# Mutiny as a Service **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [March 1, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/t/mutiny-as-a-service/3519 "2026-03-01T21:15:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
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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](https://eldraeverse.com/2026/03/01/mutiny-as-a-service) ---
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**Author:** ![BravoLimaPoppa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/eldraeverse.discourse.group/bravolimapoppa/32/68_2.png) [@BravoLimaPoppa](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/u/BravoLimaPoppa)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 10:02pm UTC](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/t/mutiny-as-a-service/3519/3 "2026-03-01T22:02:55Z")
So, the opposite of what our oligarchs are wanting… ---
**Author:** ![avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/eldraeverse.discourse.group/avatar/32/2_2.png) [@avatar](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/u/avatar)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 12:14am UTC](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/t/mutiny-as-a-service/3519/4 "2026-03-02T00:14:08Z")
Pretty much, yeah. (I think I’m going to do a worldbuilding post on the underlying cultural features here tomorrow…) ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Kenny](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/eldraeverse.discourse.group/scott_kenny/32/226_2.png) [@Scott\_Kenny](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/u/Scott_Kenny)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 2:39am UTC](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/t/mutiny-as-a-service/3519/5 "2026-04-04T02:39:01Z")
I suspect the current oligarchs will rapidly want that eldraic feature added once a military lawyer reminds them that doing such shit in manual control means that the controllers are the ones committing War Crimes.