Dune 2000 - House Ordos - Three Great Armies in Ruin

[@hamvocals]

I owned this game back in the day. That...is a pleasant memory. I played all three Houses. I found Ordos to be the most intriguing. That...is truth. I enjoy seeing these cutscreens again, and especially Edric O. They take me back. That...is reminiscence. If you have not played House Ordos yet, do so! THAT...is both advice, and....the mission!

[@StarofSolomon]

I would only play House Ordos, cuz my Chinese astrology sign is snake and the Ordos symbol is a golden snake around a book lol

[@jarlairess]

I see what you did there. That is... Admiration

[@das81]

That... Is the True.

[@Amaximumace]

This mentat was a million times better than the one in Emperor. He epitomized House Ordos. I love how he grows in power with each passing mission.

[@dkupke]

Amaximumace a female me tat was a nice twist, but they picked the worst actress

[@Amaximumace]

@@dkupke my thoughts exactly.

[@Th0ughtf0rce]

@@Amaximumace Honestly all the mentats in Emperor were downgrades from their 2000 predecessors. But the Harkonnen's was at least funny.

[@brandonvortex995]

Probably explains why ordos removed him, he become way to dangerous for house ordos

[@daminguez]

True but the woman was HOT! :D

[@resolutionblaze363]

The way he states so monotonously "Restore spice production or live out your life in a pain amplifier. That is a threat." makes him way scarier than the Harkonnen Mentat, who I just find humerous (Not necessarily in a bad way either).

[@InReserveProductions]

The Harkonnen Mentat just seemed like he was having fun (at least the actor definitely was).

[@nickolasadler8404]

"Our mercenaries are restless, they would just as soon kill us as kill for us! We must be prepared to slaughter our own!". I loved this character when I played this game as a kid, he was so badass lol

[@LegendKingY2j]

it's all RNG, if the mercenaries decide to defend themselves they will last longer, if they send tons of troops to invade and lose the siege they will probably surrender quick

[@JohnnyRico118]

They are of questionable value.

[@Myleevirus]

"restore spice production or live out your life in a Pain Amplifier.That is a threat."

[@lancer737]

I want Chicago style stuffed pizza, THAT IS... THE MISSION!

[@xsailor85]

Fail & you will live out your life in a pain amplifier. That is a threat...

[@funkotron9198]

Stuff it with sausage, mushrooms, pepperoni , peppers and onions. That is advice.

[@VexWerewolf]

Do not put pineapple on it. That is... an opinion.

[@MrX-ok3jq]

Deliver it hot to us, the cheese must flow ... that is the law.

[@steveneiselen7993]

Only New York style pizza is true pizza. That Is ... The Truth.

[@0megacron]

Back when I played this years ago, I never noticed that his eyes get bluer as you progress through the campaign. Neat detail.

[@axr6327]

You just made ME notice. Sweet!

[@Tuttigiu]

spice effect like fremen

[@jarlairess]

Spice must flow

[@jtblcksheep3376]

8:24 It's kind of interesting how Lady Elara poisons the Emperor and his dying words are "You...bitch...". This is EXACTLY what happens to Stalin in the Soviet ending of Red Alert 1.

[@TheLambdaTeam]

It's a nice little homage on Red Alert :)))))))

[@Yaguermeister]

At 1:40 that's Frank Klepacki lol. Wow. Just realized it.

[@duvipearson6251]

LMFAO

[@ikarikaoka]

I find it interesting that these strategy game scenes start with the player being the target of skepticism, distrust, pressure, contempt etc. in its "function". As quests pass (successfully) and you show your "worth" to the House, this treatment changes, members are more transparent with us and occasionally you are praised and rewarded. The difficulty and complexity of quests increases, of course, but with luck this dynamic can even motivate you more to make your House victorious.

[@fisk0]

There were some interesting twists and turns as well, not just a clear linear rise through the ranks - Command & Conquer 1's NOD campaign being a famous example where your superior grows jealous of your success and tries to send you off on suicide missions, until his superior steps in and puts an end to that.

