• iforgotmyinstance@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The literal backstory for the death star lead designer is that his family is held at gunpoint to force his cooperation.

    Are we to believe this is an isolated event or that the Empire simply took what they wanted?

    • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Never heard anything about Bevel Lemelisk’s family being threatened, and Qwi Xux thought she was working on a piece of mining equipment.

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      1 year ago

      Considering I brought up that there may be prisoners, I don’t disagree. However, I don’t think it was particularly common.

    • Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.ee
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      My understanding is that the staff manning the station were all volunteers, but everyone involved in the designing and building of it were enslaved