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The Nature of Predators 2-87
🕑 Added 2024-11-15 12:00:13 +0000 UTCMemory Transcription Subject: Taylor Trench, Human Colonist
Date [standardized human time]: February 14, 2161
Gress’ belief that the Krev Consortium was that insidious hadn’t quite landed with me, after witnessing the depths of evil within the Federation. Learning how even the herbivores were subdued and tampered with, from the Sivkit we found on Tellus, had made shady surveillance and false flag operations seem tame by comparison. I could almost overlook it altogether, since they’d afforded me happiness and come to the rescue with Ark Ship 3’s plight—despite our predatory appearance. They were the first aliens that hadn’t hated or tried to kill us, in fact quite the opposite.
It was why I so readily forgave the Krev’s tendency to fawn over every little thing we did, since it was so innocuous by comparison. Deep down, the attention was…kind of nice after a lifetime of neglect and loneliness; I was almost touch-starved enough that I would’ve let them pet me, but my last shreds of dignity won out. I believed in their goal of hiding from the Federation, but here they were, in the Farsul extremists’ records, plain as day. What had angered me was seeing how they’d destroyed my boyfriend’s life, using him as their fall guy to take him out of the picture. I understood why that’d sow mistrust and outright paranoia. From the way Gress was looking at the screen, he thought that his version of events was about to be proven correct.
Whatever we unearth in these files, it’s evident that Tellus and any unwitting parties in Consortium space need to know about this. If Gress is right about this being a smoking gun of some deep-rooted corruption, then…maybe I won’t have to find a different liaison than Radai. That peace deal could be torn to shreds.
“You think the Consortium worked with the ghost Farsul,” I said to Gress, as the SC delegation perused the files to choose what to open first. “That’s quite the leap. Maybe they were influenced unwittingly, but they wouldn’t help kill predators. They certainly wouldn’t leave a colony of human squatters alive.”
Gress laughed bitterly. “Taylor, stop trying to convince yourself. It was all just a game. I can see it. The saving grace is that Farsul everywhere keep such meticulous records of their damned schemes. Whatever they got up to, it’ll be right there. These delegates look at me like I know—and I do. I told them. There was no Federation, just an eye in the sky…”
“This isn’t helping. I know it’s been stressful for you to find out everything the Consortium did was pointless, but you’re losing your grip. We can deal with this together. I’m sure there’s an explanation for all of it, and we don’t have to go straight to a worst-case scenario. Shit, this could be new data, from what the Remnants heard through the grapevine. The KC was helping us in the war against the Fed—”
“They have to pretend to! That’s their threat, which supposedly they want to eliminate. Everywhere, it’s a war on the truth—altering the sky’s fabric to fit your narrative, and chasing ghosts for eternity. It’ll be for an eternity soon. Oh, you’re right that there’s an explanation. I’m not crazy. You’ll see.”
“The ghosts of…the Federation? I mean, we’re literally calling them the ghost Farsul. You don’t need to—never mind.” I shoved my hands deep in my pocket, biting my tongue. I don’t want Gress to have a fit, and the guards to escort him from the building. “Yeah, okay. I’ll see soon.”
The Krev looked eager to be vindicated, as Secretary-General Osmani pulled up the first chronological file from the Archives. The data was decoded into human script in no time, and the header at the top painted a telling picture of where it came from. It was acquired on Tinsas—which I read as Tellus. The ghost Farsul had been on our home, but when? Surely not while we were there, combing through the Sivkit bunkers that Mafani somehow knew about. If the Underscales knew about them all along, and so did these extremists, then it begged a question about whether those threads were connected.
A Farsul archivist appeared on screen, eyes gleaming as she gave the intro. “We located a Sivkit probe, launched as part of what seems to be a thousand-year recovery plan. An escaped predator disease patient from the Sivkit Grand Herd had nearly reached it, but we were able to intercept it.”