[@thejadondaviscommentaries1613]

"Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind."

[@jimhuffman9434]

An excerpt from the *Orange Catholic Bible* written in 26 BG

[@KadrianThe]

He (it?) is human mind in likeness of machine

[@Raptor35602]

But humans despite their fear dared to make machines. For example Ix.

[@Th0ughtf0rce]

The most epic mentat in the most epic final mission briefing

[@thegreenreaper6660]

"There is a three point-nine percent probability that you will survive..That is.......the mission!"

[@VersusARCH]

Even an android gets high on spice...

[@Th0ughtf0rce]

@@VersusARCH that's one helluva drug

[@christopherlee9184]

Mr Raines from the Pretender

[@becausebuzzbomb6133]

There are amazing ideas behind these cutscenes. I totally agree with the uploader and their description - the Atreides were meh and Harkonnen were too cliché. But the Ordos... The story is decent, the script is ridiculously awesome ("They are unreliable. They come and go. When the casualty count grows high, they WILL go....but the spice will flow.") and the staging is really interesting, like the images of what Edric O is currently talking about in the background. Wish there was more on this particular Mentat, even though he is not canon in terms of the book.

[@strelitziapete9071]

I think he was based on the Borgs from startrack. In the game it says hes a ixian machine I think, so hes not even really human. I agree he was pretty interesting.

[@becausebuzzbomb6133]

It's possible, in 1999 or whenever Dune 2000 was released, the idea of cyborgs was already well established. He could be part human as Edric O says he is Ixian technology, not just a machine. In the books, there are cyborgs of Ixian origins, so perhaps Edric O is just that.

[@strelitziapete9071]

Look up borgs in startrek they look like him. There is a Edric in dune messiah but he was a guild navigator.

[@becausebuzzbomb6133]

I've seen TNG, Voyager and Enterprise, I am quite sure what the Borg look like. :) Edric O isn't really it, especially with the Borg collective mind. But we know next to nothing about Edric, so... Too bad this storyline doesn't continue, I would love to read more about Ordos.

[@TheLambdaTeam]

Can you supply me with the script for the Ordos cutscenes? I'm not English, and sometimes it is simply too hard to decipher what Edric O is saying. I'd really appreciate that!

[@CarnageMayhem]

10000x better than 2019's strategy games oh wait there is no ...

[@faikhozen5963]

"restore spice production or live out your life in a Pain Amplifier." it is also a line from the 1984 film of Dune, when the Spacing Guild Ixian demanded the Emperor of this

[@thehungrylittlenihilist]

I don't think the Navigator was an Ixian, just that he had just come from Ix. I could be wrong though.

[@saxon9536]

I'm normally a Harkonnen fanboy, but Edric O is my favorite by far! This guy gives me so much joy. You can see him emote more and more as he sinks into spice addiction. At the start he seems like a mouthpiece. But by the end I feel like I'm working for God.

[@pandax75]

I really miss when they had live action cut scenes in video games. The live action scenes in Warhammer 40K: Final Liberation are great. House Ordos was my favorite house to play.

[@StarofSolomon]

Mine too!!!

[@VoxOperator]

God damn, someone is still remember that masterpiece!

[@Spanner249]

He made Ordos with playing.

[@navaropalm6111]

The mentat blinks maybe 4 or 5 times throughout the cutscene. Some damn good eyes.

[@StarofSolomon]

Like a 🐍

[@BFCrusader]

Based on the fact this ending had Elara poison the emperor and the recap at the start of Emperor: Battle for Dune told that the Emperor was poisoned (with the same video used for the recap as in the ending here, although in that video no saboteur was shown), it would seem the Ordos won this war.

[@redgeneral5792]

Well that would explain why Michael Dorn is the new duke

[@ДмитрийМордовин-ъ3ю]

Ordos mentat in e:bfd also says that you will need to regain the territories, as if previous commander lost them after the Ordos won.

