#17

One thing that the enemies of the Great Houses speculate upon is how many lives the Lords live? No longer being limited as they once were, do the Houseworlders have need for their birthing machines? If none ever truly die, why have a way to weave new life? And what of the talk that the Homeworlders have surrendered some of their birthing engines to other races? Do these new players in the game now posses the virtual immortality of the gods? Unfortunately, as in many cases of War, the speculation on an involved race's natural lifespan is purely that, speculation.