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The tyrant is a rare tribal leader who believes that the Hegemony is at its strongest when tribe conquers tribe, when the survival of the fittest is allowed to play to its logical conclusion. He thinks nothing of slaughtering thousands of innocents in a defeated and weaker tribe, if it means his own force is allowed to prosper. The tyrant aims for nothing less than the total domination of the entire Hegemony, with himself as Emperor at its head. With so vast an aim, the tyrant is often forced to look beyond the boundaries of the Hegemony for new territory and resources, looking to harness entire alien worlds and so build an empire vaster than the rest of the Hegemony, becoming its sole ruler by default. This is an attractive goal to many Skinnies who have chosen a career as a professional soldier, for the tyrant always has need of good warriors and will keep them gainfully employed. It is believed that the first true military campaign against the Federation was initiated by a Skinnie tyrant.
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