

Where, and are replaced by one of the following:Ĭharge lance Charge rifle Persona monosword Persona plasmasword Persona zeushammer The name of the Empire varies from game to game, but follows one of several patterns: This is partially confirmed by the above quote from Tynan. The Ottomans were, in part, a successor to the Eastern Roman Empire. Janissaries, conversely, are Ottoman in origin. This inspiration carries over to the use of Greek-inspired names for imperial pawns, similar Greek and Latin inspiration for their settlements, and their use of term Cataphracts for their heavily armored elite forces. The Empire appears to be roughly based on the Byzantine Empire - a fracturing, once-mighty empire driven from their previous homeland. Look at how the Imperial characters are named - Tynan Sylvester - RimWorld Developer. Tynan Sylvester, " RimWorld - Royalty Launch Trailer" on Feb 25 2020, /r/RimWorld Inspiration They're led by a stellarch, the highest-ranking person in their faction. It's a small refugee fleet with tiny numbers of people but very strong technology and an honor-and-tradition based culture. What arrives at the rimworld is a fragment of a destroyed Empire which was mostly annihilated by some unknown enemy. It is possible that this is the enemy and/or calamity that destroyed Sophian society, though rebels would not constitute an "unknown enemy", if such an enemy is still canon. With the addition of the places system used in the random lore generation of Ideoligions, cultures with Sophian backgrounds will have lore that references rebels lead by a "Revolutionist" and bio-engineered plagues deployed on the planet. With the changes to the faction description in 1.3 to references to a nonspecific "calamity", it is unclear whether this invasion is still canon. This was confirmed by both the in-game description and contemporary statements by RimWorld developer, Tynan Sylvester. The calamity that forced the Empire from their territory and to the rimworld where the game takes place was originally explicitly invasion by a powerful, unknown enemy. They will refuse to trade with anyone who lacks the appropriate royal title. Despite losing almost all of their people, their fleet and technology still make them powerful. Invaded by powerful outsiders, they fled.
#Nuclear throne ultra wiki code
They lived for thousands of years in a stable multi-planet empire with a strict caste system, an intricate code of warrior ethics, and enforced cultural stasis. Thus, the Empire is, or was, canonically multiplanetary and interstellar.Īn ultratech refugee society from another planet, organized along feudal lines.

#Nuclear throne ultra wiki update
Note that while the update to version removed the reference in the faction description to a "multi-planet empire", the Title descriptions of make reference to multiple Consuls each in charge of their own planet, and multiple Stellarchs each in charge of their own star system. Those that did apparently practiced absolute, rather than male-preference, primogeniture.
