Fall of Empires
Fall of Empires — Terra Invicta technology. Borders are rewritten so peoples and cultures seize the right of self-determination.
About Fall of Empires
Fall of Empires is a Terra Invicta technology in SocialScience with a research cost of 10,000.
Borders are rewritten so peoples and cultures seize the right of self-determination.
For millennia, Earth has been divided into sprawling kingdoms. Some fall, others rise, others merge or fracture; the great and slow wave of change cannot be turned back even in more conventional times. No matter how great a world power may once have been, it cannot hope to survive the seismic transformations brought about by the absolute certainty that we are not alone, and the inevitable expansion of humanity far beyond historical borders of land and sea. If we are to survive all that is to come, we must accelerate this decline. These ancient and unwieldy empires only hold us back, for they are ships too slow to turn, and the few who lead them cannot possibly reflect the needs and desires of the many. Now that the fragmentation of smaller nations into independent states has begun in earnest, it is time to fell the giants, to dismantle the old regimes so that their people are free and nimble enough to chart their own course into tomorrow. Whether the new powers that will rise from the ashes are robust enough to usher the children of Earth through the many challenges the galaxy will present them remains to be seen...