Regarding the President of Super Earths death

[Walt von Keisel-Walther]

The way its worded and describes sounds very much like a cover up for a Military Coup ngl.

[GustavoM]

Nah, it was John Helldiver who got really pissed and killed Our Dearest Pres with a shot to the noggin'.

[BravoMale]

I agree slightly because as the planet was liberated:
What civilians actually wanted to vote after losing their loved ones?
Not even a day of mourning.
Sounds like the U.S. government to me.

[Walt von Keisel-Walther]

Originally posted by GustavoM:

Nah, it was John Helldiver who got really pissed and killed Our Dearest Pres with a shot to the noggin'.

I find it weird they immediately give all presidential authority to the Minister of Defense/Military, instead of any of the civilian members of government, it reeks of a military coup.

[[TBM]TheJackal]

Originally posted by Walt von Keisel-Walther:

Originally posted by GustavoM:

Nah, it was John Helldiver who got really pissed and killed Our Dearest Pres with a shot to the noggin'.

I find it weird they immediately give all presidential authority to the Minister of Defense/Military, instead of any of the civilian members of government, it reeks of a military coup.

Yeah, my first thought was, "Hmmm ever heard of a Vice President?"

This theory is interesting and has lots of narrative potential, but I'm starting to realize that AH's devs are so unbelievably lazy and incompetent that they're almost certain to miss every golden opportunity and waste pretty much every chance to do something cool/different/interesting/amazing in this game.

So probably this is just them being super lazy and doing things without any forethought.

[Aethrys]

Originally posted by BravoMale:

I agree slightly because as the planet was liberated:
What civilians actually wanted to vote after losing their loved ones?
Not even a day of mourning.
Sounds like the U.S. government to me.

Their votes were cast via algorithm.

[[TBM]TheJackal]

Originally posted by Aethrys:

Originally posted by BravoMale:

I agree slightly because as the planet was liberated:
What civilians actually wanted to vote after losing their loved ones?
Not even a day of mourning.
Sounds like the U.S. government to me.

Their votes were cast via algorithm.

According to lore, the voters are supposed to answer a series of questions, kinda like a Super Personality Test, and then based on their answers, the algorithm is supposed to vote for the candidate who best matches their views. They're not supposed to just pick a president without people even voting.

But the devs are mega lazy, so they couldn't be arsed to do something cool and different like running an ingame election.

[Mr.Kill]

I didn't even notice he was dead.