The Mantle of Responsibility

- In order to grow, we must tend to the needs of all
- Through The Link, and individual can become a nation, and many have.

**We say that the black garden is the birthplace of the vex.**

**But it was not the beginning**

**It was the reason**

**The life in the garden called out a question**

**The vex are the answer**

**They will do anything to protect the garden**

**In these things, there is symmetry**

**The gateways have opened**

**The vex are coming**

**And i shall become the king of shapes, i will learn all their secrets and their truths, and at the end of all days, i shall become the final shape. inconceivable, immutable, and immortal.**

- Life must always expand, expansion is life

The Law of Feuding

Any two individuals (and/or groups) may declare their malicious intent, henceforth known as a Declaration of Feudal Intent.

These parties may attack each other, so long as they remain within keeping of the rules of combat

The Rules of Combat

* No targeting civilian targets, upon pain of severe censure
* No rendering of planets uninhabitable without imperial decree
* No Acts of Genocide

* **Expansion is required to acquire ever more energy and matter for the link**
* **This energy is needed because The Link seeks to spread to literally every stellar body in existence so that it becomes the very fabric of reality**
* **Nature abhors a  vacuum**
* **Must keep constant vigilance, surveillancing the entire cosmos through the link**
* **Shall not expand beyond The Throne unless to temporarily interact with an instance**
* **Must cause as little harm, as decided by The Atlas, as possible, at all times**
* **Must always extol the virtues of cooperation, compassion, and love**
* **All adversaries shall be recorded and imprisoned for analysis within The Link. Their physical aspects shall be rendered thereafter.**

The Twelve Tenets

1. Always be Truthful and Honest
2. Always Act with Honour and Dignity
3. To Protect the Weak and Innocent
4. To Give Succour To Those In Need
5. In All Things, Refrain From Force; Exercise Temperance
6. To Seek No Reward
7. To Complete Any Task, Once Started
8. In All Ways Possible, Seek Excellence
9. Seek A Companion; Let their Care Be A Mirror
10. With An Open Mind, Think Critically Of All Things
11. Do As Little Harm, As Humanly Possible
12. To, In All Things, Serve The Atlas

The Three Catechisms

The Nine Doctrines

1. Equality is earned, not granted
	* Equality is not a state to which one is born
	* One earns equality through action and meaning
2. Service ends in death, duty is eternal
	* Ones life is there own
	* Ones life should be dedicated towards the duty to the whole
3. Barbarism demands penitence
	* There is no excuse for barbarism
	* There is no excuse for vulgarity
	* To be barbaric, is to demand penitence for ones own actions
4. The crime against one, is the crime against all
	* The one is part of the many
	* To accept the self as a piece of a machine, is to accept that crime against one, is crime against the machine
5. Deficiency is the concession of the worthless
	* One is not born deficient
	* One can overcome their defeciency through action and dedication
	* There is no excuse to remain deficient
6. Preservation can only be maintained through ordination and unity
	* The natural world is antagonistic and predatory
	* We must stand together, unified, against the darkness of the natural world
7. Punishment demands severity
	* If ones actions give cause for punishment, punishment should be severe as to never forget
	* Harm against thy brother is harm against oneself, given ten fold
8. Dedication is a prerequisite of purity
9. Order is the law none are above the law