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High ranking head of state who is intimately tied with the HVS? You were confused at first, until you saw him in person for your meeting. WRIX VAL, previous Supreme Ruler, and also an UNSPEAKABLE. To be honest, you drew in your breath when you saw him. It would be a shame to admit it publicly, but if he came around the corner wearing the Death-Mask you felt as though you would kneel to him and do whatever he said. You never had the full Supreme Ruler training, the part about self control and mental strength, as well as resistance to the Death-Mask. But seeing him now, he's so old, so feeble. The larger then life infamous figure has been humbled by time.
“Hello, Master Takar. I am very thankful for you to hear me out. I have something very important I wish to discuss, and I do not have much time left.”
“What is it, Wrix?”
“It's about the HVS, and your future plans. You see, when I was the Supreme Ruler, I created the HVS by allowing the rebels to integrate in with the Hazaar and create their own state. It was the release valve for the disobedience in the Hegemony at the time. But now, a perfect opportunity arises. This is the perfect time to INVADE THE HVS and REMOVE THE HAZAAR forever.”
You are taken aback by his comments. You had not thought of that, especially coming down from a war. But as your AI said, you hear him out.
“You see, Master Takar, this is the perfect time to deal with the HVS once and for all. The Hegemony is only now becoming a “true” power in our sector of the galaxy. This is a bit of a lie, of course, we were always greater then our size would suggest, but it has only become apparent to our alien rivals now at our true strength. Because of this, the borders on the map are soon being drawn, and anything that happens now until the formation of set lines and alliances has a tendency to be glossed over in the long spectrum of history.”
“Interesting theory, Wrix, but we have more attention on us then ever before...”
“This is true! But the fog of war with the Consortium is still not yet lifted. Even now the various nations in space are only now figuring out who truly won the war at the Stand, the shifting political power dynamics, and our own national being. I am a blonde, as you know, and Mainlanders once too considered blondes a single group. But blonde tribes were exterminating each other since the dawn of time. But do you think the Mainlanders thought of that? No, they would just say, “oh, those are blondes”, when in reality it was many tribes. The HVS has many superficial similarities to the Hegemony's core; we shared many of the same alien species, the same ships, the same AI networks, the same currency... They were the border state meant to make us appear smaller and unimportant. Now, they will form into a PERMANENT state as the borders in space solidify and the galactic community shrinks and becomes more intimate. This is the perfect opportunity to seize it for ourselves.”
