To answer your question from Hayle, I'm guessing you don't want to hear the down with the matriarchy! drivel.

I never said I was a good influence.

But that's how it goes, isn't it? Rehash a government and hope what comes out maybe runs a bit better for us than it did before.

The problem being that this form of Thorne's government might be the strongest at holding against the other factions, or putting their fear into them. We lose that, how do we keep the Singularity from being destroyed? Free Cities marching their army in because Thorne was too weak.