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In just over the past ten years, the new introduction of the Swall and Vetuck aliens back into the fold underneath the Hegemony has radically shifted your administration and imperial aspirations. You were planning on spending the twilight years of your reign exploring and making good use of the newly annexed territory, but now, this has complicated everything. Cijan is even saying this will be the start of a new <span class="mu-s">Era</span> in Hegemonic history. The moment the Life-Vaults were discovered, you already made your choice. You wanted to bring the aliens <span class="mu-i"><span class="mu-s">back into the Hegemony</span></span>, to undo what had happened to them underneath Wrix, and this serendipitous, once-in-a-lifetime event has allowed you to do so. But the question is... why?
Whenever you seek guidance, you consult with your own long-dead ancestor- <span class="mu-i">Talacent Takar</span>. Of course, it's really just a hologram imitation run by your secret Threemind computer system, but his advice is usually pretty solid.
“...Of course there is risks in allowing them to live, young Supreme. There are risks in everything. The only 100% way to be sure they won't cause problems is to end them, as prior Supremes knew.”
<span class="mu-g">”Don't call me “Young Supreme”, you look younger then me now.”</span>
“I could age up this projection for the latter years of the reign, if you'd prefer.”
<span class="mu-g">”No... that's fine. Let me look and remind myself of younger days. I wish I was as self confident as he was, to just know to stop the first Xenocide, even if it was to a species that did not deserve it. He knew the importance of Jaxtian primacy as well as anyone, the constant struggle of survival of the fittest, and yet he did so anyway.”</span>
“...You know, my AI system tends towards coddling older members of the Hegemony, shielding them from negative stimulus and harmful introspection. Once someone reaches a certain age, the cost-benefit of reminding them of their squandered potential to inspire meaningful change versus the harm it causes shift further and further towards ignorance. But of course, such manipulations are beneath someone of your stature.”
<span class="mu-g">”What is the relevance of that Statement, Threes?”</span>
“You are beyond that curve.”
<span class="mu-g">”...”</span>
“This is silly. Hass Takar, I command thee, as a Supreme long past and your ancestor, to tell me <span class="mu-i">why</span> you wanted to spare the Vetuckers and Swall and bring them back. Just tell me why, and maybe this will clear it up for you.”
>Ultimately, they were innocent. That is reason enough.
>Shame to destroy something unique and irreplaceable
>Valuable resources they could end up being
>I just think it makes things more interesting.
