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border-radius: 8px;\nbackground:\nrepeating-linear-gradient(0deg, transparent, transparent 2px, rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.022) 2px, rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.022) 4px),\nrgba(0, 0, 0, 0.28);\npadding: 20px 20px 18px;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-intel::before, #nx-faction .nx-fa-intel::after {\ncontent: \"\"; position: absolute; width: 16px; height: 16px; border-color: var(--fa); border-style: solid; opacity: 0.9;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-intel::before { top: -1px; left: -1px; border-width: 2px 0 0 2px; border-radius: 8px 0 0 0; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-intel::after { bottom: -1px; right: -1px; border-width: 0 2px 2px 0; border-radius: 0 0 8px 0; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-intel-label {\nfont-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 10.5px; letter-spacing: 0.26em; text-transform: uppercase;\ncolor: var(--fa); margin: 0 0 4px 0;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-intel-src {\nfont-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 10.5px; letter-spacing: 0.08em; line-height: 1.55;\ncolor: var(--nx-faint); margin: 0 0 16px 0;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-rate { padding: 11px 0; border-top: 1px solid rgba(232, 241, 255, 0.08); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-rate-top { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 12px; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-rate-name {\nfont-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 11.5px; letter-spacing: 0.2em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--nx-ink);\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-rate-meter { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-pips { display: inline-flex; gap: 3px; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-pips i {\nwidth: 20px; height: 9px; border-radius: 2px; display: block;\nbackground: rgba(232, 241, 255, 0.09); border: 1px solid rgba(232, 241, 255, 0.16);\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-pips i.on { background: var(--fa); border-color: var(--fa); box-shadow: 0 0 8px rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.55); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-rate-num { font-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 11.5px; color: var(--nx-dim); min-width: 2.2em; text-align: right; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-rate-note { margin: 5px 0 0 0; font-size: 12.5px; line-height: 1.5; font-style: italic; color: var(--nx-dim); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-intel-foot {\nmargin: 14px 0 0 0; padding-top: 12px; border-top: 1px dashed rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.3);\nfont-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 10.5px; letter-spacing: 0.06em; line-height: 1.6; color: var(--nx-faint);\n}\n\n\/* === Order of battle: tier ladder === *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-ladder {\ndisplay: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(var(--cols, 4), minmax(0, 1fr));\ngap: 12px; margin: 0; position: relative;\n}\n\/* seven or more nodes: two rows of up to four, so names never break mid-word *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-ladder.is-wrap { grid-template-columns: repeat(4, minmax(0, 1fr)); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-ladder.is-wrap .nx-fa-node:nth-child(4n + 1)::before { display: none; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-node {\nposition: relative; display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 6px;\nborder: 1px solid var(--nx-line); border-radius: 8px; background: var(--nx-card);\npadding: 14px 14px 14px; min-width: 0;\ncolor: var(--nx-ink);\ntransition: transform 0.2s ease, border-color 0.2s ease, background-color 0.2s ease;\n}\n#nx-faction a.nx-fa-node:hover, #nx-faction a.nx-fa-node:focus-visible {\ntransform: translateY(-2px); border-color: var(--fa); background: rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.08);\n}\n#nx-faction a.nx-fa-node:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--fa); outline-offset: 2px; }\n\/* connector between nodes *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-node + .nx-fa-node::before {\ncontent: \"\"; position: absolute; left: -13px; top: 27px; width: 13px; height: 1px;\nbackground: rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.6);\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-tier {\nalign-self: flex-start;\nfont-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 10px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.2em; text-transform: uppercase;\ncolor: #0A0A0A; background: var(--fa); border-radius: 2px; padding: 3px 7px;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-node-name {\nfont-family: var(--nx-display); font-weight: 700; font-size: clamp(13.5px, 1.4vw, 16px);\nletter-spacing: 0.04em; line-height: 1.2; text-transform: uppercase; overflow-wrap: break-word;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-node-role { font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.45; color: var(--nx-dim); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-node-class {\nmargin-top: auto; padding-top: 6px;\nfont-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 9.5px; letter-spacing: 0.14em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--nx-faint);\n}\n\n\/* === Unit \/ record bands === *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-unit {\nposition: relative;\nborder-top: 1px solid rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.16);\npadding: clamp(40px, 5.5vw, 72px) 0;\nscroll-margin-top: 90px;\noverflow: hidden; overflow: clip;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-unit:nth-of-type(even) { background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.04), transparent 70%); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-watermark {\nposition: absolute; top: 30px; right: -0.05em;\nfont-family: var(--nx-display); font-weight: 800;\nfont-size: clamp(60px, 10vw, 140px); line-height: 1; letter-spacing: 0.06em;\ntext-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.05);\npointer-events: none; z-index: 0; user-select: none; white-space: nowrap;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-flip .nx-fa-watermark { right: auto; left: -0.05em; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-unit-grid {\nposition: relative; z-index: 1;\ndisplay: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 0.40fr) minmax(0, 0.60fr);\ngap: clamp(28px, 4.5vw, 64px); align-items: start;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-flip .nx-fa-unit-grid { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 0.60fr) minmax(0, 0.40fr); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-flip .nx-fa-art { order: 2; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-flip .nx-fa-data { order: 1; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-art { position: sticky; top: 100px; }\n\n\/* art slot (NucleusGallery contract on .nucleus-profile-image) *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-slot {\nposition: relative; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 1 \/ 1;\nborder: 1px solid rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.6); border-radius: 8px;\nbackground: radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% 60%, rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.08), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55) 75%);\nbox-shadow: 0 0 26px rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.16);\ncursor: pointer; overflow: hidden;\ntransition: box-shadow 0.3s ease, border-color 0.3s ease, transform 0.3s ease;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-slot img { position: absolute; inset: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-slot::before, #nx-faction .nx-fa-slot::after {\ncontent: \"\"; position: absolute; width: 16px; height: 16px; z-index: 2;\nborder-color: var(--fa); border-style: solid; opacity: 0.95; pointer-events: none;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-slot::before { top: 7px; left: 7px; border-width: 2px 0 0 2px; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-slot::after { bottom: 7px; right: 7px; border-width: 0 2px 2px 0; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-slot:hover { border-color: var(--fa); box-shadow: 0 0 38px rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.38); transform: translateY(-2px); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-slot .profile-click-hint {\nposition: absolute; left: 0; right: 0; bottom: 12px; z-index: 3; text-align: center;\nfont-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 10.5px; letter-spacing: 0.22em; color: var(--fa);\ntext-shadow: 0 0 8px #000, 0 0 12px #000; opacity: 0; transition: opacity 0.3s ease; pointer-events: none;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-slot:hover .profile-click-hint { opacity: 1; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-count {\nposition: absolute; top: 10px; right: 10px; z-index: 3;\nfont-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.16em;\ncolor: var(--nx-ink); background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.62); border: 1px solid rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.5);\nborder-radius: 3px; padding: 3px 7px; pointer-events: none;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-thumbs { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(4, minmax(0, 1fr)); gap: 8px; margin-top: 8px; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-thumb {\nposition: relative; aspect-ratio: 1 \/ 1; border-radius: 5px; overflow: hidden; cursor: pointer;\nborder: 1px solid rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.35);\ntransition: border-color 0.2s ease, transform 0.2s ease;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-thumb img { position: absolute; inset: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-thumb:hover { border-color: var(--fa); transform: translateY(-2px); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-cap {\nmargin: 10px 0 0 0; font-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 10.5px; letter-spacing: 0.08em;\nline-height: 1.55; color: var(--nx-faint); text-align: center;\n}\n\n\/* data column *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-rec {\nfont-family: var(--nx-display); font-size: 11px; font-weight: 500;\nletter-spacing: 0.3em; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.95); margin: 0 0 12px 0;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-name {\nfont-family: var(--nx-display); font-weight: 700;\nfont-size: clamp(28px, 4vw, 46px); line-height: 1.08; letter-spacing: 0.04em;\ntext-transform: uppercase; color: var(--nx-ink);\ntext-shadow: 0 0 24px rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.28); margin: 0 0 6px 0; text-wrap: balance;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-name .nx-fa-native {\ndisplay: inline-block; margin-left: 0.4em; font-family: var(--nx-body); font-weight: 600;\nfont-size: 0.52em; letter-spacing: 0.08em; color: var(--fa); text-shadow: none; vertical-align: 0.2em;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-oneline { font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 1.5; color: var(--nx-ink); margin: 0 0 16px 0; max-width: 56ch; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-tags { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 7px; margin: 0 0 20px 0; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-tags .nx-fa-tier { align-self: center; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-stats {\ndisplay: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(190px, 1fr));\ngap: 14px 22px; margin: 0 0 22px 0;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-stat { border-left: 1px solid rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.35); padding-left: 13px; min-width: 0; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-stat-label {\ndisplay: block; font-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.26em;\ntext-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.85); margin-bottom: 4px;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-stat-value { display: block; font-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.45; color: var(--nx-ink); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-stat-value a { border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.4); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-stat-value a:hover { border-bottom-color: var(--fa); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-est { color: var(--nx-faint); font-size: 0.85em; letter-spacing: 0.1em; }\n\n\/* matchup: excels \/ struggles *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-vs { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr)); gap: 12px; margin: 0 0 22px 0; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-vs-col {\nborder: 1px solid var(--nx-line); border-radius: 6px; background: var(--nx-card); padding: 13px 15px 14px;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-vs-col.is-up { border-top: 2px solid var(--fa); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-vs-col.is-down { border-top: 2px solid rgba(232, 241, 255, 0.35); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-vs-label {\ndisplay: block; font-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.26em;\ntext-transform: uppercase; margin: 0 0 9px 0; color: var(--nx-dim);\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-vs-col.is-up .nx-fa-vs-label { color: var(--fa); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-vs li { position: relative; padding-left: 17px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; color: rgba(232, 241, 255, 0.8); margin: 0 0 6px 0; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-vs li:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-vs li::before { position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1.95; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-vs-col.is-up li::before { content: \"\\25B2\"; color: var(--fa); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-vs-col.is-down li::before { content: \"\\25BC\"; color: rgba(232, 241, 255, 0.5); }\n\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-quote {\nmargin: 20px 0 0 0; padding: 0 0 0 18px; border-left: 1px solid rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.5);\nfont-style: italic; font-size: clamp(15px, 1.7vw, 17px); line-height: 1.55; color: rgba(232, 241, 255, 0.88);\nmax-width: 60ch;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-quote small { display: block; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; color: var(--nx-dim); margin-top: 3px; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-quote cite {\ndisplay: block; margin-top: 7px; font-style: normal; font-family: var(--nx-mono);\nfont-size: 10.5px; letter-spacing: 0.18em; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.85);\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-callout {\nborder: 1px dashed rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.45); border-radius: 6px; background: rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.05);\npadding: 