“Mine! My bruits are validated forthwith!” Loxsel yowled in triumph, as if he wasn’t up shit’s creek for withholding information about the ghost Farsul. “The charnel of our erudition, bequeathed by Sivkits bygone! Tenebrous Farsul snatched it from my claws—woe!”
Naltor scoffed at the dramatic ambassador. “Can we hear the rest of this?”
“Not can. Yes, you may!”
The Farsul elaborated on why the Sivkit probe was important to her cause. “We long since had the idea of expanding our operations back toward Tinsas and the parts of space beyond where our ideology reached, starting anew. There’s too much risk of us being discovered by the blighted humans, ever since the fall of the Federation."
“Humans?” I echoed. “That means it’s after we won the war. This is the first file they have on the Krev; their influence can’t run too deep.”
Gress’ shoulders sagged. “What?”
“You wanted your government to be secret pawns of the Farsul?” Cala squawked; I had almost forgotten the Krakotl Peacekeeper was accompanying us. “It sounds like they got ideas to go meddle in Krev space and found out enough about you to rethink. You sure as shit can’t be converted to Feddies. Let’s see.”
The archivist continued speaking in a mundane, bored tone. “We believe the Sivkits had some initiative to preserve data for future generations. While the human predators have returned many species to their unspeakable starting places—and regressed them even further than that, in some cases—we had an opportunity to prevent our brethren’s work from being undone with the Sivkits.”
“Those poor bastards,” I muttered. “The Federation did them so dirty, and the Tellish shot them away from their homeworld when they finally found it. I’m glad they’re moving back in.”
“Slowing the Terrans’ work is our primary goal, which meant we had to investigate the Sivkit knowledge repositories. The probe contained some data on their explorative activities into neighboring systems after first contact, which was crucial insight for a region we might wish to base ourselves in. This was the first instance we found of Krev.”
“To whoever may be listening, this is Chapter 54 of Sivkit history and achievements.” The holographic figure of General Anxsel, who’d narrated the Federation’s imperialistic conquest back in the bunker, replaced the archivist’s introduction; I narrowed my eyes, wondering what he could possibly know about the Krev. “After receiving faster-than-light travel technology from Federation visitors, we set about to explore neighboring systems and search for potential colony sites. A mere two hours of travel away, the Sivkits stumbled upon a medieval species called the Krev.”
Gress blinked in surprise. “The Sivkits knew about us a thousand years ago? Why didn’t the Federation find us? Or did they?!”
“The Sivkit Grand Farmdom studied their planet, Avor. The Krev were dominated by the Prevan Empire, who came to rule over their peers as protectors; curiously, they invented fictional monsters and convinced the world they alone could slay them. A fascinating and imaginative species, much unlike the ‘perfect herbivores’ I know we’re being fashioned into. We Sivkits realized, as our last act of defiance, that we couldn’t let the Federation find them. The Krev deserved a chance to develop without their ‘helping paw.’”
I remembered Anxsel as someone who saw the tide of Federation tyranny coming. However, I hadn’t expected that they’d known about their green-scaled neighbors when they were far less sophisticated, and had taken the proverbial bullet for them. No species deserved to have the “peaceful prey” dogma enforced on them, to become a watered-down, cowardly version. Avor as I knew it—the planet that had finally offered aliens with true personality and constitution—wouldn’t exist as anything more than another Venlil Prime. I liked Governor Laisa plenty, but the fate of the Skalgans was one worse than death.
I felt sorry enough for the Sivkits as is, but hot damn. They protected Gress and his entire society, with the ghost Farsul only finding them once they’d have a chance to fight back. For that, I have immeasurable gratitude, and I imagine he feels that even more strongly. I can’t fathom the idea of him cowering at the sight of humans!
“Wow, that wasn’t what I expected to hear. The Sivkits tried to save you from enduring what they went through,” I breathed, wrapping an arm around Gress’ shoulders.
The Krev’s eyes were watery with shock. “And we shot at them! Without the Sivkits, we would’ve been as deadened and weak as any of their herbivores. I shudder to think what our society would be…and how we’d feel about humans. I had this very wrong, Taylor. The Consortium…must know of their sacrifice. It would give them a good reason to be more welcoming and altruistic when the Sivkits move back to Tinsas.”
