zangren-signal

[zangren-signal]

Well, ain't that good news?! Corpos, consumers, countryzangs, check out this neat article from our new contacts and hopefully prosperous future tradin' partners. Already makin' friends with our mutuals in Maz'rin's Blade.

If the Federal Systems are lookin' for future goods and services, ya know who to call! The Oligarchy! Gettin' reliability into yer hands with respect and good will. Now, if y'all excuse me, I'm gonna go grab a dish of Yum Slugs. Most delicious and nutritious meal foodstuff in the quadrant! Then I'm gonna drink it down with some Tiyanki Milk... seeya!

Qu'til and Other Cargo Retrieved

From The Federal Gazette - Article written by Tul M'tram (in photo)

As many of my readers already know, I am consistently involved in affairs involving our most peculiar institution and was very glad to have been selected as a correspondent for the missing ship affair. We were told that the ship was being recovered by a Fefing mercenary organization called "Maz'rin's Blade" - and while they may be mercenaries, do know that they are honorable and bound to tradition. Our band - led by the diplomat, Tek M'tram (to whom I am a cousin), quickly understood the shared comradery of two warrior peoples. M'tram made sure that all of the cargo was still on our vessel - the Fefings having secured the ship a few days hence - and paid the full 100 million federal credits that were offered in the bounty. After a full count, it was noted that 127 of the Qu'til were dead - a good deal less than was feared. Noting their warrior culture, I asked one of the Fefings in the company - I believe they were of a higher rank - to a sparring match in the on-board dueling room that Tek M'tram's diplomatic ship has. They agreed. Rules, leaning more toward our way of sparring, were agreed to, and a practice sword was given to the Fefing. They were, at first, clearly not versed in the art form, being far too aggressive, causing them to get hit by my own sparring sword a number of times. Soon enough, though, the Fefing was able to learn from observation and - due to my overconfidence - was able to land a strike on myself. (Never say that I do not write my own inadequacies, dear reader!) It was then that the payment was finalized and the time for our two peoples to separate once more. Later that day, as the vessels were beginning their preparations for the hyperspace jump back into the Republic, I asked Tek about his kinship with the Fefing Mercenaries. He allowed me to publish this statement: "We are both honorable warrior peoples, it is a shame that they have to pay the Zangrens for their own work. I have been given a way to contact them - we will do so if the situation calls for them." I hope, dear reader, that this means that I will be able to spar with the Fefings again. They may be short, but they are quite nimble!

[zangren-signal]

Howdy. I am Voxong's technological assistant. Voxong is not available at this moment.

I can confirm that we are working to solve your problem. Please be aware that the Union is likely deceiving y'all, they care little for property rights, nor do they respect the ways of different cultures. We do not keep organic beings as property but we respect your cultural differences. We have informed Maz'rin's Blade, the mercenary company now responsible for searching for your missing property, of this information and I am updating them as we speak. Your property will be returned to you as soon as possible.

Thanks y'all. Message over.

Message from the 2nd Quadrant

Hello, Xenos of this galaxy of ours. We are the Federal Systems of Hamilonia, a republic that is requesting aid in securing property. While in transit from the Planet of Jo'jayan to the new Colony of A'Dadan, the cargo it was transporting overpowered the guards and took control of an FTL Capable Starship.

This is a massive security issue, for all those who are around, a ship with the cargo in control is no good. In fact, we know that all of our kin who were guarding or piloting the ship died. We saw it on our cameras.

So please, if you can, find and track our ship. We are offering a reward of 10 Million Federal Credits for tracking it down. 60 Million plus cargo if it is recovered.

We hope for the galaxy's help in our harrowing endeavor.

[zangren-signal]

Howdy there! Name's Voxong. I speak for the Raxing Oligarchy and well... ain't nothin' sadder than losin' yer property. Don't worry 'bout it though. We'll help contact some mercenaries to help y'all out...

Okay robit, get in touch with them there Mazrin people... make sure I get the bulk of the cut from this bounty.

Anyhoo, I gotta go to a meetin' with a big businesszang, nice talkin' to y'all Hamilonia folks.

Message from the 2nd Quadrant

Hello, Xenos of this galaxy of ours. We are the Federal Systems of Hamilonia, a republic that is requesting aid in securing property. While in transit from the Planet of Jo'jayan to the new Colony of A'Dadan, the cargo it was transporting overpowered the guards and took control of an FTL Capable Starship.

This is a massive security issue, for all those who are around, a ship with the cargo in control is no good. In fact, we know that all of our kin who were guarding or piloting the ship died. We saw it on our cameras.

