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Interesting start with the Floral race, I'm having a bit of trouble with the Robotians.

I like my idea but I'm slipping too much into a terran type race. It may not be the star trek terrans, but the only differences you can see from my story are recharges, the Justice as head of everything and the extreme lack of any authoritarian tendencies.

I wanted to play an extremely brutal capitalistic race for the Foundation, but it seems like its becoming too terrany. Since we have capitalism in many parts of our world, it lacks newness.

The thing is, the Robotians are supposed to compete brutally and yet have a huge amount of freedom, represented by the fact that two of the colonized planets are independent republics allowed by the Justice.

Anyone have any ideas or comments on whether the Robotians are too terrany, and if so, some ideas on what I should do.

I have the idea of many citizens looking up to the previously secret ship Discipline and its crew. They achieved more than the colonists have so far, and they have a much more repressive political view. It may spread quickly among youngsters since the Robotian mind is extremely affected by the environment.