On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 4:46 PM, Michael McKinney <archangel620@gmail.com> wrote:
The idea that "the Prime Directive is violated" seems a theme in Traveller, but its a theme missing from Warhammer 40K. Well, there is one singular moment of it occurring, but the person responsible dies and thus is the reason for the post-apocalyptic feeling to the setting.

I think you have Traveller confused with Star Trek. A Prime Directive - in the sense of "Don't interfere with the development of the poor, low-tech natives." - is not and never has been a feature of Traveller. The closest canon comes to that sentiment is that the Scout Service is *occasionally* able to get the Emperor to declare a particular native homeworld off-limits . . . so long as there isn't a megacorp which thinks that it can make a decent profit there. 

The prime directive of Traveller is the same as in modern Western society: "Make money however you can . . . just don't get caught."

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Richard Aiken

"Never insult anyone by accident."  Robert A. Heinlein
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"It has been my experience that a gun doesn't care who pulls its trigger." Newton Knight (as portrayed by Matthew McConaughey), to a scoffing Confederate tax collector facing the weapons held by Knight's young children and wife.