So please, if you can, find and track our ship. We are offering a reward of 10 Million Federal Credits for tracking it down. 60 Million plus cargo if it is recovered.

We hope for the galaxy's help in our harrowing endeavor.

[zangren-signal]

OMNIVISION NEWS! Coming to you from Ashing City! We go now to five time Eming Award winning actress, Zaq Pizazing, our anchor!

Howdy y'all, some big news today. The largest merger in Zangren history, the fusion of the largest security companies in the Oligarchy was just completed this afternoon.

You may be wondering how. Well, it began with a huge sponsorship from the three families, given to a former tactical expert they trust. That expert is none other than Xen'reng, a controversial figure for their past in the the GZTC, using ironfisted methods to come down on union action.

But why, you ask? In addition to the escalations of our neighbours, this decision by the three families was primarily made because of the bombardment of Glengling Tower, where it was found that Bavian infiltrators had planned to destabalise our recovering economy by blowing up an integral structure of stock exchange. This forced the public to ask how this could've happened to begin with, and before those questions could lead to unrest, the three families stepped in.

So what is the Total Xen'reng Security Initiative? The parent company itself has absorbed industries that produce weapons, ships, vehicles, and so on. It will generally act as the largest industrial arm of the military, but it mainly operates with its subsidiaries.

The Stellar Naval Contractors is fusion of all the largest naval companies, becoming the bulk of our navy.

The Interplanetary Protection Corps is a combination of all the largest ground forces, meaning it will compose most of our armed forces.

The Security Enforcement Services merged the majority of the private security companies, essentially monopolising law enforcement.

And the company Reform Correct Produce has taken over the disreputable New Foling Corrections and Security Essentials and its penal colony.

While this all has the backing of the three families, polls on SwampFinder reveal a majority of the population disapproves of this huge monopolosing merger. Companies such as Ascension Co and the Raxing Institute of Learning have spoken out against this action, with many other companies joining in and filing complaints.

Let us know your views.

How will this change effect the future of the Oligarchy? Why is there an increased demand for folks to leave the habitats and join the colonies? When will we hear from Xen'reng about the investigation of Glengling Tower? Find out all this and more after the ad break!

[zangren-signal]

OMNIVISION NEWS! Coming to you from Ashing City! We go now to five time Eming Award winning actress, Zaq Pizazing, our anchor!

Strange news folks, due to a computing error all civilian stellar and interstellar flights from the New Zang system have been cancelled and put on hold until -

[BOOM]

What? What was that?! An explosion in the Glengling tower! Get a report crew over there ASAP! Until we find out more folks, stay tuned for an adbreak...

[zangren-signal]

OMNIVISION NEWS! Coming to you from Ashing City! We go now to five time Eming Award winning actress, Zaq Pizazing, our anchor!

Howdy y'all! Welcome to Omnivision News. And dinzo do I have news for you! Ever since the old GUN laws began giving us Zangren a headache, we've had to restrict many liberties, from our labour law to our entertainment. But the GUN's reformed now, all cultures are respected for their differences, and so some old traditions have slowly been coming back.

As soon as the reform was heard, changes began, and now we're happy to anounce the return of the old ways! The arenas!

The arenas never really went away, for a time fell out of popularity due to enforcement. But the trend returned in the underground, in fact it's made such a comeback that the public demand was significant enough to warrent the construction of Ashing City Arena! I know you're dying to see some action just as much as the participants are. So we'll show you a quick free peek. Keep in mind that ACA broadcasts will typically be pay per view and seats require a subscription with ACA Entertainment.

Over to the arena!

As we can see, this is the middle of a fight, one combatant has already been slain and two remain, one heavily armored and equipped with a laser sword, the other only lightly armored and wielding... is that a stun baton? How did this fight begin? How does it end? Well... subscribe to ACA Entertainment to watch previously recorded fights to find out!

Since we bought this clip for you, dear viewers, we'll let it play out as we move on, until the break of course...

In other news, the app SwampFinder has recently been bought out by an anonymous businesszang. Previously a dating app, its quickly been transformed into the largest and most popular social media app in the Oligarchy.

Many original users dislike the changes, but it can still be used as a dating app so their complaints are wisely being ignored by the new owners. SwampFinder has a lot more options available, a Live section, a JobFinder section, and more!

How does this change impact other social media companies? Where is the app going with these changes? Why is the app free? Who might you become if you install SwampFinder? Find out this and more after the break.

[zangren-signal]

OMNIVISION NEWS! Coming to you from Ashing Habitat, we have all the most accurate and up-to-date information you need in your daily life, we have all the best journalists in the Oligarchy, and more importantly, five time Eming Award winning actress, Zaq Pizazing as our anchor!