14px 18px; margin: 20px 0 0 0; max-width: 66ch;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-callout-label {\ndisplay: block; font-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.28em;\ntext-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.9); margin: 0 0 8px 0;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-callout p { font-size: 13.5px; line-height: 1.65; font-style: italic; color: var(--nx-dim); }\n\n\/* field notes: collapsible deep lore, no JS *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-notes { margin: 20px 0 0 0; max-width: 66ch; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-notes details {\nborder: 1px solid var(--nx-line); border-radius: 6px; background: var(--nx-card); margin: 0 0 8px 0;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-notes summary {\ncursor: pointer; list-style: none; padding: 11px 15px;\nfont-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 11.5px; letter-spacing: 0.14em; text-transform: uppercase;\ncolor: var(--nx-ink); display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-notes summary::-webkit-details-marker { display: none; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-notes summary::before {\ncontent: \"+\"; font-weight: 700; color: var(--fa); width: 12px; text-align: center; flex: none;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-notes details[open] summary::before { content: \"\\2212\"; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-notes summary:hover { color: var(--fa); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-notes summary:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--fa); outline-offset: 2px; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-notes .nx-fa-note-body { padding: 0 15px 14px 37px; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-notes .nx-fa-note-body p { font-size: 13.5px; line-height: 1.7; color: rgba(232, 241, 255, 0.76); margin: 0 0 10px 0; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-notes .nx-fa-note-body p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }\n\n\/* nested sub-unit card (elite tier of the same unit) *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-subunit {\nposition: relative; scroll-margin-top: 100px;\nborder: 1px solid rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.4); border-radius: 8px;\nbackground: linear-gradient(135deg, rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.09), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25) 60%);\npadding: clamp(18px, 2.6vw, 26px); margin: 22px 0 0 0;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-subunit .nx-fa-name { font-size: clamp(20px, 2.6vw, 28px); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-subunit .nx-fa-stats { margin-bottom: 14px; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-subunit .nx-fa-prose p { font-size: 14px; }\n\n\/* matchup table (capital ships etc.) *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-match { margin: 20px 0 0 0; max-width: 66ch; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-match-label {\ndisplay: block; font-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.28em;\ntext-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.9); margin: 0 0 8px 0;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-match li {\ndisplay: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 130px) minmax(0, 120px) minmax(0, 1fr);\ngap: 12px; align-items: baseline; padding: 8px 0; border-top: 1px solid rgba(232, 241, 255, 0.08);\nfont-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-match li.is-self { color: var(--nx-ink); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-match li b { color: var(--nx-ink); font-weight: 700; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-match li.is-self b { color: var(--fa); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-match li span { color: var(--nx-dim); }\n\n\/* timeline (legend told as dated entries) *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-tl { margin: 20px 0 0 0; max-width: 66ch; border-left: 1px solid rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.35); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-tl li { position: relative; padding: 0 0 15px 20px; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-tl li:last-child { padding-bottom: 0; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-tl li::before {\ncontent: \"\"; position: absolute; left: -4px; top: 6px; width: 7px; height: 7px; border-radius: 50%;\nbackground: var(--fa); box-shadow: 0 0 8px rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.7);\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-tl b {\ndisplay: block; font-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 10.5px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.2em;\ntext-transform: uppercase; color: var(--fa); margin-bottom: 2px;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-tl span { display: block; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.65; color: rgba(232, 241, 255, 0.8); }\n\n\/* === Command cards === *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-cmd { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(230px, 1fr)); gap: 12px; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-cmd-card {\ndisplay: grid; grid-template-columns: 64px minmax(0, 1fr); gap: 14px; align-items: center;\nborder: 1px solid var(--nx-line); border-radius: 8px; background: var(--nx-card);\npadding: 14px 16px; color: var(--nx-ink);\ntransition: transform 0.2s ease, border-color 0.2s ease, background-color 0.2s ease;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-cmd-card:hover, #nx-faction .nx-fa-cmd-card:focus-visible {\ntransform: translateY(-2px); border-color: var(--fa); background: rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.08);\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-cmd-card:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--fa); outline-offset: 2px; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-cmd-card img {\nwidth: 64px; height: 64px; border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover;\nborder: 2px solid rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.55);\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-cmd-rank {\ndisplay: block; font-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 9.5px; letter-spacing: 0.22em;\ntext-transform: uppercase; color: var(--fa); margin-bottom: 3px;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-cmd-name {\ndisplay: block; font-family: var(--nx-display); font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;\nletter-spacing: 0.04em; line-height: 1.25; color: var(--nx-ink);\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-cmd-note { display: block; margin-top: 4px; font-size: 12.5px; line-height: 1.45; color: var(--nx-dim); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-more {\ndisplay: inline-block; margin-top: 18px;\nfont-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.2em; text-transform: uppercase;\nborder-bottom: 1px solid rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.4);\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-more:hover { border-bottom-color: var(--fa); }\n\n\/* === Holdings: control board === *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-board { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr)); gap: 12px; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-zone {\n--fc: var(--fa);\nposition: relative; border: 1px solid var(--nx-line); border-top: 3px solid var(--fc);\nborder-radius: 8px; background: var(--nx-card); padding: 15px 17px 16px; min-width: 0;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-zone-top { display: flex; align-items: baseline; justify-content: space-between; gap: 10px; margin-bottom: 8px; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-zone-name {\nfont-family: var(--nx-display); font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--nx-ink);\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-zone-owner {\nfont-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 9.5px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.18em; text-transform: uppercase;\ncolor: var(--fc); border: 1px solid var(--fc); border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px 6px; white-space: nowrap;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-zone dl { margin: 0; display: grid; grid-template-columns: auto minmax(0, 1fr); gap: 4px 12px; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-zone dt { font-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.2em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--nx-faint); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-zone dd { margin: 0; font-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 12px; color: var(--nx-ink); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-zone p { margin: 10px 0 0 0; font-size: 12.5px; line-height: 1.5; color: var(--nx-dim); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-board-note { margin: 14px 0 0 0; font-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 10.5px; letter-spacing: 0.06em; color: var(--nx-faint); }\n\n\/* holdings rows (multi-world powers) *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-rows { border-top: 1px solid var(--nx-line); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-row {\ndisplay: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 150px) minmax(0, 120px) minmax(0, 1fr);\ngap: 6px 20px; align-items: baseline; padding: 14px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--nx-line);\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-row-name { font-family: var(--nx-display); font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--nx-ink); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-row-status { font-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 10.5px; letter-spacing: 0.18em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--fa); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-row-status.is-none { color: var(--nx-faint); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-row-body { font-size: 13.5px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgba(232, 241, 255, 0.78); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-row-body b { color: var(--nx-ink); font-weight: 600; }\n\n\/* composition bar *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-comp { margin-top: clamp(26px, 3.5vw, 38px); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-comp-label, #nx-faction .nx-fa-minihead {\ndisplay: block; font-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 10.5px; letter-spacing: 0.26em;\ntext-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.9); margin: 0 0 12px 0;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-bar { display: flex; gap: 2px; height: 14px; border-radius: 4px; overflow: hidden; background: rgba(232, 241, 255, 0.06); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-bar i { display: block; height: 100%; background: var(--c); min-width: 3px; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-legend { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 8px 20px; margin-top: 12px; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-legend li { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; font-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 11.5px; color: var(--nx-ink); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-legend i { width: 10px; height: 10px; border-radius: 2px; background: var(--c); display: inline-block; flex: none; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-legend span { color: var(--nx-dim); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-minitiles { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(190px, 1fr)); gap: 10px; margin-top: clamp(26px, 3.5vw, 38px); }\n\n\/* === Strategic assets === *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-assets { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr)); gap: 12px; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-asset {\nposition: relative; border: 1px solid var(--nx-line); border-radius: 8px; background: var(--nx-card);\npadding: 16px 18px 17px; min-width: 0;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-asset-type {\ndisplay: block; font-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 9.5px; letter-spacing: 0.24em;\ntext-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.9); margin-bottom: 7px;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-asset-name {\ndisplay: block; font-family: var(--nx-display); font-weight: 700; font-size: 16px;\nletter-spacing: 0.04em; line-height: 1.25; color: var(--nx-ink); margin-bottom: 7px;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-asset p { font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgba(232, 241, 255, 0.76); }\n\n\/* === Diplomacy === *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-dip { border-top: 1px solid var(--nx-line); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-dip-row {\n--fc: var(--nx-dim);\ndisplay: grid; grid-template-columns: 44px minmax(0, 190px) minmax(0, 132px) minmax(0, 1fr);\ngap: 6px 18px; align-items: center; padding: 13px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--nx-line);\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-dip-sig {\nwidth: 40px; height: 40px; border-radius: 6px; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;\nfont-family: var(--nx-display); font-weight: 700; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.04em;\ncolor: var(--fc); border: 1px solid var(--fc); background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-dip-name { font-family: var(--nx-display); font-weight: 700; font-size: 14.5px; letter-spacing: 0.04em; color: var(--nx-ink); line-height: 1.25; }\n#nx-faction a.nx-fa-dip-name:hover { color: var(--fc); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-stance {\njustify-self: start;\nfont-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 10px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.16em; text-transform: uppercase;\npadding: 4px 8px; border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid currentColor; white-space: nowrap;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-stance.is-hostile { color: #FF7A7A; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-stance.is-tense { color: #FFB84D; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-stance.is-warm { color: #6FE0A8; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-stance.is-none { color: rgba(232, 241, 255, 0.6); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-dip-note { font-size: 13.5px; line-height: 1.55; color: rgba(232, 241, 255, 0.78); }\n\n\/* === Outro === *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-outro { text-align: center; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-outro .nx-fa-quote {\nborder-left: 0; padding: 0; margin: 0 auto; max-width: 56ch; font-size: clamp(16px, 2vw, 20px);\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-links { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; justify-content: center; gap: 10px; margin-top: clamp(26px, 3.5vw, 38px); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-link {\nfont-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.2em; text-transform: