Chapter 109: (Telkan) (2/2)

BIOLOGICAL ARTIFICIAL SENTIENCE SYSTEMS

And the fact he was captured at one point and the warrior class and a Speaker amused themselves with him for a year or so before he was rescued.

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MANTID FREE WORLDS

It is not something we condone.

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CYBERNETIC ORGANISM COLLECTIVE

You supposed that Overqueen squealed that right before he ripped her head clean off her neck after she surrendered?

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MANTID FREE WORLDS

We, as a race, am glad he did. When he did that, it stripped the last of the control from us and freed our minds from slavery most vile.

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TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS

We're getting side tracked. Do you think he's somehow engaging the gestalts?

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DIGITAL ARTIFICIAL SENTIENCE SYSTEMS

Look, it makes sense, right? He shows up then vanishes then the Idiots wig out then we get this weird stuff over the gestalts.

The timing makes sense.

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CYBERNETIC ORGANISM COLLECTIVE

The time period is correct. Daxin Freeborn is... unique.

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TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS

And, well, let's be honest. He's older than all of us. Even older than TerraSol over there quietly listening to us.

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CYBERNETIC ORGANISM COLLECTIVE

Wait. You are correct. Our gestalt was built after SoulNet and SolNet were destroyed. Built upon the ruins of ruins of ruins.

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TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS

By why would the Idiots flip out?

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CLONE WORLDS CONSORTIUM

Uhh... wait, you guys don't know?

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BIOLOGICAL ARTIFICIAL SENTIENCE SYSTEMS

Why did my butthole just pucker?

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TELKAN GESTALT

No, we don't know.

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AKLTKLK GESSSTKLKAT

Know ?tahw

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MANTID FREE WORLDS

About what....

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CLONE WORLDS CONSORTIUM

Oh. Um... the Enraged Ones. The Undying Ones. The Restless Ones.

Um... you know... the original Idiots. Well, what became the idiots.

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MANTID FREE WORLDS

Why do I suddenly want to hide in a dark matter sea and not come back?

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TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS

Those names are... um... ominous.

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CLONE WORLD CONSORTIUM

Well, you know, I just might have found old records. You know. From the early days. Before the Legion Wars. You know, early records. They're kind of classified Ultraviolet.

Um, I might have found everyone's favorite walking war crime listed in those old files. Like, a special order. Like... a real special order he just might have, maybe, have gotten fulfilled by the, well, um, you know, by Legion.

Himself.

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DIGITIAL ARTIFICIAL SENTIENCE SYSTEMS

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? LEGION? FUCKING LEGION?

We planet cracked him. And his armies. We fucking SAW him get planet cracked and then Genesis Bombed just make goddamn sure.

And you're telling me LEGION fulfilled a SPECIAL FUCKING ORDER for everyone's favorite walking war crime?

ARE YOU GODDAMN STUPID!

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CLONE WORLDS CONSORTIUM

Don't yell at me! We threw 12 BILLION men at him to help stop him. If it wasn't for us Legion would have crushed ALL OF US under his boot.

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BIOLOGICAL ARTIFICIAL SENTIENCE SYSTEMS

Yeah, and he still goddamn got away.

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MANTID FREE WORLDS

Everyone calm down. You're going to scare the children screaming at each other like this.

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CLONE WORLDS CONSORTIUM

Anyway, apparently, from what records we've been able to unscramble, it looks like Daxin had a special order filled.

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BIOLOGICAL ARTIFICIAL SYSTEMS

What... kind of special order?

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MANTID FREE WORLDS

Oh, God, this is going to be bad.

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CYBERNETIC ORGANISM COLLECTIVE

Define 'special order' for us.

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CLONE WORLDS DIRECTORATE

Um... you know that certain package that Combine troops got? The one we don't talk about?

He might have, um, well, convinced Legion somehow to splice it into about, oh, you know, a couple, here and there, just a few, Imperium troops, right before, you know, the Imperium imploded.

Because... you know... Daxin might have... um...

Vanished with all the Imperium's Martial Orders.

And, you know, the ex-Combine guys.

Them too.

And taken them to... well... where the Hellrift opened.

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RIGELLIAN COMPACT

Are. You. Fucking. Kidding?

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CLONE WORLDS DIRECTORATE

Don't blame us! Legion did it! Not us!

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MANTID FREE WOLDS

OK. Fine. Legion's reached beyond the grave to shove his fingers into our eyes.

Anyone got any ideas what might happen?

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TELKAN GESTALT

Can I still stay on your couch?

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TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS

LOL Yeah, kid. Trust us, this is just some old crap apparently coming back to haunt us.

Don't sweat it. We all got your back.

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