Chapter 372 (2/2)
”Of course, they didn't consider any creatures who hadn't developed jumpdrive to be intelligent enough to bother with, so the Kobolds and a few others are considered dominated by the Pubvian's obvious superiority,” Major Carnight said. He chuckled. ”Apparently the fact that somehow my people brought them back after continuing to fight for the last eight and a half thousand years has lifted my species dominance to the point that I could just go into a random house and eat out of their fridge.”
”They take it seriously,” Nakteti said. She sighed. ”They'd get along great with the Lanaktallan from the sound of it.”
”Doubtful. They'd be more likely to shank a Lanaktallan as being dishonorable,” Carnight said. ”When they met the Kobolds, because the Pubvians were dominant, it was up to the Pubvians to help the Kobolds up,” he sighed. ”A lot of how the Terran Confederacy, hell, Terrans in general, act toward other species was based on the Pubvian Model.”
”Don't they consider what the Mantid did to be dishonorable?” Nakteti asked another question that had been bothering her.
Carnight shook his head. ”No. They didn't planet crack or novaspark Pubvia, they attacked in force, spaceships and ground forces and glassing. To the Pubvians, the Mantid proved their dominance. It gets more complicated that the Terrans then gutter stomped the Mantid and then 1%'d them.”
The shuttle landed and Major Carnight kept speaking as he stood up.
”It's why the Pubvian haven't left their system and why there's a lot of diplomatic work going on. They're trying to figure out exactly where everyone stands,” he said. He held out his hand for Nakteti to grab. ”Won't help the Lanks, though.”
”What do you mean?” Nakteti asked as she walked with him to the hatch that opened into the tube that would lead to the concourse.
”Half their fleet joined Space Force to dispute Lanaktallan dominance,” Major Carnight said.
Nakteti wanted to burst out laughing but instead mis-quoted a line from a movie.
”The Lanks piss off people on the other side of the Glass Sea that haven't even heard of them, just had their reflection described.”
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PUBVIAN GESTALT
Hey, Akltak, about those old designs...
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AKLTAK SOARING WORLDS
Yes?
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PUBVIAN GESTALT
Let us know how they work out. If you want, we can have some of our engineers confer with yours over them once we start catching up on the technology advancements.
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AKLTAK SOARING WORLDS
We thank you.
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TELKAN FORGE WORLDS
What do you think of all the advancements ion technology.
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PUBVIAN GESTALT
It's pretty breathtaking, but once we discovered how long we had been gone, we are not surprised.
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TNVARU GESTALT
Why not?
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PUBVIAN GESTALT
Because it involved Terrans.
Dal-Carnex's Eighth Law states: A body in motion tends to stay in motion.
Terran Descent Humanity is always in motion.
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TELKAN FORGE WORLDS
True.
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DIGITAL ARTIFICIAL SENTIENCE SYSTEMS
Usually chasing something in hopes it can eat it, tame it, or fuck it.
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TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS
Hey, Cyb, have you figured out what's going on with that? It's obvious he can hear us, but we can't hear him right.
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CYBERNETIC ORGANISM COLLECTIVE
No. Every time I attempt to run error checking and examine the datalines I get kicked out by...
...well...
Naw, you won't believe me.
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MANTID FREE WORLDS
With everything that has happened, how about you just tell us.
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CYBERNETIC ORGANISM COLLECTIVE
We keep getting chased away by...
An angel with a fiery sword.
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TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS
Really?
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RIGELLIAN MILITARY SYSTEMS
These are indeed strange times.
Wait, why am I using the header from the Mantid War?
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MANTID FREE HIVES
No clue.
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COMBINED MILITARY AUTHORITY
Who's screaming over these interlinks?
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ALL> Scream in terror
IMPERIUM MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS SECURE CHANNEL
STOP SCREAMING!
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ALL> Scream louder
CONFEDERATE GESTALT
What the hell are you all screaming about?
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MANTID FREE WORLDS
Um, nothing. Glitch. Sorry.