Most homebody nerds loved collecting figurines, displaying them in cabinets to admire day and night. Even Warhammer had a "king of figurines."
In fact, most men had this sort of collecting habit.
Ning Zhiyuan, commander of the First Fleet and Navy Minister, liked collecting all kinds of firearms. With military regulations now restricting him, he had no choice but to move his entire wall of collectibles to his home on the Ring World.
Xi Yan did not have much of a collection himself, but plenty of his subordinates enjoyed tinkering with figurines and living the happy life of model-kit hobbyists. Every so often, he would visit their homes to play with their figurines.
Sometimes, he would even build and spray-paint model kits with his buddies among the ranks until late at night, infuriating the Secretary of State, who was left waiting for him.
But Xi Yan had something to say in his defense!
He could see his wife every day, but if he missed his chance to build a newly purchased custom Gundam, all he would get to see afterward was the finished model behind glass!
The Empire had never placed much importance on the entertainment industry, and figurine production was especially scarce, since the vast majority of its productive capacity went into producing basic resources.
He liked Gundams, but ship models were pretty great too!
Especially the one that Fallen Empire Old Bastard had sent him. It might have been just a ship model, but it was as large as an airplane from a hundred years ago. Models like that were rare across the entire Sea of Stars!
And it was a rare Lost Escort, too. Everyone knew that, apart from the Titan, the Old Bastard's Lost Escort and Battle Cruiser models were all gorgeous.
Now, that Cross-shaped Warship