[@BFCrusader]

@AndrewtheDuke Given the apparent outcome of their "win", can it really be considered one?

[@DutchGuyMike]

Same with the illuminati/reptilian overlords in the real world!

[@year111]

The Emperor saying "you bitch" is like how Stalin saying it to Nadia after being poison.

[@Sc0rpic0m]

"Eradicate the imperial threat! There is a 3.9% probability you will survive!" Thanks for the assurance 🤣

[@jimhuffman9434]

That only leaves a what, 96.1 % probability of getting killed? Yeah, thanks for the assurance jackass

[@BFCrusader]

I forgot to mention, Elara in the other victory videos apparently died in the ensuing explosion caused by the houses' attacks. Here, she seemed to have escaped. There's also the fact that the Executrix of Emperor: Battle for Dune, were supposedly the masterminds of a takeover of house Ordos, making them the new leaders of the house. This action would explain the instability that would have led Dune to be left without a coherent force. Why you ask? Because the Ordos weren't as organized and cohesive as the other houses due to their mercenary and mercantile nature. Meaning the forces employed to keep Arrakis would desert and leave when no more money came their way during the disorder in the house. This is my theory of how Arrakis came to be the location of the War of Assassins during Emperor: Battle for Dune. It would coincide with the fact that the Fremen leader during one of the Atreides cut-scenes bitterly commented that their fathers spilled their water/blood for house Atreides and gained nothing.

[@TheKnightOfSmite]

Old necromancy to be commenting to a comment made 6 years ago but I'd assume maybe Eldric-O was something like a thinking machine rather than a mentat. Likely the power went to his head and they had to annihilate him, then when the dust was settled they split the power between a new invention: the Executrix, which was basically group-thinking humans but amplified by machines, but while one Executrix might go high on power or spice the others keep them in check. Likely they had to remove the machine influence as well

[@TheLambdaTeam]

True. When the Saboteur enters the Palace and triggers his explosives, Lady Elara is still visible on the picture.

[@Halo1138]

"The Ordos control Arrakis! The Spice! THE UNIVERSE! *FINISH IT!*"

[@kasrkin100]

I just realized Ordos Mentat Actor is CABAL VA

[@Lieutenant_Volkov]

No shit it is?

[@perchwong94]

sick gaming chair

[@woodwyrm]

FINISH IT! Edric O is fukken awesome!

[@VersusARCH]

00:01 Doctor forecasting your chances of survival after he diagnosed you with Covid 19.

[@solemperor]

ahh... old memories. I would like someone to create a new game from the dune universe...

[@TheNN]

7:19 What it's like having a maxed level mage.

[@silaku]

try watching the part where he experimented on his own body with deviator gas and his eyes are on the huge screen behind him...

[@kev3d]

Someone get that dude an inhaler.

[@conoba]

Am I cost effective? Please don't kill me. Odd how close fantasy has come to reality these days.

[@SandsOfArrakis]

The Emperor's famous last words... "You b***h"

[@CnCDune]

Funnily enough, those are Stalin's last words too!

[@TheLambdaTeam]

I wonder why Edric O was replaced with Roma Atani as an Ordos Mentat. Maybe he did something bad?

[@someguy1747]

He either Overdosed on the Spice Melange and became unstable and had to be put down or became part of the New Executrix Council, and Roma Atani Suceeded him.

[@tylerc5311]

I loved playing as the Ordos, it was definitely the most challenging House to play as on Hard difficulty. Their missions were the most challenging, and the most complex, having mercenary allies on many maps that you need to protect. The Deviator always sucked lol, I didn't really like it. The stealth trike raiders and Saboteurs were the best part of the Ordos.

[@josearias7009]

Yeah.. Deviators are only good in large groups.. And even with that.. They must be placed inside a base to wreak havoc

[@TheMysti97]

Deviators require more micro managing, but they were great against slow units like devastators or siege tanks. And you could use them against enemy harvesters to get more spice while blocking their income.