“Be glad they didn’t find you. You could’ve led the extermination fleet instead of us,” Cala trilled with a hint of vitriol. “You wouldn’t have found the primates so cute.”
“That’s not true. It’s in my blood to look at those pinchy cheeks and melt!”
“Oh, don’t start,” I groaned. “Listen to the floppy-eared imperialist.”
The Farsul had reappeared on the screen, as Anxsel’s note ended. “After we learned about this Krev species detected long ago, our mission was clear. We had to investigate Avor and assess how open they’d be to a conversion, and find any other hidden Sivkit data. The latter could give us quiet insight, so we headed for Tinsas. And that…that was when we met the Krev ourselves, as the rest of the files will expand upon.”
“Wait, what?! Those extremist Farsul visited Tellus, and they didn’t say anything?! Surely I’m interpreting that wrong. Maybe they shot at them or went undetected.”
Cala’s beak parted with suspicion. “I don’t think so, Taylor. The Farsul lived to report back. They said they met, and there’s no way the Krev wouldn’t recognize their species. Something tells me this is going to be good.”
“Good for who?” Gress spat.
Governor Laisa flicked an ear from the audience, shooting a sidelong glance back in our direction. “Secretary-General Osmani, I think we need to see that next file.”
“I quite agree, if the Consortium knew about the ghost Farsul all along and conveniently couldn’t point out their location on a star map. To me, it sounds like both parties entered some kind of talks,” Earth’s leader responded, eyebrows knitted together.
I shook my head, turning to my companions. “We assumed wrongly about the Consortium with the first file, and found out instead that the Sivkits stopped them from being victims. Let’s not jump to conclusions; I’m trying not to make rash and impulsive judgments these days. I don’t see what the Farsul would have to offer the Consortium.”
Gress’ eyes hardened. “The truth, and the way out. A fictitious monster is as good as a real one, just like it was a thousand years ago.”
The United Nations’ technicians worked to pull up the next file in our newly recovered data from the extremists’ Archives, as I hung on the edge of my seat to learn what transpired at our initial encounter. The ark humans had been confronted by the Krev military, presumably a few years prior to this interaction; I still remembered how that had transpired. Any number of things could be possible. We had been able to conceal our identities, which the Farsul might have done just in case the Sivkits tipped them off.
Also, with us, the Consortium had played nice out of both sympathy for our lives, a desire to avoid open warfare with the Federation, and the hopes of not attracting attention as anything more than run-of-the-mill herbivores. There was no knowledge of the conspiracy’s elimination, or the fact that the ghost Farsul were a rogue sect. The scaly mammals might’ve played along as 100% gentle herd animals to dodge tampering plans. The Krev’s motivations didn’t need to be nefarious just because the Underscales played dirty. Human black ops played dirty.
Still, why had the Consortium never mentioned any of this, especially when we asked them about the ghost Farsul. I coiled my fingers around Gress’ claws, and waited for the definitive answer on whether the KC’s peace treaty could be trusted. Soon enough, the documentation would clarify which of us were right about the Krev’s intent—and the Sapient Coalition would have to decide what to do with this new information.
A/N - 87! We learn that the ancient Sivkits discovered the Krev while the Federation was conquering them, and tried to prevent the Feddies from learning about Avor and giving them an overhaul. Gress remains skeptical of the Consortium’s true intentions, and believes that the talks of a meeting between the ghost Farsul and the Krev are a smoking gun. What do you think happened at this interaction, and which character is right/closer to the truth? How do you feel after learning how easily the Krev could’ve been just like the Sivkits?
As always, thank you for reading and supporting!
Comments
EliasArt2Life
@Gumcel Thanks!
Gumcel
Better Call Saul, Chuck's mental breakdown.
EliasArt2Life
What’s this a reference to?
