[He listens smiling gently, but his smile getting warmer as well.]
Hearing about timelines where people tried so hard to get it right is always welcome.
The Jedi has something like that, at points in their history. Well, the diplomacy and peacekeeping was their main public function for the Republic almost all of the last thousand years before the Empire was established. [He makes a slight face, because the Clone War is just...complicated to talk about.]
But there were Corps, too, with other focuses. Including the Exploration Corps. Hyperspace mapping, first contact and re-establishing content with worlds that have fallen out of touch, and archeology.
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Hearing about timelines where people tried so hard to get it right is always welcome.
The Jedi has something like that, at points in their history. Well, the diplomacy and peacekeeping was their main public function for the Republic almost all of the last thousand years before the Empire was established. [He makes a slight face, because the Clone War is just...complicated to talk about.]
But there were Corps, too, with other focuses. Including the Exploration Corps. Hyperspace mapping, first contact and re-establishing content with worlds that have fallen out of touch, and archeology.