[@TheLambdaTeam]

Yea, the Stealth Raiders were a real pest. You could easily uncover the entire terrain & pick up tons of crates, thus, getting huge amounts of cash. Deviators are most excellent if there are moar then 1 enemy: if you destroy everything and deviate the rest of the enemy vehicles, they will _permanently_ belong to you!!! (of course, if an enemy Deviator deviates them, they'll permanently revert to that side as well)

[@arcanist100]

You have contributed one quantity of spice to Ordos. You are worth one quantity of spice now.

[@thegreenreaper6660]

'Restore Spice-Production, or live out your life in a pain-amplifyer.... That is a threat'. But one of thé most useful pieces of advice he gives you is in the Mission-8 briefing: 'Avoid the Death Hand'... erhm,, Derp? How to Avoid an incoming missile? The only way to avoid it, is attacking the Harkonnen base ASAP, and destroy their Palace, which.. is a costly endeavour, if you consider you have the Atreides, ánd (a smaller contignent of)the Imperial forces opposing you as well: You'll háve to weaken thém a bit atleast, or they'll raze your base down before you even réach the Harkonnen installations... Still think the Mission-9 briefing is one of the best in RTS games thus far "We see the whole of it!, Three Great Army's in Ruin...The Padishah Emperor camps between the Baron and the Duke, but he is weak, and hate will be strong! We see our mercenaries are restless, they would just as soon kill us as kill fór us, We must be prepared to slaughter our own! We see Atreides attacking the Fremen! We see Harkonnen lift the Death Hand! We see the Padishah Emperor as the root of it! His Palace múst be destroyed, our Saboteur will see to it! Three Great Army's in ruin... The Ordos control Arrakis.... The Spice!... The Universe!!!! FINISH IT!!!!! THAT IS....... THE MISSION!!"

[@IxianMace]

Knowing that the Death Hand missile flies up off the map and then straight back down in alignment with where it's going to hit, I'd scroll my cursor down ahead of its path when I saw it pop in from the top of the map. I'd then move any units that were in its path out of its way. If the missile detonated over a building and it looked like the building was going to be destroyed, I'd immediately sell it. The munitions would then hit the structure while it's in the process of being sold, but since buildings that are being sold are indestructible, all that would happen is I'd get some funds back and some infantry. Splash damage could be repaired, and the building in question could just be rebuilt. If it's the construction yard that gets hit, then I just let it get hit and repair it as soon as it takes damage, since I know the Death Hand missile can't kill it by itself (provided the construction yard is at full health).

[@truongdangmanh7471]

@@IxianMace Edric O is happy that you have taken his advice :)

[@TheLambdaTeam]

@@truongdangmanh7471 Fun fact: We _never_ see Edric O smiling!

[@cletusmandeletusman2328]

@@TheLambdaTeam but we do see him mention your increasing value as an asset to house Ordos

[@CarnageMayhem]

FINISH IT THAT IS THE MISSION! Wow that was epic

[@blu12gaming44]

"That is...the Mission..."

[@pavelgl5926]

There is a 44.9% chance you are har Conan.

[@thesinfultictac5704]

I just realized after years of playing this game, he never blinks aaaaaaa

[@ismaeel747]

I think the very last cutscene which had all the lightning should have been way more emotionally charged, as edric o becomes consumed by his power.

[@Gargantupimp]

ismaeel747 it is highly emotionally charged relative to his previous behavior. it is kind of creepy and awesome the way he tries to maintain intense self control. but you can tell he is excited.

[@Gargantupimp]

ismaeel747 it is highly emotionally charged relative to his previous behavior. it is kind of creepy and awesome the way he tries to maintain intense self control. but you can tell he is excited.

