They were to the lower hive as Gamma was to them.
Gamma World did not seek to rule, nor did it play games of power and ownership.
To these parasites, already accustomed to clinging to the whole of human society and sucking its blood,
Gamma World would never indulge them the way people on other Imperium worlds did.
They thought they could keep enjoying their rule as long as they paid taxes?
And use political deals to gain status, military authority, even influence within Gamma World.
That would absolutely not be permitted.
Gamma World would not allow it either.
"The natives of this planet are far too arrogant."
"We're only here to investigate anyway. Forget these nobles—they have little value."
To Gamma World, the bottom tier was a group that was nearly impossible to accept, while the lower and middle tiers were groups that could be accepted.
The bottom tier was largely filled with crime and chaos. Trying to pick out anything useful from there was nearly impossible. If there were Genestealers, then the entire planet could not be accepted.
The lower tier, meanwhile, consisted of ordinary worker districts. The people there worked sixteen to eighteen hours a day. If they were brought into Gamma World, they would quickly adapt to Gamma World's eight-to-ten-hour workdays.
Even in this cesspit.
The Five Hundred Worlds of Ultramar had long since proven it.
Even if those people worked fewer than ten hours a day, they could still support hundreds of thousands of Space Marines, along with the enormous expenses of the military and state finances.
The reason the Imperium required people to work sixteen or even eighteen hours was purely because those places were too corrupt. Even Ultramar World today could still support so many Space Marines, and compared to Ultramar World ten