Shinrarta Dezhra - The forgotten duty
21 Feb 2019User151063
Shinrarta Dezhra means 'life, she saw hope'. Where there is life there is hope. The sector is synonymous with the great achievements of space faring humanity. We have become fabulously wealthy through the vast resources of the galaxy. Along with this wealth comes power and status. We have found our only rivals to be our fellow humans and we have divided into powers, factions and squadrons. Our ego, our will to power, has set us at each other's throats. We squabble over trinkets, like children, while we are masters of the great trinket factory. Despite the huge expanse of the galaxy and its immense resources we are busy fighting each other for the lion's share of this territory or that resource. The drive to dominate our fellow man may well prove to be our great undoing, as so often history has proven.For while we humans are beyond doubt the dominant life form of the galaxy, the day approaches that we must face another race. The Human and the Thargoid races' pursuit of resources and territory has spanned the huge expanse and we have come into contact, indeed this has manifested as conflict. The Thargoid race is advanced and warlike. Much of their technology exceeds our own. There is a long history of unprovoked Thargoid attacks against human ships, these date back to the days of pulling our ships out of Witch Space. They have come to us with aggressive and warlike engagements. They have made no attempt at diplomacy. We have no reason to believe they have any remotely peaceful intentions. The Thargoids bring war and it is war that we must prepare for now.
This is not a time to look to the Federation, Empire or Alliance to come to the rescue. They have their part to play but they cannot be relied upon. We must look to ourselves, it is the duty of every commander to make ready and make big sacrifices. The war is coming to us all, trader, pirate, bounty hunter and miner, Empire, Federation and Alliance. Huge resources will be poured into the defence of humanity, blood and treasure. So the question is, 'what is to be done?' We all need to learn how to fight the Thargoids and to ready a ship capable of engaging them in battle. Such a ship is costly, upwards of C100 million. While building the anti xeno ship commanders can crew for the heroes who are, right now, doing the heavy lifting. Right now there are brave souls who are holding back the enemy onslaught. But for these brave men and women our cause may be already lost. We must organise our squadrons to become proficient Thargoid killers and we must root out those humans who align with our mortal enemies. Such traitors must find no safe harbor in human space.
I know there may be many amongst you who will baulk at the costs in blood and treasure of joining this fight. I ask you from where has your wealth and power come? You may have built your wealth from nothing but a thousand credits, a borrowed Sidewinder and hard grind. This is true for most of us but how was this possible? Without all the efforts of space faring humanity of the past and present you would have no where to dock, no one to trade with, no one to pay bounties. For the criminals how well do you think you will fare pirating Thargoid merchants? Would you rather face Thargoid justice or human?
We have grown fat on the milk of human kindness. Now we are ripe for the taking for the Thargoids. Now is the call to arms for every commander, remember your humanity, remember your duty. Now we are all Shinrarta Dezhra, the best, last hope for humanity. Rowse from your slumber mighty warriors, shake off your chains and rise like lions. Rise up and fight for everything you know and love. Without you we are already lost. Remember the forgotten duty, vanquish the terrible enemy standing at the gates.