the aun are supposed to be gracious with union about the TBK device that was PISTON-1 fired at them, that has still not been apologized for? are they supposed to be cool with Union building a fucking troop movement device at their contested border? we're fine with ThirdComm not making an attempt at normalizing relations or asking permission to build that blinkgate? nah, the aun "sat out human history" and then decided to attack unprovoked in some sort of crusade, damn any of the fucking context
btw the karrakins didn't join peacefully either, there were two fucking wars that they lost and decided to cut their losses because Union's opening salvo was also kinetics aimed directly at the capital planet, because SecComm only knows one way of saying hello to a Tenner I guess
>// Like I fucking said, Human Histories major
>// ON KARRAKIS
>// I'm SO aware the Karrakins weren't peaceful, and I know ALL ABOUT the "Concursus delenda est" wars with SecComm
>// I want to reiterate I DON'T LIKE THAT SECCOMM USED WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION ON THE AUN, AND NEVER ONCE DID I CLAIM THAT I DID
>// I have absolutely no doubts that ThirdComm WOULD have sought out peaceful reparations for the first Distal War if THEY HAD THE CHANCE because, for all its flaws, THIRDCOMM WAS MADE TO UPHOLD THE FUCKING PILLARS AND HAS BEEN PAYING REPARATIONS TO THE HERCYNIANS FOR DAMN-NEAR COMMITTING SPECICIDE.
>// Or did you forget that the Aun have been almost entirely impossible to reach for the past couple thousand years, being isolationist recluses on the furthest edges of the Union-charted galaxy?
>// They have had no access to the blink and therefore no access to the omninet according to the Ecumene refugees, and Union has no access to the Aunic firmament
>// SO WE HAVE HAD NO WAY OF CONTACTING EACH OTHER SINCE THEY CLOSED THEIR BORDERS MILLENNIA AGO.
>// And calling a Blinkgate a "troop mover" is such obvious Aunic propaganda. They are practically the only means of transport for average people and shipping lanes to arrive with any speed to the majority of the diaspora.
>// and not only that,
>// BUT BLINK GATES ARE POPULATION CENTERS.
>// CIVILIAN POPULATION CENTERS.
>// Because even though I'm sure I'm arguing with either a malfunctioning COMP/CON or a contrarian (And I don't know which is worse), I'm sure you must know that blink gates are extremely expensive in time, manna, material, and manpower to upkeep.
>// Each blink gate is a city, full of, yes, Union administrative personnel, but also their families. And the families of the workers on those blink gates. And the families of the people who supply those workers' families. And so on.
>// You perform that you care about the Aunic lives lost in the past, but the Ascendancy in no uncertain terms massacred an entire population center of non-combatants and is proceeding to do the same to the rest of the diasporan and Ecumene populations of the Boundary Garden.
>// Having a weapon of mass destruction used on you does not give you exemption from criticism for turning around and killing even more civilians.
>// SecComm was not justified in mindless slaughter of those who can't fight back, and no matter what you say, the Aun aren't either. Because they didn't attack a military fortification that could have fought back, they attacked civilians.
>// They attacked civilians after damn-near 2000 Union-years of absolute silence, giving Union no choice but to retaliate because AN ENTIRE CITY WAS JUST FUCKING VAPORIZED.
>// This is not a justified war for the Aun, this is a crusade for purposes they refuse to share. So do not act like this is retaliation for the crimes SecComm committed, because you could not possibly know that, and even if you did, WE DON'T LIVE UNDER SECCOMM ANYMORE.
>// Show up in my inbox again and you'll get only a really pretty memetic hazard in return.