Some Lvm
@DemonVee - The consortium knew what the Farsul were - they targeted them in the decapitation strike. And no - it wasn't based on the Ark 3 colonists intel, because the Arks left before anyone on earth knew the Farsul were one of the founding members and key part of the conspiracy. Also, given how distrustful and scared the Consortium acted towards the Ark colonists just because their warp trail led back to the Federation, I seriously doubt they would have tried backing a rebellion. Its one thing if the Feds just discover a mostly herbivorous species like the Krev. Its a whole other deal if the rebellion fails and the Feds learn who was behind it. We will have to wait a couple more days to find out, but no - I just can't see any reasonable way the Consortium would be arming the Ghost Farsul. Than again, I have never seen any of the twists in NoP coming so I guess anything is possible...
DemonVee
It depands on what information was shared between each other, the KCs information gap puts them in the disadvantage. The Ghosts could have told a bunch of half truths to make the KC think they're funding a rebellion so that the Federation rips itself apart. "We're a rogue subsect of the Farsul, it’s for the greater good that we get ships to topple the 'predominant power' in the orion arm." Or given that they don't know much about the Feds, they might have not even known what a Farsul is, making themselves seem like a simple persecuted species.
Some Lvm
@Phyco: embezzling money and stealing some materials is not enough to make a drone fleet. You need a high tech manufacturing facilities. In the real world, China has practically all the money in the world to pour in to chip making, since the government there can subsidize it with deep pockets. Yet, due to embargoes and lack of knowledge they can not build a fab rivaling that of TSMC, and so they remain behind. Where would the Ghost Farsul build their factories? How would the man and operate them? Where would they steal the tech to make the AI needed for drones? I mean, how many Farsul were there in this faction? They sound like a relatively small group that splintered from an already small group of Archivists. Even given a few generations, I can't see them getting to the size of the Shadow Caste which is older, and presumably was able to recruit from the general Kolshian population. It just does not add up for me... @DemonVee: that is the thing - if the Farsul asked the Consortium for weapons as part of any deal, the Consortium would immediately realize the Federation was no longer a threat. Granted, some elements might have wanted to keep that fact from the general public or even the legitimate Consortium government in order to maintain power, but even Nikonous was not stupid enough to actually give Arxur weaponry, so I seriously doubt anyone in the Consortium would give weapons to the Farsul, even if they needed a boogie man to keep the population in line.
DemonVee
I think they might have gotten the ships from the consortium. A deal to be left alone maybe? Their the only faction with the industry to do so, and I found it strange that they didn't have enough ships with the battle against the Feds.
Wesley Rigg
Loxel abridged 6 “Mine! My claims are proven true at last!” Loxsel yowled in triumph, as if he wasn’t up shit’s creek for withholding information about the ghost Farsul. “The legacy of our knowledge, passed down by Sivkits of old! Stolen from my grasp by those shadowy Farsul—woe!”
Wesley Rigg
I would definitely be interested in an official SP AU. If you do wind up writing that, would it be like the Zelda games where there are multiple split timelines that are all equally cannon?
PhycoKrusk
Given the state of Federation cyber security, as well as the size of the Federation, theft and embezzlement are surely viable options. We've also seen that most feddies aren't really keen on asking a lot of questions, including where materials are actually going when they get dropped off in odd locations for strange people (it's not like there is anything to visually separate Federation Farsul from Ghost Farsul).