uppercase;\nborder: 1px solid rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.45); border-radius: 4px; padding: 10px 16px;\nbackground: rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.06); color: var(--nx-ink);\ntransition: background-color 0.2s ease, border-color 0.2s ease, transform 0.2s ease;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-link:hover, #nx-faction .nx-fa-link:focus-visible {\nbackground: rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.2); border-color: var(--fa); transform: translateY(-2px);\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-link:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--fa); outline-offset: 2px; }\n\n\/* === Motion: progressive, guarded, compositor-only === *\/\n@media (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) {\n@supports (animation-timeline: view()) {\n#nx-faction .nx-rev { animation: nxFaRise linear both; animation-timeline: view(); animation-range: entry 4% entry 34%; }\n}\n@keyframes nxFaRise { from { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(24px); } to { opacity: 1; transform: none; } }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-crest-halo { animation: nxFaHalo 5s ease-in-out infinite; }\n@keyframes nxFaHalo { 0%, 100% { opacity: 0.45; } 50% { opacity: 0.9; } }\n}\n\n\/* === Responsive === *\/\n@media (max-width: 1000px) {\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-doc-grid { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-assets { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr)); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-board { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr)); }\n}\n@media (max-width: 860px) {\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-hero-grid { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr); text-align: center; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-crest { max-width: 200px; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-pitch, #nx-faction .nx-fa-lead { margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-arch { justify-content: center; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-unit-grid, #nx-faction .nx-fa-flip .nx-fa-unit-grid { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr); gap: 26px; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-flip .nx-fa-art { order: 1; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-flip .nx-fa-data { order: 2; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-art { position: static; max-width: 420px; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-watermark { font-size: clamp(46px, 15vw, 96px); }\n\/* ladder becomes a swipe rail (site mobile convention) *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-ladder {\ndisplay: flex; overflow-x: auto; scroll-snap-type: x proximity; padding-bottom: 8px;\n-webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-node { flex: 0 0 62%; max-width: 250px; scroll-snap-align: start; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-row { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) auto; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-row-body { grid-column: 1 \/ -1; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-dip-row { grid-template-columns: 44px minmax(0, 1fr) auto; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-dip-note { grid-column: 1 \/ -1; }\n}\n@media (max-width: 640px) {\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-pm, #nx-faction .nx-fa-vs { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-assets, #nx-faction .nx-fa-board { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-tiles { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr)); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-match li { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(0, 1fr); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-match li span { grid-column: 1 \/ -1; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-pips i { width: 16px; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-rate-top { flex-wrap: wrap; }\n}\n\n\/* === NucleusGallery modal base + this faction's skin (lore pages have no\nMaster Block, so the modal styles travel with the cell) === *\/\n.nucleus-gallery-overlay { position: fixed; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; background: rgba(5, 6, 8, 0.96); z-index: 10000; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; opacity: 0; visibility: hidden; transition: opacity 0.3s ease, visibility 0.3s ease; }\n.nucleus-gallery-overlay.active { opacity: 1; visibility: visible; }\n.nucleus-gallery-container { position: relative; max-width: 90vw; max-height: 85vh; text-align: center; }\n.nucleus-gallery-image { max-width: 100%; max-height: 70vh; object-fit: contain; border-radius: 8px; transition: border-color 0.3s ease, box-shadow 0.3s ease; }\n.nucleus-gallery-nav { position: absolute; top: 50%; transform: translateY(-50%); width: 50px; height: 50px; border-radius: 50%; cursor: pointer; font-size: 24px; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; transition: background-color 0.3s ease, box-shadow 0.3s ease, transform 0.3s ease; }\n.nucleus-gallery-nav.prev { left: -70px; }\n.nucleus-gallery-nav.next { right: -70px; }\n.nucleus-gallery-title { font-family: 'Orbitron', 'Avenir Next', 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: 0.06em; margin-top: 20px; }\n.nucleus-gallery-counter { font-family: monospace; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 8px; letter-spacing: 2px; }\n.nucleus-gallery-close { margin-top: 25px; background: transparent; padding: 10px 30px; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 2px; cursor: pointer; transition: background-color 0.3s ease, box-shadow 0.3s ease; border-radius: 4px; }\n.nucleus-gallery-dots { display: flex; justify-content: center; gap: 10px; margin-top: 15px; }\n.nucleus-gallery-dot { width: 10px; height: 10px; border-radius: 50%; cursor: pointer; transition: background-color 0.3s ease, transform 0.3s ease; }\n@media (max-width: 760px) { .nucleus-gallery-nav.prev { left: 6px; } .nucleus-gallery-nav.next { right: 6px; } }\n.nucleus-gallery-overlay.theme-imperium .nucleus-gallery-image { border: 3px solid rgba(255, 74, 74, 0.55); box-shadow: 0 0 50px rgba(255, 74, 74, 0.32); }\n.nucleus-gallery-overlay.theme-imperium .nucleus-gallery-nav { background: rgba(255, 74, 74, 0.2); border: 2px solid rgba(255, 74, 74, 0.55); color: #FFB3B3; }\n.nucleus-gallery-overlay.theme-imperium .nucleus-gallery-nav:hover { background: rgba(255, 74, 74, 0.4); box-shadow: 0 0 25px rgba(255, 74, 74, 0.5); transform: translateY(-50%) scale(1.1); }\n.nucleus-gallery-overlay.theme-imperium .nucleus-gallery-title { color: #FFECEC; text-shadow: 0 0 20px rgba(255, 74, 74, 0.45); }\n.nucleus-gallery-overlay.theme-imperium .nucleus-gallery-counter { color: #FFB3B3; }\n.nucleus-gallery-overlay.theme-imperium .nucleus-gallery-close { border: 2px solid rgba(255, 74, 74, 0.55); color: #FF4A4A; }\n.nucleus-gallery-overlay.theme-imperium .nucleus-gallery-close:hover { background: rgba(255, 74, 74, 0.25); box-shadow: 0 0 20px rgba(255, 74, 74, 0.4); }\n.nucleus-gallery-overlay.theme-imperium .nucleus-gallery-dot { background: rgba(255, 74, 74, 0.3); border: 2px solid rgba(255, 74, 74, 0.55); }\n.nucleus-gallery-overlay.theme-imperium .nucleus-gallery-dot.active { background: #FF4A4A; box-shadow: 0 0 12px rgba(255, 74, 74, 0.75); transform: scale(1.2); }\n<\/style>\n\n<div id=\"nx-faction\" data-theme=\"imperium\">\n<div class=\"nx-fa-stars\"><\/div>\n<!-- NucleusGallery modal structure - REQUIRED ONCE PER PAGE. -->\n<div id=\"nucleus-gallery-overlay\" class=\"nucleus-gallery-overlay\">\n    <div class=\"nucleus-gallery-container\">\n        <button class=\"nucleus-gallery-nav prev\" onclick=\"NucleusGallery.prev()\" aria-label=\"Previous image\">\u2039<\/button>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"nucleus-gallery-image\" class=\"nucleus-gallery-image\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n        <button class=\"nucleus-gallery-nav next\" onclick=\"NucleusGallery.next()\" aria-label=\"Next image\">\u203a<\/button>\n        <div id=\"nucleus-gallery-title\" class=\"nucleus-gallery-title\"><\/div>\n        <div id=\"nucleus-gallery-counter\" class=\"nucleus-gallery-counter\"><\/div>\n        <div id=\"nucleus-gallery-dots\" class=\"nucleus-gallery-dots\"><\/div>\n        <button class=\"nucleus-gallery-close\" onclick=\"NucleusGallery.close()\">[ CLOSE ]<\/button>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-wrap\">\n<header id=\"imperium-units\" class=\"nx-fa-hero\"><div class=\"nx-fa-in\">\n<div class=\"nx-fa-hero-grid\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-crest\"><div class=\"nx-fa-crest-halo\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ID-Emblem.jpg\" alt=\"Imperium of Dragons flag: twin dragons forming a yin-yang inside a sunburst, on red\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"><span class=\"nx-fa-crest-tag\">Imperial flag \u00b7 twin dragons<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-hero-text\">\n        <p class=\"nx-fa-eyebrow\">Nucleus Faction Registry \u00b7 File ID<\/p>\n        <h1 class=\"nx-fa-title\">Imperium of Dragons <span class=\"nx-fa-native\" lang=\"zh-Hant\">\u83ef\u9f8d\u5e1d\u570b<\/span><\/h1>\n        <p class=\"nx-fa-desig\">Divine monarchy \u00b7 Earth, Osram, Venus, Mars<\/p>\n        <p class=\"nx-fa-pitch\">First in everything. The Ministry has the figures.<\/p>\n        <p class=\"nx-fa-lead\">Founded on October 1, 2069, on the ashes of Communist China, and ruled from the Ruby Throne in Chengdu. It leads the world in GDP and military strength, runs the most effective police force on Earth, and treats the ownership of people as a mark of good standing.<\/p>\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-arch\"><span class=\"nx-fa-arch-label\">Archetype<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Mass production<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Heavy siege<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Caster elite<\/span><\/div>\n        <p class=\"nx-fa-motto\">\u201cLoyalty above life, responsibilities before rights.\u201d<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-tiles\"><div class=\"nx-fa-tile\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-label\">Founded<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-value\">Oct 1, 2069<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-sub\">After the fall of Communist China<\/span><\/div><div class=\"nx-fa-tile\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-label\">Capital<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-value\">Chengdu <br><span lang=\"zh-Hant\">\u6210\u90fd<\/span><\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-sub\">The Ruby Throne, Brocade Celestial Palace<\/span><\/div><div class=\"nx-fa-tile\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-label\">Emperor<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-value\">Zi-Yuan Sun<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-sub\"><span lang=\"zh-Hant\">\u5b6b\u7d2b\u5143<\/span>. Thirty-seven years on the Throne<\/span><\/div><div class=\"nx-fa-tile\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-label\">Lunar city<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-value\">Celestial Reach<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-sub\"><span lang=\"zh-Hant\">\u84bc\u8d8a\u57ce<\/span>, Oceanus Procellarum<\/span><\/div><div class=\"nx-fa-tile\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-label\">Population<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-value\">3.65 billion<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-sub\">Atomic Accord census. The Ministry says 17.5 billion<\/span><\/div><div class=\"nx-fa-tile\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-label\">Military rank<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-value\">1st<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-sub\">Ahead of the Alliance and the Directorate (2295)<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"nx-fa-advisory\"><b>18+<\/b> &nbsp;This file covers a villain faction. Sexual servitude, ritualized dominance and state control of women&#8217;s bodies are written into its law and its faith, and the file describes them plainly. All of it is fiction.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/header>\n<section id=\"faction-doctrine\" class=\"nx-fa-sec nx-fa-sec-alt\"><div class=\"nx-fa-in\">\n<header class=\"nx-fa-sec-head nx-rev\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-kicker\">\/\/ 01 \u2014 Doctrine<\/p>\n    <h2 class=\"nx-fa-h\">How the Imperium wins<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-doc-grid\">\n<div class=\"nx-rev\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-prose\"><p>The Imperium wins by spending what it does not count as people. Cultivated infantry go in first and die in numbers the planners have already written down. Natural-born crossbowmen cover them. Behind both come the Conjurers, the nuclear-shelled Draconic Engines, and a Dragonfort that lands, turns into a fortress and starts holding court.<\/p><p>At home it sells order. Every major corporation is state-owned, the streets are the safest on Earth, and citizenship comes easily to anyone with certified Chinese heritage. <b>The price is a hierarchy the state religion calls natural:<\/b> the strong lead, the rest serve, and slavery is a symbol of wealth.<\/p><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-pm\">\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-pm-col is-edge\"><span class=\"nx-fa-pm-label\">Edges<\/span><ul><li><b>Numbers nobody else can afford.<\/b> Some 350 million Blood Swallows, grown and not conscripted. No citizen family buries one.<\/li><li><b>Psionics built into the army.<\/b> Imperial scholars mapped the Principium&#8217;s acupoints exhaustively and wrote them into Conjurer training and military doctrine.<\/li><li><b>The Dragonfort.<\/b> Conquest and government in one hull.<\/li><li><b>The heaviest gun on the ground.<\/b> The Draconic Engine&#8217;s Havok-Class launcher out-shoots anything the Alliance fields.<\/li><li><b>Order at home.<\/b> First in GDP, state-owned from top to bottom, and policed better than anywhere on Earth.<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-pm-col is-liab\"><span class=\"nx-fa-pm-label\">Liabilities<\/span><ul><li><b>Its own artillery.<\/b> Draconic Engines are notorious for friendly fire, and they poison the ground they fight on.<\/li><li><b>Twenty to forty minutes.<\/b> That is how long the Phoenix Roost Matrix takes to fire, and it leaves the commander&#8217;s best Supplicant unconscious.<\/li><li><b>Fifteen-year casters.<\/b> A Conjurer takes fifteen to twenty years to train. Four in ten wash out.<\/li><li><b>Two populations it keeps apart.<\/b> Blood Swallows and Peons may never share a room. Commanders have been executed over it.<\/li><li><b>The missing scientist.<\/b> The mind behind its Radi-Human programs left Imperial service, and took her later work with her.<\/li><li><b>No friends.<\/b> Unwelcoming to foreigners and hostile to most of its neighbours.