Ohhhh, let’s look at the actual CONTEXT!!
Deitra’s talking about the VICTIMS. That’s the ‘they’ she’s saying. ‘Their’ crime… was not even knowing ‘about the existence of the Amarr people, never mind their deity’.
BZZZZT. Only slaves of the 9th Generation or higher were released. The Empire’s medical technology is not crappy. For example[1]! Idonis Ardishapur, the Holder who commited the genocide of Starkman Prime in 22947 AD committed ritual suicide upon the ascension of Emperor Doriam II. Doriam II took the throne in YC105, only 15 years ago.
So, how long after the Starkman Genocide did Idonis live? Well, the calendar flips over in 23236 AD. So YC105 is 23341 AD. 23341 minus 22947 is 394 years. Idonis was already an adult when he blew Starkman Prime to hell, as he was known to be ‘not immune in the past to the charms of Starkman Prime’. So let’s assume he’s not six when he blows the planet up.
He was over 4 centuries old when he died. Jamyl Sarum takes the throne in YC 110/23346 AD. The Amarr invasion takes place in 22480 AD. 954 years pass between them. That’s… three generations of Heirs?
Now, I’m not saying that the Amarr used all of their medical prowess on all of their slaves. That would be silly. But it does rather make sense that the ones who were valuable, the ones who learned, who cooperated, who kept their heads down… they’d be given proper care. They could live upwards of two hundred years. After all, the goal of the Amarr is to convert them, right? Can’t convert someone who’s dead.
I’ll also remind you that notable Amarr have stated in prior discussions that the number of Matari who were emancipated by the Empress plus the number of Matari descended from those who won their freedom in the Rebellion is perhaps half as large as the number of Minmatar slaves still in the Empire.
Where do you suppose they all came from? Do you really think that in the 140 years since the Minmatar Rebellion, the Empire has enslaved twice the population of the Republic and then set free the ones whose families just never got free?
Remember, that emancipation was a one-time deal. If you were an 8th Generation slave when it came, and you had a child two years later… it’s still a slave.
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