Gumcel
I’m not crazy. I AM NOT CRAZY. I know he swapped the numbers! 15-A. One after the sivkits, as if I could ever make such a mistake, never NEVER! I just couldn’t prove it, they covered their tracks, they got that idiot at the Underscales to lie for them. You think this is something? You think this is bad? This? This obor enterprise? They’ve done worse. That ship, you’re telling me that they hailed them and just forgot to mention it? No, they orchestrated it, The Consortium! They took advantage of refugees for decades! And I stood up for them! And I shouldn’t have. Took them into my alliance! What was I thinking? They’ll never change, they’ll never change. Ever since The Consortium was formed, always the same! Couldn’t keep their claws off the puppet strings. Oh but not our consortium, couldn’t be our precious consortium. Stealing them blind! And they get to lead an interplanetary alliance? What a sick joke! I should’ve stopped them when I had the chance! …And you, you have to stop them! You…
Some Lvm
One thing I don't get about the Ghost Farsul is: where did they get that huge fleet of theirs? The shiny drone fleet they fielded at Grenelka seems to rival that of the Shadow Kolshians, and it isn't the only one at their disposal. But while the Kolshian shadow caste had the resources of the entire Federation to play with, the Ghost Farsul were outcasts even among Feds, having to go into hiding. Clearly, they weren't fully cooperating with the Yulpa, since their fleet only emerged after the Yulan fleet was decimated. Also, they Yulpa didn't get to use any drones, and had to sacrifice actual live to try and fight off the SC automaton onslaught. If they were part of the apparatus building drones for the Ghost fleet, surely they would have used the opportunity to improve their own space forces. So - how does a relatively small group remain completely in hiding while getting one of the more impressive fleets in the galaxy? Given the cliffhanger you might think this is where the Consortium comes in, but would they really be so suicidal to supply advanced weapons to hard core Feddies? And surely they would not have been stupid enough to fall for extortion once they realized the Fasul want weapons. That would have been an admission of weakness.
DemonVee
Esquo got undone 30 years prior to the start of the story, while the humans came 24 years prior, only 6 years after the genocide.
PhycoKrusk
I believe the bombing of Esquo was in 2130, so it was before the war, but not by very much. As for the plan, I feel like the GF failed to correctly predict a few things, but I honestly get the feeling that the biggest wildcard, perhaps weirdly, was Radai.
EliasArt2Life
@Jonathan Cardoso Mota Not a split in the Shadow Caste, which was the Kolshian group, but rather a split in the Farsul; some went on to become the Archivists, the others deemed extinction of all meat eaters preferable and because the Ghosts.
EliasArt2Life
@Space Paladin Can I get a Consortium timeline? I know the evacuation of Esquo started before humans appeared on the galactic stage, but I forget if the bombing of Esquo happened before or after the war. Events that we know happened around the mentioned time period: Gress’ incident, Humans appeared on Tellus, and Gress got stationed as rent collector. We don’t know if which of these events occurred before and after, though. Until Loxel becomes more honest and detailed with his testimony, we don’t have any idea when this record was made (it would have to be after Loxel found the information, and before he escaped). Either way, I hope we aren’t going to swap POVs AGAIN when we’ve been left on THIS cliffhanger. The interesting part FOR ME is how much information the Ghosts must have had: they would have known about humanity on Tellus (don’t forget, humans were still calling themselves humans), the Consortium being allied with carnivores, the Consortium’s stance on the Federation, all the information with the Remnants, and much of the information with the SC and Shield. They had the closest thing to the whole picture out of everyone. The Ghosts are a mastermind-like organization; their strength is how much more information they have than anyone else, and how they use that information. Their weakness is in other people finding that information, so they seek to obfuscate it from others. They need to get as far ahead as possible before their secrets get out. We seem to be at that point right now. That’s strange; to get as much of a lead as possible, the Ghosts should have been trying to stall things. Have humanity just been outplaying them (the stealth raid on the Consortium and the raid on their base)? Or did they allow us to have this information because it’s time? The Jaslips and Arxur are fighting together, grouping two out of 4 hunters in one group, ripe for extermination. Assuming that they (through backwards thinking) thought that humanity and the Bissem would join the Civil War, that would have been all hunters isolated in one group in one system. Could they have thought of that? They used Gojids to initially attack the Bissem. It seems like they may be the kind of foe to manipulate others into doing their dirty work. Hmm… lets wait and see what they’re like as we get to know them.