<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"nx-fa-intel nx-rev\" aria-label=\"Threat assessment, an in-world estimate\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-intel-label\">\/\/ Threat assessment \u00b7 Estimate<\/p>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-intel-src\">Filed by: NexLink orbital analysis, for the Corporate Chamber, Terra Alliance.<br>Subject: the mortal enemy.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-rate\"><div class=\"nx-fa-rate-top\"><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-name\">Firepower<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-meter\"><span class=\"nx-fa-pips\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"5 out of 5\"><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i class=\"on\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-num\">5\/5<\/span><\/span><\/div><p class=\"nx-fa-rate-note\">\u201cNuclear shells on tracks and a ship that breathes psionic fire. We match neither.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-rate\"><div class=\"nx-fa-rate-top\"><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-name\">Staying power<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-meter\"><span class=\"nx-fa-pips\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"4 out of 5\"><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i><\/i><\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-num\">4\/5<\/span><\/span><\/div><p class=\"nx-fa-rate-note\">\u201cThey absorb losses that would end a presidency. The losses are not citizens.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-rate\"><div class=\"nx-fa-rate-top\"><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-name\">Mobility<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-meter\"><span class=\"nx-fa-pips\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"3 out of 5\"><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i><\/i><i><\/i><\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-num\">3\/5<\/span><\/span><\/div><p class=\"nx-fa-rate-note\">\u201cThe fortress moves slowly. The Swallows do not.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-rate\"><div class=\"nx-fa-rate-top\"><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-name\">Psionics<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-meter\"><span class=\"nx-fa-pips\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"5 out of 5\"><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i class=\"on\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-num\">5\/5<\/span><\/span><\/div><p class=\"nx-fa-rate-note\">\u201cThe only power that built its army around the Principium. We blocked the armor that would have let us follow.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-rate\"><div class=\"nx-fa-rate-top\"><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-name\">Economy<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-meter\"><span class=\"nx-fa-pips\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"5 out of 5\"><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i class=\"on\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-num\">5\/5<\/span><\/span><\/div><p class=\"nx-fa-rate-note\">\u201cState-owned, first in GDP, and answerable to no shareholder.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-rate\"><div class=\"nx-fa-rate-top\"><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-name\">Leverage<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-meter\"><span class=\"nx-fa-pips\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"3 out of 5\"><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i><\/i><i><\/i><\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-num\">3\/5<\/span><\/span><\/div><p class=\"nx-fa-rate-note\">\u201cFeared everywhere and liked nowhere. It will not sit at a table it does not own.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-intel-foot\">Estimate only. NexLink sells the Chamber both its threat picture and its satellites. Read accordingly.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section id=\"faction-orbat\" class=\"nx-fa-sec\"><div class=\"nx-fa-in\">\n<header class=\"nx-fa-sec-head nx-rev\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-kicker\">\/\/ 02 \u2014 Order of Battle<\/p>\n    <h2 class=\"nx-fa-h\">What they field<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-sub\">Cultivated bodies at the bottom, nobility at the top. Every rung of the ladder is deliberate. Tiers follow the Codex class lines.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<nav class=\"nx-fa-ladder is-wrap nx-rev\" style=\"--cols:7\" aria-label=\"Order of battle\">\n    <a class=\"nx-fa-node\" href=\"#unit-swallow\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">T1<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-name\">Blood Swallow<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-role\">Cultivated melee infantry. Expendable by design<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-class\">Ground \u00b7 Foundational<\/span><\/a>\n    <a class=\"nx-fa-node\" href=\"#unit-rust-crow\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">T1<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-name\">Rust Crow<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-role\">Natural-born crossbowmen. Scouts and strikers<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-class\">Ground \u00b7 Foundational<\/span><\/a>\n    <a class=\"nx-fa-node\" href=\"#unit-peon\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">WRK<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-name\">Peon<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-role\">Cultivated labour. Builds, repairs, mines<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-class\">Ground \u00b7 Worker \u00b7 Thrall<\/span><\/a>\n    <a class=\"nx-fa-node\" href=\"#unit-conjurer\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">T2<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-name\">Conjurer<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-role\">The psionic elite. Eclipse and Lunar<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-class\">Ground \u00b7 Advanced \u00b7 Psionic<\/span><\/a>\n    <a class=\"nx-fa-node\" href=\"#unit-supplicant\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">T2<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-name\">Supplicant<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-role\">A Lord Conjurer&#8217;s living amplifier<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-class\">Ground \u00b7 Advanced \u00b7 Support<\/span><\/a>\n    <a class=\"nx-fa-node\" href=\"#unit-drac-eng\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">VEH<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-name\">Draconic Engine<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-role\">Main battle tank. Fires miniature nuclear warheads<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-class\">Ground \u00b7 Advanced \u00b7 Siege<\/span><\/a>\n    <a class=\"nx-fa-node\" href=\"#unit-dragonfort\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">CAP<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-name\">Dragonfort<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-role\">Capital ship and mobile seat of government<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-class\">Air \u00b7 Advanced \u00b7 Capital<\/span><\/a>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section id=\"unit-swallow\" class=\"nx-fa-unit\" data-theme=\"imperium\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-watermark\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Swallow<\/p>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-in\"><div class=\"nx-fa-unit-grid\">\n<div class=\"nx-fa-art nx-rev\">\n    <div class=\"nucleus-profile-image nx-fa-slot\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ID-Blood-Swallow-1.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Blood Swallows in formation&quot;}, {&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ID-Blood-Swallow-2.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Blood Swallow \u2014 twin daggers&quot;}, {&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Blood-Swallow-2-1.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Blood Swallow&quot;}]\" data-character-name=\"Blood Swallow\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Open the Blood Swallow gallery\">\n        <span class=\"nx-fa-count\">1 \/ 3<\/span>\n        <img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ID-Blood-Swallow-1.jpg\" alt=\"Blood Swallows in formation\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n        <div class=\"profile-click-hint\">[ VIEW GALLERY ]<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-thumbs\">\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Blood Swallows in formation\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(0);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ID-Blood-Swallow-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Blood Swallow \u2014 twin daggers\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(1);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ID-Blood-Swallow-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Blood Swallow\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(2);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Blood-Swallow-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-cap\">Blood Swallows in formation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-data nx-rev\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-rec\">\/\/ Unit Record 01 \u00b7 Imperium of Dragons<\/p>\n    <h3 class=\"nx-fa-name\">Blood Swallow <span class=\"nx-fa-native\" lang=\"zh-Hant\">\u8840\u71d5<\/span><\/h3>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-tags\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">T1<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Ground<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Foundational<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Melee<\/span><\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-oneline\">Mass-produced female Radi-Humans: the Imperium&#8217;s answer to waging war without spending citizens.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-stats\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Weapon<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Twin Thermal Daggers<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Armor<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Minimal. Speed over protection<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Enters service<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Biological age 19, combat-ready<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Psionics<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">None. Removed to save cost<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Survive three years<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">~6.9% <span class=\"nx-fa-est\">est.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">In service<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">~350 million<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-vs\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-up\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Excels at<\/span><ul><li>Relentless close assault: several strikes a second, never still<\/li><li>Reflexes and stamina above a baseline human&#8217;s<\/li><li>Being replaced<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-down\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Struggles with<\/span><ul><li>Anything that makes them stop moving<\/li><li>Armor of any weight<\/li><li>Surviving. Attrition is written into the plan<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-prose\"><p>The official line is compassionate: synthetic warriors spare real families from sacrifice. No mother weeps for a Blood Swallow. They leave the cultivation facilities taught that they are the Imperium&#8217;s honored daughters, and most die still believing it.<\/p><p>The program grew out of research taken when Dr. Meiya Ji left Imperial service. Her data leaned toward female cultivation, so women are cheaper to grow. The Imperium presents this as a design choice.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-notes\">\n    <details><summary>The virgin weapon<\/summary><div class=\"nx-fa-note-body\"><p>A Radi-Human stops aging until biological age twenty or the loss of virginity, whichever comes first. So Blood Swallows are kept virgin for as long as they serve, and physical intimacy of any kind is forbidden. The reason is tactical: it buys months of peak performance, sometimes a full year. The effect is isolation. Some form deep bonds anyway. These are tolerated and never acknowledged.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>Retirement<\/summary><div class=\"nx-fa-note-body\"><p>By the third year normal aging has begun and combat efficiency drops. The beautiful ones receive an \u201chonorable civilian transition\u201d into government-affiliated brothels at below-market contract prices. The framing is continued service: you served with your blade, now serve with your body.<\/p><p>Those with neither combat value nor looks simply stop appearing in the records. No discharge, no pension, no acknowledgment.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>Forever forsaken<\/summary><div class=\"nx-fa-note-body\"><p>With no psionic capacity, a Blood Swallow can never become a Supplicant, which is the main road to advancement for Imperial women. Citizens who learn all this rarely dwell on it. The alternative seems obviously worse.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"unit-rust-crow\" class=\"nx-fa-unit nx-fa-flip\" data-theme=\"imperium\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-watermark\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Rust Crow<\/p>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-in\"><div class=\"nx-fa-unit-grid\">\n<div class=\"nx-fa-art nx-rev\">\n    <div class=\"nucleus-profile-image nx-fa-slot\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rust-Crow-1-logo.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Rust Crow \u2014 Kinetic Crossbow&quot;}, {&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ID-Rust-Crow-2.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Rust Crow \u2014 one of the six percent&quot;}, {&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ID-Rust-Crow-3.