User blog comment:Kincaid1/The Bluesteel Warriors (Story 2)/@comment-24108228-20140219093859/@comment-24108228-20140219171411

Well if they don't know, it's not quite enslaving... I (and they) prefer to think of it as an exploitive peace treaty in which I get a lot of free stuff so I don't kill them.

And weapons can keep peace, if you have better weapons you can beat the angry raiders who want to kill everyone. So you win the war. And get a ton of free stuff from grateful tribes who were watching. Much more than what they have left on the floor and decided it was so useless it isn't worth it to bother picking it up.

Its good to know you spare people, but why kill people who didn't bother you? I certainly murder in cold blood people who irritate me, but if they haven't been a pain why kill them?