[@AmirAlQuaym]

He doesn't blink in any of the cutscenes

[@morehumorehu4861]

Stephen Hawkins on steroids with attitude, lol 😁

[@firehorse_44alpha-omega]

This game never gets old. I enjoy revisiting every so often. Dune 2024 !

[@JJMHigner]

He's just fun to watch, like most of the rest of the cast here :)

[@CastelDawn]

he's taking too much spice

[@Americanretard100]

lol I love how his eyes turn blue because hes all hopped up on spice

[@thedarkmaster4747]

XD

[@StarofSolomon]

I wish i could turn my eyes blue.

[@TheLambdaTeam]

@@StarofSolomon Girls would love that, lol :) Though I'm not sure Edric O had much luck wit' girls.

[@masterexploder9668]

I think Ordos won in Dune 2000, but maybe not by much. Clues: Fremen angry on Atreides for past failures, Ordos forming up and Harkonnen executing their Dune 2000 commander (or Mentat?).

[@kiraxbara456blitz6]

My guess is neither end is canon. More like the war just went back and forth. But it uses elara killing the emperor but without the ordos winning. Both ordos and harkonnen were seen with their disgraced commanders (not the players) about lost territories

[@LegendaryPhenom]

THAT IS CABAL!!!! PLOT TWIST

[@gianlucaborg195]

Kane lives?

[@jimhuffman9434]

CABAL will a cyborg body

[@Gorgunsun]

Dude NEVER blinks!!!!

[@roadrunner9622]

This series of videos would be in my top 100 videos of all time.

[@Protoman2024]

Gotta love the mentats of the Ordos. Always so astute.

[@Protoman2024]

Rohan Zener Yes indeed. Ammon got offed for embezzlement fraud I think, Edric O became too powerful for his own good. Roma Atani is about the only loyal mentat so far, and even then...:p

[@Protoman2024]

Rohan Zener The Atredies mentats probably were reassigned to certain positions or given other objectives. Either that or they were simply replaced. Except for Hawat. He killed himself since Harkonnen tried to get him to kill Paul Atredies, and so he didn't want to do it so he killed himself instead.

[@Protoman2024]

Marko probably got executed for incompetence, knowing how the Harkonnen can be very violent. Hayt was indeed tortured to death, but he was just a ghola of Piter anyway. :p Yanich was probably killed since the Atredies swarmed Geidi Prime. But then again, maybe he was executed for incompetence should the Atredies attack Draconis IV instead.

[@TheLambdaTeam]

What does "astute" mean?

[@nathankuszewski4579]

@@TheLambdaTeam keen, observant, direct.

[@jacobwallace4967]

Eradicate the Imperial threat. There is a 3.9 percent probability that you will survive. That is....the mission

[@jimhuffman9434]

3.9 percent probability? I don't like those odds

[@jacobwallace4967]

@@jimhuffman9434 It's gonna get very hairy.

[@Koronia047]

If anyone has played warframe. The Ordos remind me a lot of the Corpus.

[@blackops9operation75]

Reminds me Cabal from Tiberian Sun.

[@derpherpblerp]

I never could get into Atreides myself-it was too...blah.

[@Darkagma]

I like how he barely blinks.

[@nicholaslloyd1216]

He never blinks and this guy was in Tremors.

[@cruelangel7737]

I just love how Westwood is like F you to all the 99 generations 4d chess that every faction is playing with the player character battlefield control abilities.

[@BuckingByte]

Is that the executrix at 3:30 ? Also at 6:01 he starts talking just like Cabal, the NOD AI from Tiberian Sun... NICE!

[@Nick871203]

so this is the actuall ending for dune 2000? the ordos ending? i allways though it was the atreides. but atleast this sets in motion for emporor battle for dune, where i believe atreides ultimatly kicks ass :P

[@carlosspeicywiener7018]

I still own this one and I play it all the time. Best dune game ever

[@Richard-yt9vi]

Ordos is my favourite house

[@wrybreadspread]

Is that a hunter-seeker aimed at his neck on his left, the viewer's right? Sort of like a poison pill to avoid capture? And has anyone mentioned his similarity to Nosferatu in appearance?

