Paradise Violated
You download the Hologram into the emitter and then turn it on. Success! He pops up.
"I don't sense any memory loss, so I'm all here. Hmm, I'm a little smaller now, and I don't nearly have as much maneuverability, being stuck on this thing, I'll have to tell you scientists to remedy that!" he says and you shut him off and exit the structure.
As you exit the structure, you see dead Elojin and a few of your team members, apparently they thought you'd all get killed inside and they'd pick up the pieces. When you get to the Lizard village your team looks relieved to see you and you show them what you found.
When the Empire ships arrive you explain what happened and show them the Hologram. They're VERY impressed. So much in fact they don't even care about the mind control business you experienced. They make plans for a full scale expedition to loot the structure of everything. They take the Hologram from you as well. In fact your part is pretty much done, they give you some accolades and offer to promote you to a better command, but you decline, since you want stay with Alyssa. They don't question your reasons and send you on your next mission; they're too enthusiastic about the Xont find to worry about you. You and Alyssa grow a little closer due to the events that occurred on Paradise, realizing you should take advantage of the situation you both pursue a "secret relationship", your team knows, but without an Indoctrinator looking over your shoulder; it's not really given a second thought.
But that isn't the endÂ…the Hologram was very wrong when he thought humanity couldn't be worse than the Xont. Very wrong.
In time the Empire uses the Xont technology that they find and employ it in wondrous ways. A golden age of humanity is said to have begun, however it only applies to humans. A strong sense of Xenophobia grips the Empire, aliens are not just segregated, or enslaved they're slaughtered. Genocide becomes the norm. Atrocities aren't just committed they're encouraged. The Mazatt, Krik, and even the Elojin form an alliance to unite against the unstoppable human war machine. Other aliens flock to their banner, alien worlds that were under Empire control revolt and are scheduled for extermination. It's during this time before you board a ship to your next mission that they attempt to take Alyssa away. Her home planet has become the head agitator of "terrorism" against the Empire. You don't allow it to happen. You shoot everyone you can, before succumbing to multiple wounds. But you've given Alyssa time to escape. She drags you into the ship and launches it, but then sets it on to auto pilot and rushes back to try to help you, but it's too late, you're too badly wounded.
She holds you as you look up smiling at her, a single tear falls down her face and you feel its cool icy splash on your cheek, before you die.
Alyssa's final link to humanity is severed.
Alyssa goes back to her world where she becomes leader of the freedom movement. The Empire has a hell of a time attempting to re-take it and it doesn't help that Alyssa sets up an understanding with the Mazatt who supply weapons, supplies and ships to them.
She grows to hate all of humanity, except one. One she always remembers as what humanity CAN be, instead of what it is.
"I don't sense any memory loss, so I'm all here. Hmm, I'm a little smaller now, and I don't nearly have as much maneuverability, being stuck on this thing, I'll have to tell you scientists to remedy that!" he says and you shut him off and exit the structure.
As you exit the structure, you see dead Elojin and a few of your team members, apparently they thought you'd all get killed inside and they'd pick up the pieces. When you get to the Lizard village your team looks relieved to see you and you show them what you found.
When the Empire ships arrive you explain what happened and show them the Hologram. They're VERY impressed. So much in fact they don't even care about the mind control business you experienced. They make plans for a full scale expedition to loot the structure of everything. They take the Hologram from you as well. In fact your part is pretty much done, they give you some accolades and offer to promote you to a better command, but you decline, since you want stay with Alyssa. They don't question your reasons and send you on your next mission; they're too enthusiastic about the Xont find to worry about you. You and Alyssa grow a little closer due to the events that occurred on Paradise, realizing you should take advantage of the situation you both pursue a "secret relationship", your team knows, but without an Indoctrinator looking over your shoulder; it's not really given a second thought.
But that isn't the endÂ…the Hologram was very wrong when he thought humanity couldn't be worse than the Xont. Very wrong.
In time the Empire uses the Xont technology that they find and employ it in wondrous ways. A golden age of humanity is said to have begun, however it only applies to humans. A strong sense of Xenophobia grips the Empire, aliens are not just segregated, or enslaved they're slaughtered. Genocide becomes the norm. Atrocities aren't just committed they're encouraged. The Mazatt, Krik, and even the Elojin form an alliance to unite against the unstoppable human war machine. Other aliens flock to their banner, alien worlds that were under Empire control revolt and are scheduled for extermination. It's during this time before you board a ship to your next mission that they attempt to take Alyssa away. Her home planet has become the head agitator of "terrorism" against the Empire. You don't allow it to happen. You shoot everyone you can, before succumbing to multiple wounds. But you've given Alyssa time to escape. She drags you into the ship and launches it, but then sets it on to auto pilot and rushes back to try to help you, but it's too late, you're too badly wounded.
She holds you as you look up smiling at her, a single tear falls down her face and you feel its cool icy splash on your cheek, before you die.
Alyssa's final link to humanity is severed.
Alyssa goes back to her world where she becomes leader of the freedom movement. The Empire has a hell of a time attempting to re-take it and it doesn't help that Alyssa sets up an understanding with the Mazatt who supply weapons, supplies and ships to them.
She grows to hate all of humanity, except one. One she always remembers as what humanity CAN be, instead of what it is.