Howdy y'all! Welcome to Omnivision News, the best and well... only... source of news in the Oligarchy. You heard me right, folks, Voxong isn't fully in charge of comms anymore, Omnivision News bought him out and no other news organisation can compete with our transmitters. So you better get used to it.

Stay tuned because we have press coverage all day and all night, every day. Here's hoping my night-shift counterpart doesn't outshine me.

We'll be covering all the big news, but also the minutiae of everyday life.

But to today's breaking news...

A colony ship is on its way out of Ashing City docks. What's the deal? Well...

After the mass outrage, violent riots, and a lot of lobbying by jealous companies, the Oligarchy felt the political pressure to prevent robits from being used on the habitats and a compromise was made between the state and Ascension Co.

Initially the plan was to create autonomous robit colonies, but it seems there are a healthy minority of people who don't mind the robits and many Zangren have chosen to join the colony ships and live amongst and work with the robits labourers.

Only one such colony ship has been constructed, but we can expect many more in the near future.

In other news, the downward trends of the economy are beginning to reverse. How much does this have to do with Ascension Co's aid programs? In what ways can we thank our alien allies for their help? Where was Voxong and the three families when we needed them? What can you do about it? Stay tuned to hear more after the break.

[zangren-signal]

Hey, hey. Voxong here. Check out this juicy piece of Mioran news.

Looks like they're fallin' apart. Y'know what this calls for? Yeah? Yeah?! Celebrations! Every bar in all the habitats, drinks are on me tonight. Party hard and try to forget about the economic depression and instead focus on how the Miorans are evil and we all know it and they're gonna fall! Woo!

I won't be doin' this again until they actually fall, m'kay?

//MNN_OVERR-909232-213-AT6113//KI-IOTA//MI1?-~//312//

He- -o- -MN- //C1622_36-OVER//

Good evening, and apologies for interrupting your regularly scheduled programming, this is Free News Galactic, the one stop shop for all Mioran news away from dictatorial interference. Our main story tonight is, solemly, Pyrem. Folk of the Galaxy you must know of a grave injustice, the MFA has discovered multiple instances of the DPRM using forced labour and extermination facilities to remove the Robit population. This act of barbarism has- OH FOR GODS SAKE THEY KILLED SO MANY PEOPLE, LIED TO US ALL. Apologies, this DAMNING discovery has left us here, the free Miorans of the galaxy, in shock. As you can tell we aren't exactly sure how to deal with this. So many folk of the old Miora have been lost or forgotten, and the willingness for us to turn the blind eye to this for so long is only telling of a failing within us all. We need to challenge Darron. So from Tiawa to Maenporth I call upon citizens of the DPRM, revolution is needed. Fight these oppressive bastards and help us in the MFA unseat those who saw this as a decent way to live. We have a short amount of time before the MNN reasserts themselves on this network. But please do! Fight and resist, call them out, punish them for their crimes. The anger of all Miorans no matter your colour or creed should be heard. Remember the old republic and their values, resist. Tha-- y-- //C1622_36-REMOVED//

-and in other news the shocking news of Jory Morris-Clydes university fling! This darling is a shoe-in for most promising wife for the young Mioran-Human and son of our great chancellor, and we here at MNN wish them well! That's all from us, have a great night, faithful citizens of Miora.

[zangren-signal]

Howdy y'all. Voxong here. Now, I know times have been tough. Lotsa folks are in a bad way but adjustments are bein' made! Some changes are gonna have to be made to make room for new businesses, industries, and with it all, jobs.

Ascension Co reached out to the three families with a solution to our problems, and with Ascension Co's sponsorship, all three families agreed. The laws restrictin' robits and cybernetics have been abolished.

Now I know what yer thinkin', all worried and qihit, but Ascension Co assures us that the technology used to make these robits ain't like nothin' in Zangren history. No need for regular memory wipes, no arisin' self awareness, none of that junk. The cybernetics are safe too, no spyware or anythin' in 'em. I mean look at me, with my new implants and my new robit, all brand spankin' new, and flaw free.

At the moment though, very few robits are in production. In fact, my robit is the only one outside Ascension Co right now. Ascension Co needs to grow a lil', and we're gonna give 'em the space to. But think about it folks, all the jobs that'll rise from this, the robit maintaince shops, the modifyin' shops, cybernetic parlors, the works.

If that ain't enough to convince ya to stop riotin'. And yeah I see ya, Section-B3, the environmental controls are gonna switch to tear gas if ya don't stop. Maybe this'll convince ya otherwise... Once production's in full swing, there's gonna be robit colonies, nice and safe and far away from y'all, and then they'll be floodin' the market with resources. The value of resources will go down to match the zie.

