The Lucky 13: Thirteen things you'd do as an evil overlord
13 things you'd do I did as an evil overlord
1. All politicians and royals are to be eliminated immediately upon taking power.
2. Make sure there is at least one person you can trust to follow your plans should something happen to you, but do not tell them everything. You never know.
3. Decide which jobs are necessary. Cut down number of people doing those jobs to as few as possible.
4. Find some sort of insurance to keep those working said jobs from revolting against you. Taking their children works nicely.
5. Relocate surplus workers to new necessary jobs. Say, building fleets of spaceships.
6. Be sure to have some form of stress relief readily available. I recommend Jack Harkness and a torture chamber.
7. Only employ armies that are completely loyal to you. Insurance is not a good substitute for this.
8. Insurance is also not good enough for your guards. Be sure to keep some of that army around to protect you.
9. Stay off the planet you've taken over as much as possible. The more you put yourself out there as a target, the more likely you are to be killed.
10. Expand your empire quickly.
11. Know your reason for wanting to take over, so you can satisfy that want. "I was bored" is a perfectly acceptable reason and doesn't take much to change; but "I wanted to switch the form of government one planet at a time until they were all monarchies" takes a bit more planning.
12. Always have a plan.
13. All known threats and enemies prior to your takeover are to be disposed of or incapacitated before you even think about taking over.
1. All politicians and royals are to be eliminated immediately upon taking power.
2. Make sure there is at least one person you can trust to follow your plans should something happen to you, but do not tell them everything. You never know.
3. Decide which jobs are necessary. Cut down number of people doing those jobs to as few as possible.
4. Find some sort of insurance to keep those working said jobs from revolting against you. Taking their children works nicely.
5. Relocate surplus workers to new necessary jobs. Say, building fleets of spaceships.
6. Be sure to have some form of stress relief readily available. I recommend Jack Harkness and a torture chamber.
7. Only employ armies that are completely loyal to you. Insurance is not a good substitute for this.
8. Insurance is also not good enough for your guards. Be sure to keep some of that army around to protect you.
9. Stay off the planet you've taken over as much as possible. The more you put yourself out there as a target, the more likely you are to be killed.
10. Expand your empire quickly.
11. Know your reason for wanting to take over, so you can satisfy that want. "I was bored" is a perfectly acceptable reason and doesn't take much to change; but "I wanted to switch the form of government one planet at a time until they were all monarchies" takes a bit more planning.
12. Always have a plan.
13. All known threats and enemies prior to your takeover are to be disposed of or incapacitated before you even think about taking over.