Cult of the Founder

== Acquisitions Entry ==
One of the most difficult aspects of Solo Nobre's culture to describe accurately to outsiders is the significance of the Founder Colonists. While Great Leader's isolationist policies have relegated Novo Solo to a mere footnote on the political stage of the Outer Colonies, it was among the first to be colonized at such an extreme distance from Earth, and as such had to make do in relative isolation for much longer than other colonies. This challenge would have been enough on a planet with flora and fauna as inhospitable as Novo Solo, but the Founders also dealt with a catastrophic meteor shower and the resulting decimation of cryostock while en route, compounded by an emergency landing.The colony would have been a complete write-off, the planet left dormant for generations if it weren't for a number of colonist-engineers onboard, and their heroic self-sacrifice to land the colony ships as intact as possible. The death tolls were still horrific, but the fledgling colony survived. 'May your feet find earth/soil" is a rough translation of a popular blessing in Solo Nobre. To a Nobrean, death is not to be feared, except a death with one's body surrendered to the void of space.-Efi
== Trivia ==
* Cult of the Founder is one of the Steam Accomplishments added in the Brigador Up-Armoured Edition, rewarded after a Freelance operation is completed with Precursor James.
* From the Brigador Audiobook, Chapter 12:
Even in the brightness of the day, Kinney could feel the grim power of the place, and he whispered a quick prayer to Martin as he eyed the coursed, granite monuments of the old Saints.Perched on a large memorial plot atop the hill, their stern visages glowed down upon their domain, crudely carved out of the hard stone, holding the tools symbolic to their individual plights. Martin stood, as always, with hammer and wrench in hand, wearing the patched overalls he had worn until his death as first leader of Novo Solo. Nara stood to his side, tool hafted over her shoulder, a kind smile permanently fixed on her delicate features. The sculpturer had payed particular attention to her face as the great Nara was said to calm the most tumultous of situations, with barely more than a glance. Completing the triumvirate, was blessed Etim, wrapped in her angelic wings, head raised to the sky; without her sacrifice not a single soul would have made it to the surface of Novo Solo alive, and the leaders of the planet always held an empty seat next to their own, in her honor.As the tracks swept around the edge of the hill, Martin's bearded face caught Kinney's eye, stone becoming smooth with years of erosion. "I wonder what they would make of all this", he thought idly.
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