Concerns 1
Sentients. This one has news. Upon encountering Raxor in the halls of the ship, this one inquired into their change in disposition. What could crush the spirit of this one’s companion so?
Raxor’s response… It is worrying.
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RAXOR: The Terrans… they do not enjoy war.
ELYSIA: That is good, yes? Too many of the new races seem to revel-
RAXOR: No.
ELYSIA: No?
RAXOR: They are a war race. Their history and evolution are paved in the ashes and blood of their enemies. Yet they do not revel. The Skellesian Bloodmites revel. Their weapons are made to draw out battle and prolong suffering. Barbed rods for the rending of flesh. Heated blades to ensure the enemy stays standing no matter how much is chopped off.
The Stol’oon of Grumha revel. Their cowardly tactics involve slowly terraforming the planets of surface-bound races while they are defenseless to stop them. Slowly cooking as the atmosphere of the only home they have known becomes their crematorium.
The Terrans? They do not revel in war. They hate war.
ELYSIA: This one does not understand. The race was molded by war, yet hates it? Do they hate what it has made them? Are they a drink that hates the shape its container has forced upon it?
RAXOR: They hate the acts. This one asks Elysia to consider, if one despised an action but the action was needed, what would they do?
ELYSIA: This one does have experience with this. This one dislikes having to configure variables in simulations. This one wrote a script to automatically program variables if given a planetary identification code.
RAXOR: Why?
ELYSIA: To get it done as quickly… and…
RAXOR: Yes.
ELYSIA: By the Queen. Have the Terrans… streamlined… war?
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This was not the end of the discussion, Raxor proceeded to request a cancellation of the mission. They claim that the Queen would not have allowed the mission had she known.
Unfortunately for Raxor, after more than the expected number of delays, the ship has already entered the Sol System.
On this, the Terran Date of May 21st of 2030, or XD 4682C 4A 2L, and with an uncertain future, this is Elysia of Xyloptha, signing off.