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Rust Crow sergeant&quot;}]\" data-character-name=\"Rust Crow\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Open the Rust Crow gallery\">\n        <span class=\"nx-fa-count\">1 \/ 3<\/span>\n        <img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rust-Crow-1-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Rust Crow \u2014 Kinetic Crossbow\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n        <div class=\"profile-click-hint\">[ VIEW GALLERY ]<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-thumbs\">\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Rust Crow \u2014 Kinetic Crossbow\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(0);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rust-Crow-1-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Rust Crow \u2014 one of the six percent\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(1);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ID-Rust-Crow-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Rust Crow sergeant\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(2);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ID-Rust-Crow-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-cap\">Rust Crow \u2014 Kinetic Crossbow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-data nx-rev\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-rec\">\/\/ Unit Record 02 \u00b7 Imperium of Dragons<\/p>\n    <h3 class=\"nx-fa-name\">Rust Crow <span class=\"nx-fa-native\" lang=\"zh-Hant\">\u93fd\u9d09<\/span><\/h3>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-tags\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">T1<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Ground<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Foundational<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Ranged<\/span><\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-oneline\">The baseline ranged infantry: natural-born men with Kinetic Crossbows, covering the Swallows as they go in.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-stats\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Weapon<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=7297#item-kinetic-crossbow\">Kinetic Crossbow<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Role<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Scouts and strikers<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Recruited from<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Men who failed the examinations, or have nothing left to lose<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Pay<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Full tax exemption, government housing, municipal services<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Field command<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Sergeants and above direct Crow formations and Swallow assault waves<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Strength<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">~4.5 million <span class=\"nx-fa-est\">est.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-vs\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-up\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Excels at<\/span><ul><li>Punching through modern armor at medium range<\/li><li>Accuracy under duress<\/li><li>Holding their manners, and their nerve<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-down\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Struggles with<\/span><ul><li>Rapid engagements. The crossbow reloads slowly<\/li><li>Staggering mortality<\/li><li>Life after the service<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-prose\"><p>Before Blood Swallows existed, the Rust Crow <em>was<\/em> the Imperial soldier. Training is long-distance running, accuracy under duress, and mental reconditioning to take stress without breaking. A Rust Crow must keep respectable manners toward every Imperial citizen and release his impulses only in private.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-notes\">\n    <details><summary>The real draw<\/summary><div class=\"nx-fa-note-body\"><p>Sergeants and above earn the privilege of \u201cevaluating\u201d retiring Blood Swallows before brothel placement. For many recruits this, more than the housing, is the reason to sign. It keeps enlistment steady in spite of the death rate.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>The six percent<\/summary><div class=\"nx-fa-note-body\"><p>About 6% of Rust Crows are women. They receive maternity allowances and often find husbands through the service. They are arguably the least exploited people in the Imperial military.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>Retirement<\/summary><div class=\"nx-fa-note-body\"><p>Veterans who live to retire get benefits. Some go into security or live on savings. Many struggle: years of suppression leave them spending recklessly on brothels and drugs. The Imperium runs a Civilian Life Reintegration Program for those wise enough to take it. Those few get something like a good ending.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"unit-peon\" class=\"nx-fa-unit\" data-theme=\"imperium\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-watermark\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Peon<\/p>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-in\"><div class=\"nx-fa-unit-grid\">\n<div class=\"nx-fa-art nx-rev\">\n    <div class=\"nucleus-profile-image nx-fa-slot\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ID-Peon-1.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Peon&quot;}, {&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ID-Peon-2.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;A Peon work gang&quot;}, {&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NeoPeon-3-logo.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;What the 2288 study found&quot;}]\" data-character-name=\"Peon\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Open the Peon gallery\">\n        <span class=\"nx-fa-count\">1 \/ 3<\/span>\n        <img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ID-Peon-1.jpg\" alt=\"Peon\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n        <div class=\"profile-click-hint\">[ VIEW GALLERY ]<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-thumbs\">\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Peon\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(0);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ID-Peon-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"A Peon work gang\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(1);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ID-Peon-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"What the 2288 study found\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(2);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NeoPeon-3-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-cap\">Peon<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-data nx-rev\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-rec\">\/\/ Unit Record 03 \u00b7 Imperium of Dragons<\/p>\n    <h3 class=\"nx-fa-name\">Peon <span class=\"nx-fa-native\" lang=\"zh-Hant\">\u82e6\u5f79\u5175<\/span><\/h3>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-tags\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">WRK<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Ground<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Foundational<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Worker<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Thrall<\/span><\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-oneline\">Male Radi-Humans from the Imperium&#8217;s oldest synthetic line. They do every job too hard for a citizen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-stats\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Work<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Construction, repair, mining, logistics<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Line<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">22nd century. Low-grade, non-psionic, mass-producible<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Build<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Deliberately undersized. Muscle for labour, not for combat<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Housing<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Strictly separated from the public<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">In service<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">~1.9 billion<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-vs\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-up\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Excels at<\/span><ul><li>Labour at industrial scale<\/li><li>Cheap, reliable production<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-down\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Struggles with<\/span><ul><li>Combat. They are built not to manage it<\/li><li>The flaw every generation shares<\/li><li>Any room with a Blood Swallow in it<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-prose\"><p>Every generation carries the same defect: an intense sexual fixation. Stalking, stolen undergarments, unwanted contact. The Imperium classifies it as a manufacturing fault, keeps Peons away from the populace, and schedules a mandatory break every eleven hours under the name \u201curge prevention protocols.\u201d Earlier generations were larger and were responsible for documented assaults. Later ones were built smaller.<\/p><p>Blood Swallows and Peons are never permitted in the same space. A commander who allows it faces anything from a heavy fine to execution. The stated reason is worker safety.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-callout\"><span class=\"nx-fa-callout-label\">\/\/ Encrypted annotation<\/span><p>The unstated reason: two exploited Radi-Human populations, each capable of freeing the other.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-notes\">\n    <details><summary>The suppressed study, 2288<\/summary><div class=\"nx-fa-note-body\"><p>An internal study found something the Imperium has never acknowledged. When a woman a Peon finds attractive lets him see and suckle her breasts for fifteen minutes, his agitation stops. If she then holds him for eight minutes, the predatory behaviour does not return. Most Peons weep through it. Some cry \u201cMama.\u201d<\/p><p>Afterward the Peon shows normal cognition and emotional control. He also loses every trace of conditioned submission, and gains a fierce protectiveness toward the woman and a desire to be free.<\/p><p>The findings were classified. The authors no longer appear in Imperial records.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"unit-conjurer\" class=\"nx-fa-unit nx-fa-flip\" data-theme=\"imperium\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-watermark\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Conjurer<\/p>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-in\"><div class=\"nx-fa-unit-grid\">\n<div class=\"nx-fa-art nx-rev\">\n    <div class=\"nucleus-profile-image nx-fa-slot\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ID-Conjurer-1.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Lord Conjurer&quot;}, {&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ID-Conjurer-2.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Conjurer channelling Eclipse&quot;}, {&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NewConjurer-5-unlogo.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Conjurer of a noble house&quot;}]\" data-character-name=\"Conjurer\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Open the Conjurer gallery\">\n        <span class=\"nx-fa-count\">1 \/ 3<\/span>\n        <img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ID-Conjurer-1.jpg\" alt=\"Lord Conjurer\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n        <div class=\"profile-click-hint\">[ VIEW GALLERY ]<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-thumbs\">\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Lord Conjurer\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(0);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ID-Conjurer-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Conjurer channelling Eclipse\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(1);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ID-Conjurer-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Conjurer of a noble house\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(2);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NewConjurer-5-unlogo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-cap\">Lord Conjurer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-data nx-rev\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-rec\">\/\/ Unit Record 04 \u00b7 Imperium of Dragons<\/p>\n    <h3 class=\"nx-fa-name\">Conjurer <span class=\"nx-fa-native\" lang=\"zh-Hant\">\u5492\u9748\u5e2b<\/span><\/h3>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-tags\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">T2<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Ground<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Advanced<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Psionic<\/span><\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-oneline\">The psionic elite: children taken for their potential and trained for fifteen years into weapons.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-stats\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Schools<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Eclipse and Lunar<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Training<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">15 to 20 years. About 40% wash out<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Lord rank<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Usually reached in the early thirties<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Casting tongue<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Devav\u0101\u1e47\u012b<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">All ranks<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">~45,000 <span class=\"nx-fa-est\">est.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Lord Conjurers<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">~1,800 <span class=\"nx-fa-est\">est.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-vs\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-up\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Excels at<\/span><ul><li>Destructive spellcasting at battlefield scale<\/li><li>Spells amplified through their Supplicants<\/li><li>A few also master the <a href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=7299#item-nucleus-sword\">Nucleus Sword<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-down\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Struggles with<\/span><ul><li>Replacement. The next one is fifteen years away<\/li><li>Eclipse can fragment a mind that is not ready<\/li><li>Peak output depends on someone else&#8217;s body<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-prose\"><p>The Imperium finds psionic aptitude early. The child goes to a secretive academy, and the family receives a substantial payment and a rise in status. It is framed as an honour. Parents who refuse meet social pressure and quiet professional consequences. The children rarely see their birth families again.<\/p><p>Celibacy is enforced all through training; the academies teach that sexual energy diverts Aether from cultivation. The rule ends at Lord Conjurer rank, which carries the right to keep up to three Supplicants. After decades of denial that promise shapes behaviour. The system reinforces itself.