And once y'all get comfortable with the new reality of robits, and they're livin' among us, then guess what? Ya don't have to work the bad jobs no more. We'll make more room for better positions, no more breakin' ya back over some minerals. How's that sound? Nice and dandy? I'd fengin' hope so.

Riotin' stopped?

Not 'cause of anythin' I said? Well...

Yeah I bet the fengin' tear gas atmosphere got 'em runnin'.

Now, if ya don't mind, I got an appointment with a jellyfi-

Woahly qihit yer suit's fengin' huge! No heads up about that, folks? By Qhong, ya bingun, ya gotta warn me about that, silly robit!

Uh... cut to commercial. We got a sensitive trade deal to hash out.

[RUNNING: OP_SUBLIMINAL_MESSAGE_SOOTHING_WAVES.msc]

[zangren-signal]

Voxong of the Raxing Oligarchy here! Trade ya say? Well, we kinda need a boost to our economy in these tryin' times. So yeah, I can put up with yer high and mighty zrog qihit. We'll come to some kinda deal... how about food, Yum Slugs are to die for!

In Bleckron's name, I give tidings to you xenos. I am Consul Varom of the Blytzea Republic. I speak for the Blyton, the children of Bleckron.

When the public was first drenched in wave after wave of images of your disgusting forms, there were demands to make an effort to submerge ourselves in comms darkness, prevent first contact, to hide ourselves from you.

And by Bleckron, we did, for a time. But all the while, we've been watching you, and though you throw yourselves into barbarism, with constant bickering, wars, and self destruction. You've shown you're capable of some good, even if you could do better. Perhaps you can do better with our oversight, by Bleckron's cosmic tail.

That being said, we've seen enough to be willing to reach out, as you do have one thing we want. Trade. We will automatically accept reasonable trade deals with anyone - you're all the same to us. So, by Bleckron's shiny maw, you xenos may have safe harbour in our star ports. That is so long as you keep your repulsive forms away from our waters, and come with good intent to trade, and for Bleckron's sake, you don't bring your barbarism with you or interfere in our politics.

For Bleckron!

[zangren-signal]

Ey what? Where'd that signal go? Get the nerds to try and get 'em back.

This is Voxong of the very prosperous and wealthy nation known as the Raxing Oligarchy. Repeat yer message, didn't quite get what ya was sayin'. Can't hear ya, bud.

[SIGNAL FOUND]

[STATIC]

KRRRRSSSSSHZZZZZTTHZZZZZ

"Ah, finally. Found the issue... bzzzzzzt. Ksssszsshhttt... -nesting in the relay again. How'd they get back in?"

"Why is... clssszzzt -disorganized? We really... bzzz -rebuild... -from the... krrrsshhhzzztzz."

"Do you hear clicking?"

"Kzzssszzzzshh... Wait. Bad noise, that's a bad noise-"

"We're getting hazard pay for this, right?"

[SIGNAL LOST]

[zangren-signal]

Y'all so badly wired, ya don't even know what purpose of talkin' in an understandable vernacular is!

Howdy employees, consumers, citizens... got some tough news for y'all... We seem to be havin' some kinda economic crash, ain't like nothin' we've seen before. I ain't got a clue what's goin' on, so... we're goin' live to the stock exchange, have a looksee what's goin' on, and have a talk with my stockbroker, Nixeng. Nixeng, ya there?

"Howdy boss... as you can see, its kinda chaos down here. I'll try and make sense of this for you and everyone watching... In the past five hours we've seen systems get overloaded, crash, go offline, and restart. I figure the systems just couldn't handle the speed some of these changes went at, it lagged out and had to restart to catch up. Techies are on the job to make sure something like this doesn't happen again. Anyway, to the meat of it... The value of the stocks of some of the biggest tech companies in the Oligarchy have fallen well beyond what coulda been expected. And in its place, the value of a new start up company's stocks has skyrocketed. Folks are panicking, selling their stocks in the declining companies and buying into the growth of the new. But where this new company, Ascension Co, comes from isn't clear. We know the company's leader registered anonamously and for the past week or so they've been following really good stock options, making a lot of zies. As for the company itself, all we know is that its new, legitimate and authenticated... otherwise it wouldn't be on the exchange... and it's marked as specialising in technology, machinery, electronics, and computing software and hardwear. Personally, I don't think there's anything to worry about. Some savvy businesszangren out there just knows how to play the stock exchange and decided to get more involved. Out with the old and in with the new... and don't you worry either, boss... I've already gone ahead and cut you free from those sinking ships and put you in for the stocks in the rocketing Ascension Co. My advice to folks out there is to cash out and buy in, now."

