Frankish Principles and Interests

Principles

No Man A Slave – On Franco Domini, the basic aversion to slavery found in many societies and belief systems has been greatly magnified by the experience of the Flayer War. Perhaps even more disturbing than the concrete terrors and brutalities of that conflict, Frankish society is still grappling with the revelation that a huge swath of former Paradisium worlds have groaned under the thrall of the Illithid for centuries—and still languish in that living hell. As a result, passionate hatred for slavery and the desire to destroy it wherever it might be found is sweeping Frankish society. This is a sentiment that the highest military echelons and indeed Napoleon himself have actively encouraged. Unsurprisingly, it goes double for the enslavement of humans by nonhumans, and triple in cases where mental domination is at work or the slaves are fed upon.

One Nation, One State – Victory in the first phase of the Flayer War has made Napoleon’s declaration of Fourth Paradise real in the minds of many Franks: what was made as a defiant cry as the final darkness closed in is increasingly taken as a moral imperative calling for the unification of all Frenchmen (not only those liberated from the Flayers) under that paragon of human drive, genius, and achievement, the Bonaparte dynasty.

Interests

Hegemony – Besides its default imperial ambitions (and the genetic disposition of its ruler) and the sense that allies (or vassals) willing to follow it into the Yalcone Nebula someday soon are a strategic necessity, Franco Domini now carries the mantle of one of the great Empires of Man. In an ambitious and turbulent galaxy, perhaps no power so keenly feels itself perched on the precipice of destiny. In the minds of many Franks, a mystical alchemy has fundamentally fused national survival with the forging of a true empire. Of note, this perspective makes Frankish planners increasingly wary of the meddling altruism of the Interstellar Authority.

Trade Empire – In many things, Napoleon and the Senate regard the Thetis Federation as a valuable model. Accordingly, they have dreamed of developing significant foreign markets for Frankish (state-directed) trade for several years. With the mind flayers thrown back and Frankish naval power increasing, the goal may perhaps now be realized.

Ceterum autem censeo Maconem esse delendam – The Flayer War has not ended, and only can end with total victory or eternal slavery to the ultimate nightmare.