The scion of a powerful House may prove an incompetent governor, but stripping them of position may have consequences far worse than a badly run colony. But you must tread carefully, and you cannot make appointments on merit alone. Instead, exercising wisdom in whom to entrust with official appointments will be critical to the development of planets within your empire. There are no build queues to micromanage. Some serve as your governors, ruling planets and star systems in your name. Instead you can only wield your authority as a real emperor or empress would, by managing relationships and politics to rule through appointed officials. You cannot micromanage the daily affairs of each planet in your empire, and you do not have omnipotent control of the economy or military. A council of nobles serves as a check on your authority, but also a chance to build consensus for your policies. Yet, the strength of the Great Houses also provides critical support to your empire. Members of the Great Houses dominate the imperial bureaucracy and complicate your rule. The nobility has coalesced into a handful of Great Houses, and their power has been growing for generations at the expense of imperial control. Your empire's long decline means that you begin as ruler in name only. You will make hard choices in illustrated narrative events, some threatening the stability of your fragile reign, others shining the faintest hope of a new dawn for your dying empire. You will engage in conversations and develop relationships with your officials. You will create your character, selecting from a variety of backgrounds and abilities. You carry the last glimmer of hope for a brighter future among the stars.Īlliance of the Sacred Suns immerses you fully in the role of ruler. You are the young emperor or empress, preparing to ascend the throne. Noble Great Houses compete for control over the decaying feudal state, while the lives of ordinary people have already begun the descent into an interstellar dark age. A thousand years in the future, humanity's last empire stands on the brink of collapse.
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