector? Too wary of the results of Cruciatine, he is creating these as both a second buffer zone and as, well, listening posts. How does he feel about Castellan? When you give someone a wall to climb, they're going to climb it... Is he trying to construct what is in effect a second militarised line between Anargo and Castellan? At first? No. Not that developed, although it would be the seeds of such. And more related with the Academy when it comes down to it. Perhaps the reason (or one reason) for his paranoia is that he distrusts and resents the Lord Militant Protector, whose authority derives mostly from the Munitorium and could be viewed as set up in opposition to the Sector government based in Anargo. That doesn't quite work. Had it been the adeptus ministorum then it would have been a winner. But Anargo traditionally supports the secular authority. Of course, the way around this is to skip the concept of the post (i.e. authority) and go to the individual, then tie that into Anargo sector history or even extra-Anargan politics. Of course, that requires a bit more development in terms of that politics on an Imperium level, something that is absent in the 'fluff'... This makes sense when it's considered that the current LMP is engaging in a bit of a shakeup of Castellan's military after his predecessor let things slide. The Imperium forces there presumably...? This might tweak Lord Anargo given the continued association with the Academy adding fuel to the fire. Again, perhaps it would be best to make this a personal conflict rather than merely abstracting it. |
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Post by Tynesh on Dec 23, 2004 11:19:58 GMT -5
Maybe they both went to the same prep scholaria on Anargo? The LMP was the better, more athletic and intelligent student; the Lord Anargo was just a buffoon, but a pompous one who new he would be more important than the other kid who he didn't like...
...Maybe the LMP teased the Lord Anargo???
;D
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Post by Kage2020 on Dec 27, 2004 19:19:49 GMT -5
The Academy would, therefore, be a more suitable location that being - at the moment - more significant in terms of the 'career' choice of the Lord Militant Protector. Of course, that still means that a more concrete determination of the function of the Academy, since it was originally conceptualised as an 'interstellar' school. The main proponents against the idea came from a period when 'no travel' was a popular approach to anyone but, well, the Imperium.
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