Translations:Codex: Red Myr/44/en

The advent of casual sex is only a very recent phenomenon spurred on by the war. While monogamy is uncommon among the myr, relationships were expected to be devoted and deep. This attitude changed during the war, thanks to the concept of “trench wives” — females that soldiers have either captured or brought from home who serve their needs between battles. These relationships are based on lust and physical pleasure, and have (some say alarmingly) disrupted the polyamorous partnerships more common in years past. The trench wife phenomenon is seen as a necessary evil by most red officers, as the Federation simply does not have the resources to deal with the sheer number of prisoners taken during the war. Allowing soldiers to keep their own captives, and insisting that they care for them, is seen as more humanitarian than prison camps and puts the brunt of the administrative needs (food, shelter, etc.) on the shoulders of individual unit commanders.