>>5274208>Lucius likely does not since it's still a functional Megastructure that is somehow maintaining itself.I'm not so necessarily sure on that. What if its just that, like Mars, the defenses have remained intact enough or the AI/Machine Spirits are desperate enough to stay alive that they aren't just going to let the entire planet detonate. Or there could be some non-daemonic but still very dangerous rogue AI's and scrap code held at bay down there too. It could be very ugly in Lucius too, possibly even a hairs breadth from destruction.
Mars also has probably just as many, if not almost assuredly more and deadlier defenses especially around the Noctis Labrynthe by being older and home to a lot more prototypes.
In either case, at least now we have Technomancy, so our abilities to fight off the dangerous AI wherever they lurk are hopefully a lot better.
>Basically Mars doesn't care so long as they are TOO powerful enough to challenge its authority. If it is then it gets butthurt and intervenes.Fortunately for us, and unfortunately for them, I believe they have already lost.
Lucius already was confirmed to be equal or superior to Mars in terms of resources and army. That's not including the backing of a Primarch and its very own Space Marine legion.
Add to that Xana, a planet also rich enough to hold off Mars, now formally part of the Federation. . .we can safely say that in a straight up Mars vs Lucius fight with no other intervention we'd stand the better chance. Of course, there's more forge worlds than Mars or Lucius, and that's why we're traveling. To get the balance tippers on our side.
>As a result, Lucian Admech under the influences of Tal0S is moving away from Feudalism and adopting a more enlightened technocratic voting approach ala Federation.I just hope we avoid the perils of democracy. It never ever ever works in 40k. Not even the Tau do it. We have got to give it the strongest government we can while simultaneously not requiring us to devote so much attention to it. I hope Guilliman can help shed some light on this.
