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Yeah well, thats your own fault. The Klingon Empire has been doing just fine for the last thousand years without them. We plan to stay that way.

Mark wrote:Elections make me miss the glory days of the Empire.

Let's hope elements of the Union don't go missing them too much..

To be honest, that could be kinda cool. A democratic empire...

Deepcrush wrote:To be honest, that could be kinda cool. A democratic empire...

"for a safe, and secure, society!"

How exactly would a democratic Empire work?

Lt. Staplic wrote:How exactly would a democratic Empire work?

An elected leader given ultimate control for a set term with preset goals from a senate. Cuts through the redtape really. The KE isn't that far from that kind of a government. Minus our election is normally in the form of short civil wars.

Except if you have a supreme leader what forces them to listen to the 'senate/panel of advisers' and why would they allow themselves to be voted out...as supreme rulers they could simply modify the laws so they stay in power forever.

Lt. Staplic wrote:Except if you have a supreme leader what forces them to listen to the 'senate/panel of advisers' and why would they allow themselves to be voted out...as supreme rulers they could simply modify the laws so they stay in power forever.

A, the Emperor or whoever runs things in place of him has only the Direct power of his House.
B, the Advisors that make up the High Council are the leaders of the other top Houses. Each with similar power to the leader.
C, there's the KDF which is the combined might of all the Houses. Commanded by the High General who decides the value of each House and their alotment of ships in the case of a civil war. If you have fifty, then for the purpose of the civil war you have five... etc... Mostly meant so that while things still show the power levels between houses, it just doesn't cripple the Empire.
D, laws aren't passed by the High Council but they the legal services which are outside the control of the High Council.
E, if a leader in the KE fails to do their job, they can be removed by vote or killed in a challenge.

I wasn't referring to the KE, but to the system in general.

Well just take the KE as a possible example of how it could work then.

Yeah, I can't see a Cardassian Empire working quite that smoothly.

The whole plan within a plan within a plan leading into a trap mentality.

Yeah, you guys fumble to much.

Staplic, need you to remove the KE from the NPT. Like move the KE to former members or what not.

CJ, what the fuck is wrong with you? You just told big to block everything through your space and now you're bullshitting it? Did you fall on your head or something?

Deepcrush wrote:CJ, what the f**k is wrong with you? You just told big to block everything through your space and now you're bullshitting it? Did you fall on your head or something?

Please do not presume to tell me what I did and did not do.