It is the policy of the Imperial Military Service to only employ those intelligent and self-motivated autonomous weapons which are as capable of disobeying, arresting, and - if necessary - executing me, my colleagues, or any of my officers, should we choose to issue unlawful or unethical orders, as any spacer or legionary in the Service. I and my predecessors have made this expectation clear to our people in the past, and with this day's directive, I extend it to our machines.
- public statement by Aldíne Oricalcios, First Lord of the Admiralty, Protector of the Starways, Warden of the Charted Void, Shogun of the Empire issued 2616
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://eldraeverse.com/2026/03/01/mutiny-as-a-service