Re: Problems
Cycle 28 comes to a close and military forces race across the galaxy. The bulk of the P4 military might end up easily defeating the forces holding 29-57, freeing that home world. However, the following is sent out to the entire galaxy.
A message is transmitted across all civilian and government frequencies in the Galaxy, powerful enough to preempt any other broadcast. It is sent to every receiving device that can detect audio, video, or text transmissions. The sources are many and galaxy-wide, ensuring that every government official and citizen in the galaxy will hear, read, or watch this message.
Tawa, Great Monk of the Strigidae Community stands upon a pirch in an artificially shaped cavern. His feather-painting has restored the aging avian to a color of vibrant ebony with silver markings. Standing behind him are Laida, Tarwo, and Glaidia in decorative feather painting. Looking fiercely at viewers from the viewscreen, Tawa spoke in words that were translated and captioned for the listener or reader into every language.
"People of the Galaxy. The Strigidae have long stood by while imperialistic warlords and oppressive dictators have stolen resources from their own people to fund campaigns of theft and death. Too long have petty disagreements between self-aggrandizing fools resulted in the deaths of innocents for the sole purpose of growing the coffers of illegitimate governments. The Strigidae Community will no longer allow it. We can no longer stand seeing the peoples of the Galaxy oppressed, pillaged, and robbed by governments with no right to exist. Now is the time to end it."
"The Strigidae Community have proven for decades to the peoples of this Galaxy that true freedom of individuals is possible! There is no longer a need for individuals' wages to be stolen to fund massive governments and their selfish goals. There is no longer a need in this time of advancement and enlightenment for innocent lives to be lost to rectify imagined insults between people who wrongly believe themselves to be more important than any other in their race. The need to kow tow to the boot-licking beaurocrats is over."
"Even now, there are hundreds of automated ships led by dozens of volunteers among the Strigidae Huntsmen to liberate the peoples of thirty-two worlds who have too long struggled under the oppressive yolk of the worst offender in galactic history...P3. These ships are arriving not to fight, but to liberate the peoples of the subject planets. They will then act with all necessary force but no more to dismantle the false regime of P3 and liberate the people who live at each of these planets. We expect resistance, but all who take part in this effort agree that the freedom of all people is worth the risk of our very lives."
"I speak now to the citizens and slaves who live in worlds oppressed by P3. We are coming. When we arrive, I beg you to do as you feel is right and defend yourselves from your oppressors. I have little doubt that many of the member 'states' will try to further lock you down with martial law and further taxation. If you truly desire freedom, now is the time to act! Call out in one voice to the governments that have long stolen your livelihoods and your lives! Let them know that their services are no longer needed! The people of this Galaxy can take care of themselves!"
"Now, I speak to the cowards that hide behind the youths of their people, steal their people's livelihoods, and lord it over others as though you have some right to do so. This is your chance to do the honorable thing. Repudiate P3 as the false, warmongering monster of an organization that it has become. There is still time to free your people. Step down from your plush thrones and stand with your people as one of them. Even now, the leadership of the Veron Peacekeepers have sent volunteer troops with all of the ships which P3 has not yet stolen from them to join us in this effort. You too may join this movement towards true freedom, peace, and prosperity for all. There is still time."
"Those of you who choose to resist freedom, know this. You will not be given a chance to spend the lives of your youths in some ineffective counter-strike against the Strigidae Community. Beyond the thousands of defensive units poised over each of our colonies, we have readied an ancient artifact of ages past which we recovered near Aves. In moments, as soon as the liberation forces arrive at their destinations, it will be activated and will prevent all hyperspace activity, Warp Gate travel, and Worm Hole opening for an entire cycle. This should provide your people plenty of opportunity to help our volunteers overthrow P3 and inform the false governments of their wishes. Liberty is truly inevitable. Equality will be spread. No race will ever again feel the threat of P3 forces demanding they allow themselves to be oppressed again."
"The false Paramorphium government will be dismantled. The Synth Overmind will permit individualism. The Mingviri clans will be made equal. The Corsa will be allowed equal treatment for all patients and scientists. The 'Clave and Veron will be freed from the oppressive P3 government to continue theiir individual goals. And the Seraphim will no longer be stripped of their free will by their All-Father. This day marks the beginning of a new Galactic Community!!!"
The Strigidae attack the following worlds defeating all opposing forces except for the valiant effort at the Synth Home World:
55-56 Shield Roll Held
46-12 Shield Roll Failed Subjugation Started
03-28 Shield Roll Held
01-48 Shield Roll Failed Subjugation Started
07-05 Subjugation Started
01-11 Subjugation Started
11-15 Subjugation Started
05-16 Subjugation Started
48-59 Shield Roll Seraphim Failed Subjugation Started
34-14 Shield Roll Seraphim Held
53-44 Shield Roll Seraphim Failed Subjugation Started
52-44 Shield Roll Seraphim Failed Subjugation Started
47-45 Shield Roll Seraphim Failed Subjugation Started
26-28 Shield Roll Seraphim Held
11-26 Shield Roll Synth Failed Subjugation Started
02-27 Shield Roll Synth Failed Subjugation Started
10-23 Shield Roll Synth Held
08-15 Shield Roll Synth Failed Subjugation Started
02-22 Shield Roll Synth Failed Subjugation Started
02-24 Shield Roll Synth Held
01-30 Strigidae forces LOST
44-41 Shield Roll Synth FailedSubjugation Started
57-11 Subjugation Started
56-18 Subjugation Started
59-37 Subjugation Started
37-07 Shield Roll Failed Subjugation Started
32-03 Shield Roll Failed Subjugation Started
10-57 Ming Shield Check Failed Subjugation Started
11-59 Ming Shield Check Held
02-58 Ming Shield Check Held
18-56 Ming Shield Check Failed Subjugation Started
57-36 Ming Shield Check Failed Subjugation Started
At the end of cycle 28 the Strigidae use the ancient and forgotten Zari Space Rotation Device which wrenches the attachment between normal space, hyper space, and the underpinnings of universe at large.
The military generals and admirals of the galaxy work at a fevered pace during cycle 29 to answer the intense and widespread aggression of the Strigidae and their bid for power. All their plans are coordinated perfectly, 10,000 ships are set in motion, but when they attempt to activate their hyper drives or a warp gate.....nothing happens. Some attempt to use secret Worm Holes to get to their destinations only to find that they are not open. All known FTL methods of travel have been shut off and every natural and artificial worm hole is no longer connected to normal space.
Twenty-Four planets fall to the Strigidae on cycle 29, bringing them to a total of 55 planets and 4 planets worth of influence. In addition, the Aether convert a planet into Energy on the 29th cycle.
Congratulations to the Strigidae on their WIN with 55+4 Planets out of 100.