Forum:The Alliance, the Empire, and War

The Alliance, the Empire, and War:
When the news was given, when the video tape went out, the outrage flipped the Alliance from uneasy peace to war. The sight of the passengers killed for their skins, the sight of those skins aroused rage everywhere. And Earth’s humanity smirked, and asked if a professional war command could step into the fleet.

The second video followed on the heels of the first. It was an interview with former slaves in the empire. There had been such before, but the Alliance had downplayed them. Now their voices were broadcast. “We were lucky, our owner just wanted pets. Others wanted creatures to torture.” The empire stunk in the noses of the Alliance. The pelted long remembered ‘pets’.

And oddly it hit in a third place. The second video took a while to get there, but eventually a pair who still trembled upon recalling that they had raped the ex-emperor, took note of the people filmed exiting from that ship. They recognized all but one, and that one person was the one the Empire ever had wanted, ever hunted. The two looked at each other in stunned disbelief. “Both his lover and all the slaves. It is his mark to do so.”



'OK, so it is first draft, and an experienced writer like yourself can do better. But I just wanted to point out what could come of the recent events. War. '

'The Alliance might not want to do the above. It would produce lasting hate. It might give away some of the capabilities of their disguise craft. Still, I expect outrage, even among those that must tone this down or suppress it. And the alliance can go from peace to war in an instant if the outrage is enough.'