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-notes\">\n    <details><summary>Those who fail<\/summary><div class=\"nx-fa-note-body\"><p>Washouts become minor bureaucrats or instructors: useful, and permanently marked as insufficient.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>The female path<\/summary><div class=\"nx-fa-note-body\"><p>Women can become Conjurers through the academies, and many do. There is also a faster road: serving an established Lord Conjurer as his Supplicant. Whether that is advancement or exploitation depends on who is telling the story.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"unit-supplicant\" class=\"nx-fa-unit\" data-theme=\"imperium\">\n    <span class=\"nx-legacy-anchor\" id=\"section-supplicant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-watermark\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Supplicant<\/p>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-in\"><div class=\"nx-fa-unit-grid\">\n<div class=\"nx-fa-art nx-rev\">\n    <div class=\"nucleus-profile-image nx-fa-slot\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Supplicant-2-1.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Supplicant channelling&quot;}, {&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ID-Supplicant-2.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;A Lord Conjurer and two Supplicants&quot;}, {&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Supplicant-1-1.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;The Unarmored Conduit&quot;}, {&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Supplicant-8-1-logo-1536x1536.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Triad Confluence \u2014 the opening rite&quot;}, {&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Kaori-v2-touches-herself-logo-1024x1024.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Supplicant&quot;}]\" data-character-name=\"Supplicant\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Open the Supplicant gallery\">\n        <span class=\"nx-fa-count\">1 \/ 5<\/span>\n        <img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Supplicant-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Supplicant channelling\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n        <div class=\"profile-click-hint\">[ VIEW GALLERY ]<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-thumbs\">\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Supplicant channelling\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(0);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Supplicant-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"A Lord Conjurer and two Supplicants\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(1);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ID-Supplicant-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"The Unarmored Conduit\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(2);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Supplicant-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Triad Confluence \u2014 the opening rite\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(3);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Supplicant-8-1-logo-1536x1536.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Supplicant\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(4);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Kaori-v2-touches-herself-logo-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-cap\">Supplicant channelling<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-data nx-rev\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-rec\">\/\/ Unit Record 05 \u00b7 Imperium of Dragons<\/p>\n    <h3 class=\"nx-fa-name\">Supplicant <span class=\"nx-fa-native\" lang=\"zh-Hant\">\u9748\u59be<\/span><\/h3>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-tags\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">T2<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Ground<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Advanced<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Support<\/span><\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-oneline\">\u201cPsionic concubine.\u201d A gifted person bound by contract to a Lord Conjurer: his amplifier in battle, and his concubine at home.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-stats\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Kept by<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Lord Conjurers and above. Up to three each<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Regulated by<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">The Ministry of Celestial Harmony<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Contract<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Seven years, then renewal, transfer or release<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Technique<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Triad Confluence <span lang=\"zh-Hant\">\u53c3\u5408\u6d41<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Registered<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">~31,000, about 89% of them women <span class=\"nx-fa-est\">est.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-vs\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-up\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Excels at<\/span><ul><li>Extending and strengthening her master&#8217;s spells<\/li><li>Serving as a second focal point for complex workings<\/li><li>Her own growth. Years of service can widen capacity and wake new affinities<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-down\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Struggles with<\/span><ul><li>Aether depletion. Days of weakness after heavy channelling<\/li><li>Eclipse run through the body can burn or scar<\/li><li>Being unarmored at the moment it matters most<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-prose\"><p>In combat and in ritual a Supplicant is a living battery: she pours her own Aether into her master&#8217;s spell. The role also carries sexual obligations to him, and that is where its pull lies. Repeated intimate exposure to a powerful psion&#8217;s essence can expand a woman&#8217;s capacity and awaken latent affinities, which makes this one of the fastest roads upward the Imperium offers her. Many of its strongest female Conjurers began here, and many defend it as the path that made them strong.<\/p><p>Families also sell daughters into contracts for payment or for standing. It is most common among minor noble houses that want a tie to an established lineage.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-notes\">\n    <details><summary>The Unarmored Conduit<\/summary><div class=\"nx-fa-note-body\"><p>Exposed skin conducts Aether better than covered skin. A Supplicant channelling nude at full capacity lifts her master&#8217;s spell by 666 to 699 percent over what she manages clothed. She cannot be armored, cannot easily retreat, and draws fire the moment she is seen. Casualties run far higher than in standard operations.<\/p><p>The Ministry permits it. The contracts permit it. Whether the women would choose it, given real alternatives, is a question the Imperium prefers not to ask.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>One to use, one to recover<\/summary><div class=\"nx-fa-note-body\"><p>Most Lords keep two or three. A single Supplicant is a risk: if she is ill or drained, the amplification is gone. Four or more breed resentment and exhaust even a disciplined Conjurer. The Ministry recommends two.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>Triad Confluence<\/summary><div class=\"nx-fa-note-body\"><p>The formal cultivation rite takes one Lord Conjurer and two or three Supplicants, each in a position set by rank.<\/p><p><b>Sweat-Jade<\/b> (<span lang=\"zh-Hant\">\u6c57\u7389<\/span>) is the foundation position for juniors: physical work and a slow, safe transfer. <b>Lotus-Sword<\/b> (<span lang=\"zh-Hant\">\u84ee\u528d<\/span>) is the primary position: oral service, the largest transfer, and a risk of overflow for the inexperienced. <b>Sky-Rift<\/b> (<span lang=\"zh-Hant\">\u5929\u88c2<\/span>) is the crown position, held by the senior Supplicant or an intended wife. The exchange runs both ways, she decides how long the rite lasts, and being given the position signals romantic consideration.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>What the contract protects<\/summary><div class=\"nx-fa-note-body\"><p>A Supplicant is legally part of her master&#8217;s household and holds noble status while she serves. She cannot be transferred without Ministry approval. Abuse beyond \u201creasonable discipline\u201d ends the contract, and a Lord whose Supplicant dies or kills herself is investigated at once. The reasoning is practical. Supplicants are investments, and the Imperium protects its assets.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>How others see it<\/summary><div class=\"nx-fa-note-body\"><p>The Alliance calls it slavery with extra steps. Directorate analysts admire how well it develops talent and criticize everything else. The Covenant condemns it, and quietly studies the transfer mechanism.<\/p><p>Inside the Imperium a Supplicant ranks above a servant and below a wife. Those who rise rarely talk about those years. Those who do call them degrading and transformative in the same breath.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"unit-drac-eng\" class=\"nx-fa-unit nx-fa-flip\" data-theme=\"imperium\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-watermark\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Engine<\/p>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-in\"><div class=\"nx-fa-unit-grid\">\n<div class=\"nx-fa-art nx-rev\">\n    <div class=\"nucleus-profile-image nx-fa-slot\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ID-Draconic-Engine-1.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Draconic Engine&quot;}]\" data-character-name=\"Draconic Engine\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Open the Draconic Engine gallery\">\n        <img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ID-Draconic-Engine-1.jpg\" alt=\"Draconic Engine\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n        <div class=\"profile-click-hint\">[ VIEW GALLERY ]<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-cap\">Draconic Engine<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-data nx-rev\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-rec\">\/\/ Unit Record 06 \u00b7 Imperium of Dragons<\/p>\n    <h3 class=\"nx-fa-name\">Draconic Engine <span class=\"nx-fa-native\" lang=\"zh-Hant\">\u9f8d\u6838\u8eca<\/span><\/h3>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-tags\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">VEH<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Ground<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Advanced<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Siege<\/span><\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-oneline\">The Imperium&#8217;s main battle tank, built around the most powerful tank gun in the known world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-stats\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Main gun<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Havok-Class Warhead Launcher<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Shell<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Miniaturized nuclear warhead<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Power<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Fission battery<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-vs\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-up\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Excels at<\/span><ul><li>Levelling an enemy formation in one shot<\/li><li>Out-gunning anything the Alliance puts on tracks<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-down\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Struggles with<\/span><ul><li>Splash damage. Friendly fire and collateral destruction are routine<\/li><li>Its emissions poison wherever it deploys<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-prose\"><p>Environmentally minded powers treat the Draconic Engine as the symbol of the Imperium&#8217;s disregard for people, and for the planets it holds.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"unit-dragonfort\" class=\"nx-fa-unit\" data-theme=\"imperium\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-watermark\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Dragonfort<\/p>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-in\"><div class=\"nx-fa-unit-grid\">\n<div class=\"nx-fa-art nx-rev\">\n    <div class=\"nucleus-profile-image nx-fa-slot\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ID-Dragonfort-1.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Dragonfort \u2014 the dragon prow&quot;}, {&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ID-Dragonfort-2.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Dragonforts in formation&quot;}, {&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ID-Dragonfort-3.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Dragonfort in Planetary Fortress Mode&quot;}]\" data-character-name=\"Dragonfort\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Open the Dragonfort gallery\">\n        <span class=\"nx-fa-count\">1 \/ 3<\/span>\n        <img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ID-Dragonfort-1.jpg\" alt=\"Dragonfort \u2014 the dragon prow\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n        <div class=\"profile-click-hint\">[ VIEW GALLERY ]<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-thumbs\">\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Dragonfort \u2014 the dragon prow\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(0);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ID-Dragonfort-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Dragonforts in formation\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(1);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ID-Dragonfort-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Dragonfort in Planetary Fortress Mode\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(2);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ID-Dragonfort-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-cap\">Dragonfort \u2014 the dragon prow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-data nx-rev\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-rec\">\/\/ Unit Record 07 \u00b7 Imperium of Dragons<\/p>\n    <h3 class=\"nx-fa-name\">Dragonfort <span class=\"nx-fa-native\" lang=\"zh-Hant\">\u9f8d\u5821\u8266<\/span><\/h3>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-tags\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">CAP<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Air<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Advanced<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Capital Ship<\/span><\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-oneline\">Less a warship than a mobile seat of Imperial authority. It conquers a territory and starts governing it the same day.