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Alright, some in-universe fluff talk is in order! :P

Any of you got ideas on military styles and themes? Mine of course, while a work in progress, is blue, blue and more blue :P Plus Robots, Cyborgs, and elite-ish(mediocre for some) old guard type units.
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I was hoping to know the extent of gene-lock tech first. But I had a pretty cool idea in mind regarding an exemplary war engine created by the Empire fairly early on in its creation. These war engines are called Cataphracts, a cross between a mech and a walker with a single noble pilot. 

  [i]These imperial Cataphracts are behemoths of the battlefield, giant walkers with the kind of firepower that could sunder entire regiments. Each is piloted by a noble or lord, everyone sworn to oaths of fealty to the emperor and driven by chivalric honor. [/i] 

 Basically, I had the idea every noble house was given a few of these bad boys, one for themselves and a one for key vessels. The Cataphract itself is gene-locked to that family lineage and thus only that house can use that Cataphract, with the war engine being passed down the ages kind of the same vein as a knight might have passed down his armor and sword to his son. With Cataphracts being painted in the heraldry of said family/house. 

That's my basic idea, anyway, could make for interesting interactions if we go that route. 

Even then I do wonder the exact technology level in terms of weaponry and protection. I think we get to delve a little into that by right, I'm proud of the fact the first bits of things he hashed out were all civilian sector. Now I wonder if we have energy weaponry at all and how widespread it is, or if we fell more toward gauss or mass drivers. I'll go with whatever is most wide spread.