Heroman3003
Oh, that's fascinating. I never even considered that sivkits could be tied into all that, but with how close Tinsas and Avor were, it only made sense for the Krev to be discovered by someone. I just never imagined it'd be Sivkits. And of course, another few layers of tragic irony stacked onto the interactions. Sivkits protected the Krev, but also left behind the records that allowed Ghost Farsul to find them (and potentially influence them), while the Krev commited a small little warcrime against them. The fact that Sivkits had a similar idea about first contact with the Krev that Yotul have right now is also such a perfect parallel. Both were victims of terrible uplifts, Sivkits much worse than Yotul were, and wanted to spare others that fate... It's interesting to know that the possible influence between the Ghosts and the Consortium is so recent. They really were operating in shadows of the Federation and likely its Remnants all this time. And that's why they are only showing up relatively recently, humanity's expansion is backing them into the corner! I can't wait to find out exactly how the reach-out to the Krev turned out. However, it is worth remembering here that if it was after the Federation war... Then that means that the destruction of Esquo and the Jaslip Enclave oppression really was entirely on Krev's conscience, and not any outside influence. Man, I hoped it was some evil outside influence, but it really was fear and paranoia in the end :( Also, I strongly doubt that the Krev would lead the extermination fleet if they were found and indoctrinated. Not because primates or anything, just because the more aggressive species were ones likely to lead it. I could see the gojid, or the krakotl. If the curing did happen, we'd instead have Captain Radai of the Extermination Fleet. Now isn't that a scary thought, with how much more thretening reskets are compared to krakotl. > Floppy-eared Imperialist I have nothing to say here, I just particularly love this line and wanted to put it somewhere. Anyway, on more personal level, it seems Gress is still in his full Alex Jones mode, imagining all the worst case scenario. The floodgates in his mind have been broken and he is fully convinced Consortium is truly evil and rotten to the core, and perhaps realizing that it's really not, and once you root out the corruption, there's a lot of fixable good there, could be his goal. He worked for the system blindly for many years, not seeing its flaws, and then he saw those flaws and believed the entire system to be evil and unsalvagable. The middle path, of rooting out the evil and preserving the good, is something he needs to see now. Taylor is being healthy and reasonable about it at least, which is good to see. My boy seems to be getting at least somewhat better mentally, though who knows how long that will last, what with Tellus likely being under a major threat, and his boyfriend being a bit of a wreck right now. Also it's nice seeing Cala and Loxsel. The snarky bird with 0 fed-like qualities is precious and lovely, and Loxsel is Loxsel. Feels like it's been a while since we saw either, though that might just be my own perception of time. Either way great chapter and another cliffhanger hnnnnnghhh, this is such a classic SP behaviour I can't even be really upset, looking forward to more.
Jonathan Cardoso Mota
According to a few chapters ago when they were first mentioned, way, way back in the beginning there was an internal split in the shadow caste: There were some who wished to just be RID of predators, not even try to cure the omnivores. Those were, of course, a minority. This minority clearly lost, but they became this group that is being ap roblem now.
Dookus Maximus
So are the ghost Farsul a shadow faction that have existed since before the fall of the Federation in NOP1?
REDemon14
Ooo, that would be rather interesting! If you wanted to explore that without doing a full AU story, I feel like the Feds (both Shadow and Ghost) would've thought of what to do to "gentle" a species. Could do a type of presentation style like "Here are our plans" like the archives sidestory one-shot. If not you (understandable, you are quite busy :3) someone could make a fix exploring that. Really looking forward to whatever you got coming up next
Space Paladin
Glad you enjoyed it! I thought about doing an AU/what if where the KC were cured just to show what they would’ve become 😔
DDDragoni
Oh damn, Sivkits shielding Medieval Krev from the Feds? Crazy how much of an impact that had centuries later
Sci-fi reader
More Cala please! I am imagining a big bird with a Cockney accent.
Alekss Žukovskis
the ghost farsul could be a front for another death-cult. just saying...
Assailant
Absolute cinema
PhycoKrusk
SP, when I made that "Outer Heaven" comment a chapter ago, it was meant as a joke, not a suggestion. I'm not complaining, just explaining.