[@nathankuszewski4579]

I thought it was an injector. I figured he might require many substances to regulate his unstable mind, besides melange.and you're right about nosferatu

[@Andrew8349]

"Des.des..desorientation.tation" - masterpicefully. I believe that gas is effective!

[@Bukinator181]

Best mentat ever!

[@andrewthedukeMK2]

My dad is a Harkonnen terrorist and my mom is an Atreides spy! How about these odds, Edric?

[@hisdudeness8328]

We will accept these odds…

[@andrewthedukeMK2]

​@@hisdudeness8328 I noticed something, House Ordos is the Dune counterpart of these Commands and Conquer factions: GLA (Generals), Rising Sun (Red Alert), Scrin(Tiberium continuity) Let's examine, what do the Ordos and the GLA have in common? Their color is green, both factions rely on cunning strategies and sneaky tactics, stealth, sabotage, chemical weaponry. The Ordos, the Empire of The Rising Sun, and the Scrin? They are all mysterious 3rd factions, more technologically advanced than their foes. All 3 are trying to take advantage of their enemies' squabbles.

[@costco_pizza]

I was wondering if we will be able to see House Ordos in the 3rd Dune Movie? As they would be one of the Great Houses resisting Paul??

[@lonl123]

Games based a bit on Lynch's 84 Dune Movie and I absolutely loved all of them. The new Dune Movies are fantastic and wonderful, however they don't have the 'weirdness' Lynch's and these games brought to the Dune Universe...something I rather miss.

[@zach11241]

Restore spice production or pain amplifier. That is a choice. Got it. I’ll take the pain amplifier, please.

[@jimhuffman9434]

*HEY!* Cyborgs (or any self-functioning machines including simple computers) were outlawed after the Butlerian Jihad!

[@TheNameTooSexyToShow]

That is the mission.

[@Tarik360]

Cruelty Squad Handler's more serious, skinnier and scarier sibling.

[@RobertWF42]

Close captioning a bit off in these clips as well - "my name is ethical textiles oreos" at 0:19.

[@s.r.howell1297]

The Ordos look Ixian.

[@Apollorion]

Richard Marcus. Just googled it.

[@BendixX69]

Yes kabal?

[@Self-LuminousRed]

An Ordos guy talks about "Harkonnen terrorist"... really?

[@VersusARCH]

Well if USA can declare a "war on terror"...

[@Warrior300000]

godbless the house of icks.

[@francisboucher1076]

my family

[@jimhuffman9434]

it' spelled Ix

[@colonelcrazynator9455]

I think I just created a meme.....ICE MUST FLOW! That is the law!

[@OverlordDurash]

8:32 *"YOU...BITCH"* Same.

[@jimhuffman9434]

Classic last words

[@AngelBrightower]

The best leader!

[@davidburbery3054]

The dice must roll

[@LexieAssassin]

Pretty much... Too bad they lost how to make that voice. They were so concerned about it being copied by a competitor that they didn't keep a record of how it was made or anything.

[@Monado6]

they made the non canon house more borg like

[@MrAvakstone92]

I don't get what the hell happened with that Mentat on the course of the campaign

[@KavalSviri]

MrAvakstone92 - Watch his eyes. He .. or it .. infused himself with spice. This certainly enhanced his abilities.

[@anthonydhinnanthinnant6492]

Dune 2000 - Hourse Ordos - Three Great Armies in Ruin Game Fast Forward Music.....Push Record...

[@FamilyGuy476]

Hourse? You mean House.

[@xsailor85]

Who played the role of Edric O?

[@MrAsaqe]

CABAL's VA.

[@EvilNecroid]

they dont make them like they used to

[@R3furbished]

Jihad saboteur serves his house well. Ordos is Great!!!

