Evan sat in a specially made chair, sipping tea as he studied a map of Sorrok.
Interesting. Truly interesting.
The T'au population on this world followed a perfect normal distribution. They had precisely calculated how many humans of each social standing each Water Caste member of a given rank should infiltrate.
But they had never expected Evan to come along and flip the table.
Evan's policies did not radically eliminate every oppressive class. Instead, he left a few in place. Only comparison revealed which was better. He would let the people make their own choices and let the tides of the times wash the old powers away.
When the time came, Mid Hive Expansion Upward and Mid Hive Expansion Downward would unify the Hive City. Only then would they formally abolish the distinction between its upper and lower levels. Step by step, supporters would far outnumber opponents, and with our military deterrence backing it up, the policy would naturally go through.
Jonel sat beside him, still somewhat resistant to this style of governance.
He believed a society worked best when everyone fulfilled their assigned roles. Underhive residents worked in factories, Mid Hive residents held white-collar jobs, and those occupations passed down from generation to generation. The previous generation had earned their positions precisely through their outstanding performance in those professions, as their genes proved. Thus, people of similar status married, and their children followed in their fathers' footsteps.
Evan thought otherwise. He wanted everyone to have a chance to choose after birth, to undergo an extensive process of education and competition and find the occupation best suited to them.
This would greatly increase expenditure. After all, teaching someone only how to work in a factory was far cheaper than teaching them a whole range of subjects before giving them specialized