DreamEnvoy
Ooh, this is getting interesting. The implication that the Ghosts knew of the KC the whole time turned out to be wrong, but they at least had contact no more than 25 years ago. Ironic that the sivkits are the first feds Gress mentioned to hate when ancient sivkits protected krev from becoming feddies themselves. Edit: I just realized that there's a good chance humans were already living on tellus/tinsas by the time the farsul found the krev. Now it's going to get REALLY interesting.
REDemon14
Taylor is still having issues seeing the KC for what it is, especially compared to the Federation’s evil deeds. It may have mistreated him over the course of 24 years, but after they revealed themselves to the Krev, things did get better and for many, was the first time an alien was nice to them. That’s why Taylor is more forgiving of Gress’ fawning of him. (Besides them being a couple that is) He is however able to see how they hurt Gress and that’s bad enough. It’s a good thing that Gress and Taylor have each other in these stressful situations. To keep each other from spiraling too far again. Gress is just *looking* for a reason to vilify the KC and has every reason to after the way he was set up. Considering what we, the readers, know about the civil war situation with Radai going full open war mode, Gress is likely right. So the Ancient Sivkits sent a probe to space with info of their people? First the bunker and now a probe. The Sivkits really seem to be the people who took the most steps to try and preserve their peoples’ history. It’s just unfortunate that the Federation was very involved in the “uplift”. To have a long term recovery plan though? The Sivkit ancestors were a very smart people, which makes what the Federation did to them all the more tragic. Loxsel was so close to getting his people’s data! I wonder how long ago his capture was. He is still in trouble for withholding information on the Farsul though. I'm trying to figure out why he hid it. Perhaps he really is just that scatter brained? So the earliest the Ghost Farsul had the Sivkit probe was at least 24 years ago, if the UN defeated the Federation. The archivist also mentions how humanity returned multiple species to their pre-Fed status, so perhaps it was even later in the timeline. Not only did the Sivkits discover the Krev in their medieval period, they *saved* the Krev by keeping them hidden from the Federation! The Sivkits are some of, if not the, earliest heroes and nobody knew. They sacrificed so much, only for their descendants to be shot at and killed by the descendants of those they protected. While Taylor seems to be handling the guilt of firing at the Sivkits a bit better this time (probably because he hit rock bottom a few times by now), Gress has a new found source of guilt over his part in the attack on the sivkit fleet. I wonder how the KC populace will react to the Ancient Sivkits hiding the Krev, which In turn, hid the other races. The Omnivore species are still themselves thanks to the Sivkits. They will probably be more open to the Sivkits when they move back to Tinsas. (Radai's guilt will probably go through the roof though. ) The Jaslip would have been exterminated (Ghost Feds) or became like the Arxur (mainline Feds) if not for the Sivkits. The Krev would have gone through the same thing with their Obors that the Yotul did with their Hensa and conditioned to hate primates. The Reskets into cowardly, flighty species With little to no honor in their actions. The Ulchid hyper social status could've allowed thousands to protest the government and their aquatic nature would've been a problem. No idea what they'd do to the Smigli, but it wouldn't have been good. It is *VERY* alarming that the Ghost Farsul met the Krev *after* the Tellish. Who knows what’s going on in the depths of the KC government. Looking forward to more!
Byron Ritchie
I feeling that the connections between the Krev and the farsul won’t be like we expect I mean I know that’s just narrative literacy and also super vague but yeah
Michael Halpern
im going to guess that the Jaslip crackdowns got more intensive soon after
John Benjamin Cate
Reveals bringing questions! They knew of the Krev! Made contact! Oooh, the implications!
EclipseDragon96
Could the ghost Farsuls be the reason the Venlil and Sivkits got it as bad as they did?
Alekss Žukovskis
so it was a dud. lets see what the rogue-farsul territory looks like. Make them crumble. terrans should send probes warning civs of these death-cultists.
Yonael Blackwood
Oh no. Where is this going?
