Chu Guang had no interest in becoming a feudal lord. The times had already changed through several cycles; if he changed them back now, his descendants would have to change them back again.
That would be far too troublesome.
And when the time came, there would probably be another bloody fight.
If he crowned himself emperor, the players might think it was cool, and the wastelanders would have no objections, but he would likely lose the support of conservative Vault residents like Heya.
Eighty percent of the Human Alliance's legacy had been inherited by the Blue Coats. Many major powers, including the Enterprise, had originated from high-ranking Vaults.
Losing their favor would be equivalent to giving himself a -80% technology development debuff. That was hard for Chu Guang to accept, considering he always went for technological victories in Civilization and felt uncomfortable playing Stellaris without Materialist ethics.
Nor did he intend to completely follow the Human Alliance's old path.
Full-scale decentralization required extraordinarily abundant computing resources and a strong productive foundation. Methods from the Prosperous Era might not necessarily work in the Wasteland Era. The biggest taboo in copying homework was blindly copying it word for word.
Chu Guang knew very clearly what he needed.
He needed centralized authority to ensure that every one of his plans could be carried out smoothly, but he also needed to carefully handle his relationship with the legacies.
This was not actually difficult.
He could establish an alliance, then issue a special "Revival Act" in the alliance's name, granting himself "necessary" powers for a set period of time.
After the B-test began, Vault 404 and Vault 117 would join forces to establish a new alliance under the banner of "reviving the Human Alliance and rebuilding order."
The northern suburbs of Clear Spring City would