I have been struggling to keep cheating at a minimum, mainly to allow my crew and troops to experience real combat. I wouldn't always be there to babysit them, and experience was as important as better weapons.
The Orks made easy opponents anyway, when you had correct tactical information and orbital superiority. Take that away, like on Armageddon, where the giant Space Hulk in low orbit was denying the Imperium orbital support, while the thick air pollution and tal dust forced the troops to engage Orks in lee, even their ks and Gargants, and it quickly beca a clusterfuck.
I was in two minds about interfering there, because the entire galaxy was watching, and showing my hand too soon will not result in praise but sanctions and accusations.
On the other hand, it would be a giant battlefield filled with amazing loot and profit opportunity...no!
Bad Pef! We don't want our children burned alive. Stick to the plan, and avoid the Solar Segntum until Guilliam clears the way.
Anyways, by setting up a Forge here at Bhorc Pri, the place will beco rich and attractive in a short ti, while the local criminals and gangs provided human resources for servitors and forced labour.
Antax will need to import a few billion immigrants to develop the place properly, but a wealth of tal from the Space Hulk fragnts we 'found' in the system will keep the Forges and the dockyards busy for a millennium without much other imports.
And as usual, we picked a moon to set up the chemical and radioactive industry, while the planet itself would still be able to produce food for itself, without getting overwheld by pollution and toxic chemicals.
From Bhorc we ranged a small expedition to expand the domain to 50 planets nearby, and reach . It will take a decade or two, but we will do it!" their Lord Captain promised ceremoniously.
"Hear, hear! For the blood of Ferrus Manus." the other Iron Captains chanted in an eerie chorus.
"The Tau use missiles and railguns in large numbers, so you'll need Flare Shields for armor, and lots of aircraft to engage their rapid grav-tanks and mobile suits. And never engage if you lack orbital superiority. Consider the Tau are all techpriests, and you'll have a better estimation of their real strength." I explained in a gentle voice.
Their enthusiasm halted at once, and they beca more sober. "We'll need more techmarines then. But there have to be millions of maid guardsn everywhere. And many of them enroll at even at 14 or 15 years old."
Sadly it was true. With life span on feral and feudal worlds rarely passing 40 years of age, and even Hive World rarely reaching 50, people started duty at a younger age, not that they had school to occupy their days anyway.
Work, pray, sleep, often 10 people in a 20-ter room. Child labour was so common it was nearly the norm, while injuries and disease were almost never treated among the masses, cri was rampant and corruption ubiquitous.
The Imperium of 40k was a hellhole, and humanity has lost its aning. There was little humane left in humans, and nothing humane in our enemies. For in the grim dark future, there was only war.
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