@Polfusilier @DailyStormerDigest That's natural power dynamics. If I'm running a colony, then I have power and influence, and I can get away with pushing the boundaries a little bit to empower myself as long as I don't get to the point where it's worth replacing me.

On the flip side, if I don't do this, my power atrophies, and things that are mine are requisitioned and redistributed to ply the patron regime's more recalcitrant keys to power.