Also, do post-Heresy scholars understand the circumstances that the Edict of Nikaea was revoked? Clearly in this enlightened age of the 41st millennium psychics have been resinstated, if highly sanctioned, but what caused this abrupt turn around in Imperial policy?
Please note: Can we avoid the cliché anti-psyker vitriol? Just because they can melt down and create a portal to another dimension full of creatures formed from mankind's most primitive urges, does not mean they are not people!
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I find it hard to believe that Loghain would betray Ferelden after he fought and removed the invading Orleasians?!
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We all heard the tales of Saint Ollanius but was he really there? A mortal man? During the High Duel of The God Emperor and the Arc Traitor?
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During the Bug War (yes, I am well aware of the difficulties with nomenclature, but I think in this instance it is appropriate to refer to the conflict by the name used by the MI--after all, this is a question about the MI) the losses suffered by the MI were staggering, and not easily replaced (unlike the losses suffered by the Klendathans, whose soldiers were largely expendable). Though the firepower that a platoon of Mobile Infantrymen could bear, due to their novel Powered Armor, was considerable, it is dwarfed by that of their support elements. The Armored Corps, with the deployment of a single platoon of light tanks, could eradicate an entire continent, needing only minor support from Mobile Infantrymen to guard them against close assaults, and the deployment of a heavy tank pair would've been catastrophic, resulting in loss of habitability throughout an entire planet for centuries. The firepower of even the meanest corvette in the fleet could have destroyed entire planets--indeed, at Second Klendathu the fleet demonstrated their awesome power, by eradicating all traces of life on the surface. Why was it deemed necessary, given the complete naval superiority of Earth's military forces, to suffer such enormous losses among Mobile Infantrymen by employing them as a primary assault force, when the other resources available could have done the job faster, more thoroughly, and with few to no human casualties? Why not use the MI as support troops, as they were originally intended for Earth combat, backing up and keeping up with heavier assets such as armor? Even at Second Klendathu the fleet pulled its punch, merely destroying the surface of the planet instead of the whole damn thing (a feat well within their combined power), necessitating an MI assault underground, where they could not be supported by missile artillery or armor. Why? Was it politics?
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I am sure we are all familiar with the classic Dalek epic poetry from the First Empire (e.g. "Exterminate! Exterminate!") and the more complex works that arose following the establishment of the Second Empire (e.g. "Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate!") but how did the Daleks weave the Doctor into their narrative themes?
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Also, has Pokémon fighting become less or more fatal over time? Historically, what percentage of bouts ended in fatalities?
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We heard for a while that two of the Stark kids got killed, but that apparently was a rouse. How have the citizens carried on? Who took charge and how did they rule once the Starks were all gone?
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My neighbor's daughter was insisting all sorts of bizarre things the other day, I was wondering what you might know.
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Also: How did the Andrastian forces counter the advanced artillery of the Qunari?
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Today, "sugar daddies" and "cougars" can broadcast their status via an attractive partner. What were the earliest recorded examples of this occurring throughout history? (Ancient Egyptian? Mesopotamian? Is this a significantly more modern practice than I assume it to be?)
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The belief that the Force surrounds all beings seems central in the beliefs of the Jedi. However, when the Jedi Master Quigon gin mentioned medichlorians, I feel like that was a sign that the Jedi Order was beginning to lose sight of their true ideals. Any expert opinion on this matter?
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