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-stats\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Length<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">1,800 to 3,000 m<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Crew<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">3,000+, strictly stratified<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Armament<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Plasma cannon arrays, antimatter missiles, railgun batteries<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Ultimate weapon<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Phoenix Roost Matrix <span lang=\"zh-Hant\">\u4e39\u7a74\u9663<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Hull<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Crimson and ebony, gold trim, dragon prow<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Fleet<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">50 hulls <span class=\"nx-fa-est\">est.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-vs\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-up\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Excels at<\/span><ul><li>Shattering fleets<\/li><li>Landing and becoming a fortress within hours<\/li><li>Bringing its own courts, garrison and bureaucracy<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-down\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Struggles with<\/span><ul><li>The Matrix takes twenty to forty minutes to fire<\/li><li>It needs absolute trust between two people<\/li><li>It costs the commander his best Supplicant for hours afterward<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-prose\"><p>When a Dragonfort lands, struts extend, hull sections fold out into walls and gates, and the dragon prow becomes a ceremonial entrance. Within hours it has judgment halls, detention blocks, barracks and a link to Imperial command. A landed Dragonfort declares sovereignty over everything inside weapon range.<\/p><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-match\"><span class=\"nx-fa-match-label\">\/\/ Capital-ship matchup<\/span><ul><li class=\"is-self\"><b>Dragonfort<\/b><span>Imperium<\/span><span>Pure offense<\/span><\/li><li><b>Aegis<\/b><span>Alliance<\/span><span>Versatile generalist<\/span><\/li><li><b>Constellation<\/b><span>Directorate<\/span><span>Coordination<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-notes\">\n    <details><summary>Phoenix Roost Matrix<\/summary><div class=\"nx-fa-note-body\"><p>The ship&#8217;s ultimate weapon comes out of the oldest Imperial cultivation texts. The Lord Conjurer and his most trusted Supplicant enter the Matrix Chamber at the ship&#8217;s core, undress, and are wired to the psionic arrays through suction cups on their acupoints. Then they make love. He must bring her to climax without reaching his own.<\/p><p>Her climax fires the Matrix: a psionic storm that pours from the dragon&#8217;s open maw, destroys everything around the ship and spares those aboard. Survivors describe it as the dragon breathing. Afterward she sleeps for hours. He may dress and resume command at once. Imperial tacticians treat it as a last resort.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>Life aboard<\/summary><div class=\"nx-fa-note-body\"><p>A Dragonfort is Imperial society in miniature. Peons and Blood Swallows sleep in windowless lower-deck barracks: communal racks, recycled air, nutrition paste. Rust Crows and staff get private bunks and a mess hall. Conjurers get private chambers with meditation space.<\/p><p>The Lord Conjurer commands from the Celestial Quarters at the ship&#8217;s heart: audience chambers, gardens under sun-lamps, and cultivation facilities of his own.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>Chamber of Ascending Dragons<\/summary><div class=\"nx-fa-note-body\"><p><span lang=\"zh-Hant\">\u6607\u9f8d\u95a3<\/span>. A protected section of every Dragonfort is given over to Triad Confluence: temperature-controlled rooms, medical monitoring and recovery suites, where Conjurers and Supplicants keep their combat readiness on long deployments. Access is strictly by rank.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"faction-command\" class=\"nx-fa-sec nx-fa-sec-alt\"><div class=\"nx-fa-in\">\n<header class=\"nx-fa-sec-head nx-rev\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-kicker\">\/\/ 03 \u2014 Command<\/p>\n    <h2 class=\"nx-fa-h\">Who gives the orders<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-sub\">The Ruby Throne sits in Chengdu under Emperor Zi-Yuan Sun. The Imperials this story meets serve the Pak dynasty of Choson, a vassal kingdom, on Venus.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-cmd nx-rev\">\n    <a class=\"nx-fa-cmd-card\" href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=4048#char-joonseok\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/JS-v1-once-more-feat-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-rank\">Prince of Choson \u00b7 Lord Conjurer<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-name\">Joon-Seok Pak<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-note\">Governs Jin Syue on Venus for the Imperium. A prodigy with Eclipse and the Nucleus Sword.<\/span><\/span><\/a>\n    <a class=\"nx-fa-cmd-card\" href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=4048#char-minjung\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ming-JS-Finacee-logo-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-rank\">Betrothed of the Prince<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-name\">Min-jung Ri<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-note\">House Ri, one of Choson&#8217;s three founding families. Eclipse by blood.<\/span><\/span><\/a>\n    <a class=\"nx-fa-cmd-card\" href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=4048#char-kaori\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Kaori-high-res-logo-etched-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-rank\">Senior Supplicant, House Pak<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-name\">Kaori Ouyang<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-note\">Nine years at the Prince&#8217;s side, and on her second contract.<\/span><\/span><\/a>\n    <a class=\"nx-fa-cmd-card\" href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=4048#char-yingzhu\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NewConjurer-3-logo-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-rank\">Imperial Overseer, House Pak<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-name\">Ying-Zhu Qin<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-note\">The Throne&#8217;s eyes in the Prince&#8217;s household.<\/span><\/span><\/a>\n    <a class=\"nx-fa-cmd-card\" href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=4048#char-tiejun\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Rust-Crow-1-logo-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-rank\">Senior Sergeant, Rust Crows<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-name\">Tie-Jun Liang<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-note\">Jin Syue Garrison.<\/span><\/span><\/a>\n    <a class=\"nx-fa-cmd-card\" href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=4048#char-agui\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Agui-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-rank\">Peon A9-U1<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-name\">Agui<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-note\">Jin Syue Labour Pool.<\/span><\/span><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<a class=\"nx-fa-more\" href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=4048\">Open the Imperium of Dragons character registry \u2192<\/a>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section id=\"faction-holdings\" class=\"nx-fa-sec\"><span class=\"nx-legacy-anchor\" id=\"imperium-dossier\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><div class=\"nx-fa-in\">\n<header class=\"nx-fa-sec-head nx-rev\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-kicker\">\/\/ 04 \u2014 Territory<\/p>\n    <h2 class=\"nx-fa-h\">Where the Dragon reigns<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-sub\">Dominant at home and contested everywhere else. The Imperium is stronger than any two of its rivals, and weaker than all three.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-rows nx-rev\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-row\"><span class=\"nx-fa-row-name\">Earth<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-row-status\">Homeland<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-row-body\">Capital <b>Chengdu<\/b>, with the Ruby Throne in the Brocade Celestial Palace. Also Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei and Singapore. Taiwan is an annexed province.<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-row\"><span class=\"nx-fa-row-name\">Osram<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-row-status\">Core<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-row-body\"><b>Celestial Reach<\/b> (<span lang=\"zh-Hant\">\u84bc\u8d8a\u57ce<\/span>) on Oceanus Procellarum.<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-row\"><span class=\"nx-fa-row-name\">Venus<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-row-status\">Core<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-row-body\"><b>Jin Syue<\/b> (<span lang=\"zh-Hant\">\u77dc\u96ea<\/span>, \u201cDemure Snow\u201d), 23 million people in the northern highlands, taken in 2211. Home of the private Qilin Chakra.<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-row\"><span class=\"nx-fa-row-name\">Choson<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-row-status\">Vassal<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-row-body\">The Celestial Kingdom of Choson and its Pak dynasty answer to the Ruby Throne.<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-row\"><span class=\"nx-fa-row-name\">Mars<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-row-status\">Established<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-row-body\">Dragon&#8217;s Landing and Vermillion Gate. The Imperium lost Xing Hong in 2283, and still holds at least three active Tether Arch pairs.<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-row\"><span class=\"nx-fa-row-name\">Mercury<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-row-status\">Established<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-row-body\">Jade Furnace Station. An Imperial fleet stands off against the Directorate&#8217;s Mercury Frontier Fleet.<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-row\"><span class=\"nx-fa-row-name\">Jupiter&#8217;s moons<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-row-status\">Contested<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-row-body\">Ganymede Garrison and Callisto Forward.<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-row\"><span class=\"nx-fa-row-name\">Uranus moons<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-row-status\">Contested<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-row-body\">Titania Station and Oberon Outpost, competing with the Alliance for Zephyrium.<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-row\"><span class=\"nx-fa-row-name\">Beyond Sol<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-row-status\">Claimed<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-row-body\">The Citizens&#8217; Guide says Imperial fleets patrol \u201cfrom Mercury to Tau Ceti.\u201d No other power reports having seen them.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-callout nx-rev\" style=\"max-width:none\"><span class=\"nx-fa-callout-label\">\/\/ From the Citizens&#8217; Guide to Imperial Greatness, 2295 edition<\/span><p>\u201cTaiwan Province has been restored to its rightful place within the Imperium. Minor insurgent elements in the eastern and southern regions persist in delusion. These dissidents will be corrected in time. The Dragon is patient.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"nx-fa-board-note\">Holdings as listed by the Ministry of Celestial Harmony, checked against the Atomic Accord where the Accord has data.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-comp nx-rev\"><span class=\"nx-fa-comp-label\">\/\/ Who the Imperium counts<\/span>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-bar\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Population of the Imperium: Peons 52%, Natural-born citizens 37%, Blood Swallows 10%, Other cultivated lines 1%\"><i style=\"--c: #C8A064; flex: 52 0 0;\" title=\"Peons 52%\"><\/i><i style=\"--c: #FF4444; flex: 37 0 0;\" title=\"Natural-born citizens 37%\"><\/i><i style=\"--c: #F2B8C6; flex: 10 0 0;\" title=\"Blood Swallows 10%\"><\/i><i style=\"--c: #8A8F98; flex: 1 0 0;\" title=\"Other cultivated lines 1%\"><\/i><\/div>\n    <ul class=\"nx-fa-legend\"><li><i style=\"--c: #C8A064;\"><\/i>Peons <span>52%<\/span><\/li><li><i style=\"--c: #FF4444;\"><\/i>Natural-born citizens <span>37%<\/span><\/li><li><i style=\"--c: #F2B8C6;\"><\/i>Blood Swallows <span>10%<\/span><\/li><li><i style=\"--c: #8A8F98;\"><\/i>Other cultivated lines <span>1%<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-board-note\">Atomic Accord census, 2295: about 3.65 billion, of whom 1.35 billion are natural-born. The Ministry&#8217;s own figure is 17.5 billion, which appears to count every unit cultivated since the 22nd century.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-rev\"><span class=\"nx-fa-minihead\" style=\"margin-top: clamp(26px, 3.5vw, 38px);\">\/\/ The social order. In the Guide&#8217;s words: each citizen knows their place and purpose<\/span>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-minitiles\" style=\"margin-top:0\"><div class=\"nx-fa-tile\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-label\">Slavery<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-value\">Legal and honored<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-sub\">A symbol of wealth, strength and influence<\/span><\/div><div class=\"nx-fa-tile\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-label\">Citizenship<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-value\">By heritage<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-sub\">Easy with certified Chinese heritage. Grueling trials without it<\/span><\/div><div class=\"nx-fa-tile\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-label\">Economy<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-value\">State-owned<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-sub\">Every major corporation. First in GDP<\/span><\/div><div class=\"nx-fa-tile\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-label\">Police<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-value\">1st<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-sub\">The most effective force on Earth<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section id=\"faction-assets\" class=\"nx-fa-sec nx-fa-sec-alt\"><div class=\"nx-fa-in\">\n<header class=\"nx-fa-sec-head nx-rev\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-kicker\">\/\/ 05 \u2014 Strategic Assets<\/p>\n    <h2 class=\"nx-fa-h\">What is worth taking<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-sub\">In the Ministry&#8217;s words, the accumulated wisdom of the world&#8217;s oldest continuous civilization.