Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26535281-20171031000955

Gun slingers are a type of person within the Empire who generally bear some sort of fire arm normally in the form of a laser pistol and tend to live lives of adventure, violence, and death. Of course this is only the Gun slingers that 'live the life' the term can be given to anyone that happens to be having a 'street duel' which are really just quick shooting matches till one of the participants (and sometimes both) lie dead in the street.

Even in the darkest sections of the Empire honor is still prevalent and the willy nilly killing of someone is generally seen as a cowards act. It is the belief that the only way to kill someone is face to face in a duel. For the upper class these take the forms of swords man ship and for the lower sections of societies pistol duels. There is no real Empire wide laws on duels, but generally they include three steps:

1. The duel is offered by one individual to another who has the choice to either accept the duel or say no. Generally saying no to a duel is seen as cowards, but certain situations make it 'reasonable'. If the individual happens to say yes they must quickly agree on a time, place, and what weapons they will bare.

2. They arrive at the time, place, and with their weapons if one does not show up the other party automatically wins what ever was placed on the table or has the right to seek them out and force them to duel on the spot. Most duels take place in the street with each taking roughly 30 paces (Orcu's steps as they are known) and turn around facing the other. At what ever signal they have agreed upon they can fire, run, duck, or dodge until one of them lies dead in the street.

3. Who ever wins gets the spoils and probably becomes the talk of the town for a few hours in the least. If both die, well it becomes a first come first serve type deal.

The state sanctions these duels for two reasons: one it would be too hard to actually shut down these duels and two it actually helps curb crimes as most violent criminals die in these duels. So common are these duels that a party, hour in a club, or any day is seen as 'boring' if a few duels haven't taken place already. In some areas of the Empire duels are the only law around these worlds being the frontiers or just rather lawless worlds in general. Here the only way honorable way to get justice is through duels.

Duelists can also fight duels just to fight (mainly for fame and monetary reward) all across the Empire are many famous and green gun slingers wandering the Empire looking for fellow duelists to fight to the death usually in purpose made arenas for the enjoyment of the crowds or in busy street corners to attract the most publicity. Such individuals tend to wear flashy clothing seeing as: if you're going to die might as well go out in style. 