[Torg] The Race and the Cyberpapacy

[James Knevitt]

SPOILER WARNING FOR PEOPLE IN MY CAMPAIGN.
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Yes, Gordon, this means you too.
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Okay, that should be good enough.

In the Tharkold sourcebook, it notes that if the Race were to reach out to
any of the invaders in an effort to fight the Tharkoldu, they would reach
out to the Cyberpapacy first, mostly due to an equivalent Tech level and
similar monotheistic beliefs. We know that the Cyberpapacy views the
Tharkoldu as 'demons', and uses them as a source of pro-Cyberpapacy
propaganda.

With any reconciliation between the two faiths not being an issue (for
argument's sake), if the Race were to reach out and form some kind of
agreement with Jean Malraux, how would this relationship between the Race
and the Cyberpapacy play out? I at first imagined the Race would be willing
mercenaries for the Cyberpapacy in North America and Germany, but then that
made me realize that may run counter to the Race's fierce sense of freedom
and independence. That said, Jean Malraux could definitely use people like
the Race who have generational experience, as well as their technological
expertise and higher personal Spirit Axiom; the Race could use assistance
against the Tharkoldu in their home cosm, plain and simple.

I think it comes down to "how would Jean Malraux allow the Race to
proliferate in the Core Earth cosm?" as they don't currently have an avenue
to do so themselves, which makes me wonder if he would intervene in the
Tharkold home cosm. Would he launch an invasion of the Tharkold home cosm in
exchange for the cooperation of the Race and all that they bring with them?
Could he run a bridge from the Cyberpapacy on Core Earth to perhaps a Free
Nation in the Tharkold home cosm? He could do it by dimthread, of course,
but that method can prove painfully slow. Would the Law of Domination be
enforced if the Race acted as the shocktroops of the Cyberpapacy? Would they
be trading one master race for another? The concept of domination and
submission is already used in some Free Nations, so I imagine the Race would
see it more as a way of life than a negative thing when dealing with other
humans.

A lot of questions, and not a lot of answers.

Would anyone care to offer some opinions or insights?
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