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-assets nx-rev\"><div class=\"nx-fa-asset\"><span class=\"nx-fa-asset-type\">Seat of power<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-asset-name\">The Ruby Throne<\/span><p>Brocade Celestial Palace, Chengdu. Any claimant must resonate with it psionically. The Throne chooses. Pretenders fail.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"nx-fa-asset\"><span class=\"nx-fa-asset-type\">Fleet<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-asset-name\">Dragonfort fleet<\/span><p>Capital ships of 1.8 to 3 km, each a mobile seat of Imperial authority carrying the Phoenix Roost Matrix.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"nx-fa-asset\"><span class=\"nx-fa-asset-type\">Regulator<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-asset-name\">Ministry of Celestial Harmony<\/span><p>Registers Supplicant contracts, inspects households, sets cultivation standards across every territory, and publishes the Citizens&#8217; Guide.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"nx-fa-asset\"><span class=\"nx-fa-asset-type\">Communications<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-asset-name\">Dragon Chakra<\/span><p>Taoyuan, Taiwan. It offers 690% more bank usage per person than any other public Chakra in the Inner Sol. The price is every user&#8217;s data, harvested and kept forever. Millions accept.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"nx-fa-asset\"><span class=\"nx-fa-asset-type\">Industry<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-asset-name\">Radi-Human production<\/span><p>The largest synthetic-human cultivation infrastructure in existence. Blood Swallows and Peons at industrial scale.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"nx-fa-asset\"><span class=\"nx-fa-asset-type\">Nirboh artifacts<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-asset-name\">Tether Arches<\/span><p>At least three activated pairs. Nobody can build new ones, so every working pair is a strategic road.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section id=\"faction-diplomacy\" class=\"nx-fa-sec\"><div class=\"nx-fa-in\">\n<header class=\"nx-fa-sec-head nx-rev\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-kicker\">\/\/ 06 \u2014 Diplomacy<\/p>\n    <h2 class=\"nx-fa-h\">Where they stand<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-sub\">\u201cWe do not hate them. We simply wait for reality to educate them.\u201d \u2014 Citizens&#8217; Guide, 2295<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-dip nx-rev\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-dip-row\" style=\"--fc: #4A9EFF;\"><span class=\"nx-fa-dip-sig\" aria-hidden=\"true\">TA<\/span><a class=\"nx-fa-dip-name\" href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=1302\">Terra Alliance<\/a><span class=\"nx-fa-stance is-hostile\">Hostile<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-dip-note\">Mortal enemy. The Guide&#8217;s summary: corporate chaos against harmonious order.<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-dip-row\" style=\"--fc: #F0D890;\"><span class=\"nx-fa-dip-sig\" aria-hidden=\"true\">ZC<\/span><a class=\"nx-fa-dip-name\" href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=2897\">Zorian Covenant<\/a><span class=\"nx-fa-stance is-hostile\">Hostile<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-dip-note\">Machine worship against divine monarchy, and a live contest on Mars. The Covenant forbids slavery as a violation of divine will.<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-dip-row\" style=\"--fc: #3CB371;\"><span class=\"nx-fa-dip-sig\" aria-hidden=\"true\">ED<\/span><a class=\"nx-fa-dip-name\" href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=1349\">Emerald Directorate<\/a><span class=\"nx-fa-stance is-tense\">Tense<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-dip-note\">Economic rivals. The two fleets are in a standoff near Mercury.<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-dip-row\" style=\"--fc: #FF6B35;\"><span class=\"nx-fa-dip-sig\" aria-hidden=\"true\">FH<\/span><a class=\"nx-fa-dip-name\" href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=1441\">Fenris Horde<\/a><span class=\"nx-fa-stance is-none\">Non-hostile<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-dip-note\">Respectful relations with the power that now rules the Nordic Commonwealth&#8217;s moons.<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-dip-row\" style=\"--fc: #7DD3FC;\"><span class=\"nx-fa-dip-sig\" aria-hidden=\"true\">JH<\/span><a class=\"nx-fa-dip-name\" href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=2138\">J\u00f6kull Horde<\/a><span class=\"nx-fa-stance is-hostile\">Hostile<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-dip-note\">\u201cNordic rebels,\u201d in the Guide&#8217;s phrase.<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-dip-row\" style=\"--fc: #E040FB;\"><span class=\"nx-fa-dip-sig\" aria-hidden=\"true\">RH<\/span><a class=\"nx-fa-dip-name\" href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=1617\">Rakshasa Horde<\/a><span class=\"nx-fa-stance is-hostile\">Hostile<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-dip-note\">Insurgents and Buddhist sympathizers, by the Guide&#8217;s account. The Imperium forbids Buddha worship.<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-dip-row\" style=\"--fc: #FFC107;\"><span class=\"nx-fa-dip-sig\" aria-hidden=\"true\">XH<\/span><a class=\"nx-fa-dip-name\" href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=3468\">Xing Hong<\/a><span class=\"nx-fa-stance is-tense\">Estranged<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-dip-note\">A colony until 2283. The Imperium still refuses to seat a Deputy in Dragon District.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section id=\"faction-faith\" class=\"nx-fa-sec nx-fa-sec-alt\"><div class=\"nx-fa-in\">\n<header class=\"nx-fa-sec-head nx-rev\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-kicker\">\/\/ 07 \u2014 Faith<\/p>\n    <h2 class=\"nx-fa-h\">The state god<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-sub\">The Crimson Dragon is state religion. Every citizen knows his name. Every soldier carries his mark.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section id=\"god-ao-qin\" class=\"nx-fa-unit\" data-theme=\"imperium\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-watermark\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Ao Qin<\/p>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-in\"><div class=\"nx-fa-unit-grid\">\n<div class=\"nx-fa-art nx-rev\">\n    <div class=\"nucleus-profile-image nx-fa-slot\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ao-Qin-4-logo.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Ao Qin the Crimson Dragon&quot;}, {&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Triad-Conf-bed-2-logo.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Concubines as proof of a lord's fire&quot;}, {&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ao-Qin-3-logo.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;The choice offered to a condemned woman: spared from execution, then chained up and subjected to \u2018public seeding\u2019 by the Lord Conjurer. Fucked, bred, property, and most importantly\u2014alive.&quot;}, {&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ao-Qin-2-logo.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Ao Qin coiled around the pillar of flame&quot;}]\" data-character-name=\"Ao Qin\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Open the Ao Qin gallery\">\n        <span class=\"nx-fa-count\">1 \/ 4<\/span>\n        <img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ao-Qin-4-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Ao Qin the Crimson Dragon\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n        <div class=\"profile-click-hint\">[ VIEW GALLERY ]<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-thumbs\">\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Ao Qin the Crimson Dragon\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(0);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ao-Qin-4-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Concubines as proof of a lord's fire\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(1);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Triad-Conf-bed-2-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"The choice offered to a condemned woman: spared from execution, then chained up and subjected to \u2018public seeding\u2019 by the Lord Conjurer. Fucked, bred, property, and most importantly\u2014alive.\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(2);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ao-Qin-3-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Ao Qin coiled around the pillar of flame\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(3);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ao-Qin-2-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-cap\">Ao Qin the Crimson Dragon<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-data nx-rev\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-rec\">\/\/ Deity Record 01 \u00b7 The Crimson Dragon<\/p>\n    <h3 class=\"nx-fa-name\">Ao Qin <span class=\"nx-fa-native\" lang=\"zh-Hant\">\u8d64\u9f8d\u6556\u6b3d<\/span><\/h3>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-tags\"><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Deity<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Conquest \u00b7 Domination \u00b7 Desire \u00b7 Creation<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Thousand Gods, Imperial Domain<\/span><\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-oneline\">Lord of every fire in the Seven Realms: flame, blood heat, battlefield rage, courage and lust. He sits above every other figure in the Imperial divine hierarchy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-stats\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Icon<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">A vast crimson dragon coiled around a pillar of flame, eyes burning gold<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Teaching<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Mastery through full expression. Suppression is weakness<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">The one sin<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Hypocrisy<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Forbidden<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Buddha worship<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-prose\"><p>Other traditions teach restraint of these forces. The Imperium teaches that honest desire, pursued without apology, is strength. A man who wants women, wealth and power and goes after them openly serves the Dragon honestly. A man who performs modesty while wanting the same dishonors him.<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"nx-fa-quote\">\u201cYang rises while Yin kneels. Absolute as nature wills.\u201d<small>\u967d\u8d77\u9670\u964d\u3002\u5929\u4e4b\u672c\u76f8\u3002<\/small><cite>\u2014 Tenet of Ao Qin<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-notes\">\n    <details><summary>His four domains<\/summary><div class=\"nx-fa-note-body\"><p><b>Conquest.<\/b> War fought from strength honors Ao Qin. War fought from fear does not, and slaughter that serves no strategic end is waste.<\/p><p><b>Domination.<\/b> Male authority over woman, household, battlefield and bed is sacred when it produces results. A lord who cannot justify his dominance through demonstrated fire has none.<\/p><p><b>Desire.<\/b> Wanting openly is honest service. Shame is weakness.<\/p><p><b>Creation.<\/b> Smiths, engineers, military architects, chefs: every act of transforming raw material through controlled heat carries his blessing. To forge is to worship.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>On women<\/summary><div class=\"nx-fa-note-body\"><p>The doctrine does not pretend women are equal to men. Fire rises, water flows downward, and both are necessary. In practice this has shaped the law. When a woman commits a crime that would see a man executed, she rarely receives the same sentence. If she is assessed as genetically viable, on health, beauty and reproductive potential, she is offered a choice: death, or life in binding sexual servitude to someone who can make use of her. The overwhelming majority choose to live.<\/p><p>The result is a quiet hierarchy in which beauty works as legal protection. A plain woman and a beautiful one, convicted of the same crime, can meet very different ends. The Ministry calls this genetic optimization. Most outside observers call it an abomination.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>On Buddha<\/summary><div class=\"nx-fa-note-body\"><p>Detachment is extinction. Equality is delusion. The fire in every soul demands hierarchy, because some flames burn hotter than others. So the Imperium forbids Buddha worship throughout its territories: shrines are demolished, texts confiscated, practitioners re-educated or exiled. The Crimson Dragon tolerates many faiths beneath his shadow, but not the one that teaches his fire should be humbled.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"nx-fa-sec nx-fa-outro\"><div class=\"nx-fa-in\">\n<blockquote class=\"nx-fa-quote nx-rev\">\u201cThe Dragon does not negotiate with its prey. It does not apologize for its fire. It simply is, and the world arranges itself accordingly.\u201d<cite>\u2014 Teachings of Ao Qin, as interpreted by the Ministry of Celestial Harmony<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-links\">\n    <a class=\"nx-fa-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=7174\">\u25c8 All factions<\/a>\n    <a class=\"nx-fa-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=4048\">Imperium of Dragons characters<\/a>\n    <a class=\"nx-fa-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=1475\">The Armory<\/a>\n    <a class=\"nx-fa-link\" href=\"#imperium-units\">Back to top<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><!-- \/nx-fa-wrap -->\n<\/div><!-- \/nx-faction -->\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IMPERIUM IMPERIUM INTEL IMPERIUM IMPERIUM INTEL \/\/ Faction Intel &mdash; Select File 9 Files &middot; Signal OK \u25c8 Faction Hub HUB &#9670; You are here TA Alliance FILE&middot;01 &#9670; You are here ID Imperium FILE&middot;02 &#9670; You are here ED Directorate FILE&middot;03 &#9670; You are here ZC Covenant FILE&middot;04 &#9670; You are here FH Fenris [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1343","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1343"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7993,"href":"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1343\/revisions\/7993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}