On 13/8/20 12:42 am, Thomas RUX wrote:
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>> On 08/11/2020 8:21 PM Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On 12Aug2020 1248, xxxxxx@gmail.com wrote:
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>>  > This 'nuke' part is a bit silly to my mind. Can you have charged
>> particle weapons? Can you have meson guns? Can you have disintegrators?
>> The prohibition should be far wider than simply nuclear missiles.
>>
>> I've always assumed it's a "If a government doesn't use them, it's okay
>> for them to have them in case of invasions, etc.", but using WMDs on
>> Imperial subjects is a no-no and will get you a visit from the Marines
>> or the Navy (depending on the scale of your transgression).
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>> --
>> Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com>

Yes, IIRC, HIM Marine Force are a component service of HIM Navy aka the
Grand Fleet Of The Third Imperium.

For a small enough transgression, it might be those various members of
*X. sapiens bootus bootus* delivering the following, taking off the
Discworld books some:

*BOOT*

"Mr Aledon is _very_ upset."