[@ricardonorden3935]

Like psygo manthis his brother lol.from mgs1

[@mrsupaloco]

I never played this before! wooooooooo I haz new obsession :D

[@Gatx104]

Irony at its best

[@lordbloodnut]

omg its cabal

[@Rubashow]

This is so 90s.

[@TerranObserver]

Better than " now ".

[@Tuttigiu]

then it's good

[@thegreenreaper6660]

Deez subs... dayum 'we see a trade he's attacking the Fremen we see her common with the deaf man we see the Punisher Emperor's the woman his'... Erhm... wot? Somebody take the LSD from the translator-program pls...

[@landsknecht8654]

Why are the Empire in a huge civil war? The Atreides, Ordos, Harkonnen and others are all in one Empire. So why fight each other???

[@strelitziapete9071]

Landsknecht 86 Its based on the book, where the Atreides were put in charge of mining spice on Arrakis and were put on after many years of stewardship of Arrakis by the Harkonnens. If you read the backstory of Dune, the Emperor was scared of Duke Leto Atreides as he was very popular and his army was well trained and a threat to the throne. So what happens is he colludes with the Harkonnens (using the age old conflict between these houses) to stage a coup and remove the Atreides from power. The Emperors Sardaukar troops are disguised as Harkonnens as he cannot openly attack Atreides as they are popular in the Laansraad (a council of all the houses in the universe). The emperors army is very strong but a combined assault by all houses could remove him (this is stated in the books). So to answer your question it was a trap and this is what happens in the game (except there is no Ordos in the book) and the emperor sides with one of the houses to remove another. Also remember "the house which controls the spice controls the universe". Don't ask me why the emperor doesnt mine it himself, maybe he just sees is as a way of maintaining a peace, its been a while since Ive read the books.

[@Zamolxes77]

+Landsknecht 86 Actually the Empire is NOT at war. Its called War of Assassins, which is a formalized way of warfare, with strict rules, between the Houses (factions). In the Game, three Houses are engaged in this War of Assassins for the control of Dune, but they can only fight on Dune - its one of the rules of engagement. The Guild, Bene Gesserit, Tleilaxu and Ix act as arbiters of the conflict, trying to support or submine their favorites. Again, this is what happens in the game. In the books, War of Assassins happens only between House Atreides and House Harkkonnen, but is not limited to Dune. Also, unofficially, the Emperor, head of House Corrino, helps the Harkkonnens, by supplying them with Sardaukar troops, the deadliest fighters in the Imperium. Later, between 1st and 2nd book, The Empire actually goes to war, or rather Jihad, when fremen legions of Paul Muad'dib conquer basically every single planet in the Empire(a million planets), eliminating all opposition and installing the religion of Muad'dib as law.

[@Zamolxes77]

+Peter Van The Emperor doesn't mine the spice because The Guild, Bene Gesserit and the Landsraad are all against it. If he would be allowed to do so, he would control the only source of melange (read oil, or electric power) ergo control the Universe - which happens at end of 1st book through Paul. CHOAM actually has the rights to mine the spice, they do all the trading in the Empire. Emperor and everyone else are like shareholders. Is stated that by the events in 1st book, Emperor and his allies control 56% of CHOAM shares, giving him majority control, so he has a saying in distributing the CHOAM directorships (like a CEO office) also he can appoint who mines the spice on Arrakis. Is not because he's the Emperor, its because he has majority control in CHOAM. That's one of the reasons "Dune" is a true masterpiece, unrivaled in sophistication. Economics, religion, ecology, sciences, all intertwined magnificently.

[@TheRid16]

is there any reference about ecological damage that happen in the Universe because of this wars in Dune?

[@landsknecht8654]

Zamolxes77 What the Freemen do that??? But what about the Sadukkar?

[@electricspeedkiller8950]

kavala li sviri we :D

[@andrewthedukeMK2]

8:05 Mortal Kombat

[@johnmorgan4124]

This is durge. When are the Fremen going to destroy these evil scum???