CHAPTER TEN
The regulations put in place to prevent another Larsengard has caused much friction, particularly with those groups that had not been traditionally allied to House Ashoka prior to the Fall. We have caught many factions trying to circumvent the ban on high-technology, including the Cosaks, the Boltamen, and assorted Democratist organizations. And yet our biggest adversaries, the ones who complain most of Ashoka “tyranny,” actually have very little interest in obtaining higher technology. In many ways, these regulations actually impact the hildagos very little since they prefer a static, low-tech existence. They just don't seem to be rational, and I worry that their irrationality may spread.
- Journals of Lord Sarvin Jahnu Ashoka, High King of Nuevo (from 631 to 672 P.D.), recorded 649 P.D.