Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20190126081959/@comment-14909251-20190209022846

73.Anon.52 wrote: Who said anything about destroyed? It's obsolete/ineffectual. "source of order" does not = "makes laws" Shade is arbiters, not any sort of law-making body. Just because said government can't make law decrees doesn't mean they can't get certain things like amity rules modified as needed. Sentry essentially said that by implying there might not be any council left. They do show some major building blowing up in WoR when saying people didn't respect the government's laws. However, it is definitely a leap to suggest this means there is no government, even an ineffectual one. An entire government generally wouldn't be based out of a single building. What that really tells me is that any government that is set up in Vacuo has no real ability to defend itself or enforce its will. Shade would have to do it for them and they would feasibly have some interest in upholding some kind of government, however ineffectual. I imagine the nature of the relationship is the biggest contrast. Both Beacon and Haven seem to have more government oversight, while Atlas is essentially merged with the government. For Vacuo, the government essentially can't exist without Shade yet still is separate and independent.