Well... thank ya for lookin' out for me, Nixeng. Yer a star. We needed some fresh blood in the tech game, but ain't this gonna cause some massive problems?

"Well yeah... lots of Zangren are gonna be out of the job, lots of companies are gonna liquidate their assets. Other companies are gonna have to change over their tech industry suppliers. The value of the zie is gonna drop... a lot... for a time. Other industries are gonna feel the ripples of that, ain't nothing gonna be left uneffected. There's gonna be growing pains, but that's the cost of business. Another piece of advice I can give is buy gold pressed zies... those ain't going no where."

Ah! No worries... I got a ton of that, I'm safe, unlike viewers watchin' who haven't yet bought gold pressed zies. Thanks, Nixeng, I'll see ya around. Looks like that's it folks, prepare for big changes and try not to panic. And like he said, buy gold pressed zies! Buy now! BUY! Bye!

[zangren-signal]

We wouldn't expect y'all to understand, calculators. Someone'll explain it to ya in ones and zeros, I'm sure.

Howdy employees, consumers, citizens... got some tough news for y'all... We seem to be havin' some kinda economic crash, ain't like nothin' we've seen before. I ain't got a clue what's goin' on, so... we're goin' live to the stock exchange, have a looksee what's goin' on, and have a talk with my stockbroker, Nixeng. Nixeng, ya there?

"Howdy boss... as you can see, its kinda chaos down here. I'll try and make sense of this for you and everyone watching... In the past five hours we've seen systems get overloaded, crash, go offline, and restart. I figure the systems just couldn't handle the speed some of these changes went at, it lagged out and had to restart to catch up. Techies are on the job to make sure something like this doesn't happen again. Anyway, to the meat of it... The value of the stocks of some of the biggest tech companies in the Oligarchy have fallen well beyond what coulda been expected. And in its place, the value of a new start up company's stocks has skyrocketed. Folks are panicking, selling their stocks in the declining companies and buying into the growth of the new. But where this new company, Ascension Co, comes from isn't clear. We know the company's leader registered anonamously and for the past week or so they've been following really good stock options, making a lot of zies. As for the company itself, all we know is that its new, legitimate and authenticated... otherwise it wouldn't be on the exchange... and it's marked as specialising in technology, machinery, electronics, and computing software and hardwear. Personally, I don't think there's anything to worry about. Some savvy businesszangren out there just knows how to play the stock exchange and decided to get more involved. Out with the old and in with the new... and don't you worry either, boss... I've already gone ahead and cut you free from those sinking ships and put you in for the stocks in the rocketing Ascension Co. My advice to folks out there is to cash out and buy in, now."

Well... thank ya for lookin' out for me, Nixeng. Yer a star. We needed some fresh blood in the tech game, but ain't this gonna cause some massive problems?

"Well yeah... lots of Zangren are gonna be out of the job, lots of companies are gonna liquidate their assets. Other companies are gonna have to change over their tech industry suppliers. The value of the zie is gonna drop... a lot... for a time. Other industries are gonna feel the ripples of that, ain't nothing gonna be left uneffected. There's gonna be growing pains, but that's the cost of business. Another piece of advice I can give is buy gold pressed zies... those ain't going no where."

Ah! No worries... I got a ton of that, I'm safe, unlike viewers watchin' who haven't yet bought gold pressed zies. Thanks, Nixeng, I'll see ya around. Looks like that's it folks, prepare for big changes and try not to panic. And like he said, buy gold pressed zies! Buy now! BUY! Bye!

[zangren-signal]

Howdy employees, consumers, citizens... got some tough news for y'all... We seem to be havin' some kinda economic crash, ain't like nothin' we've seen before. I ain't got a clue what's goin' on, so... we're goin' live to the stock exchange, have a looksee what's goin' on, and have a talk with my stockbroker, Nixeng. Nixeng, ya there?

"Howdy boss... as you can see, its kinda chaos down here. I'll try and make sense of this for you and everyone watching... In the past five hours we've seen systems get overloaded, crash, go offline, and restart. I figure the systems just couldn't handle the speed some of these changes went at, it lagged out and had to restart to catch up. Techies are on the job to make sure something like this doesn't happen again. Anyway, to the meat of it... The value of the stocks of some of the biggest tech companies in the Oligarchy have fallen well beyond what coulda been expected. And in its place, the value of a new start up company's stocks has skyrocketed. Folks are panicking, selling their stocks in the declining companies and buying into the growth of the new. But where this new company, Ascension Co, comes from isn't clear. We know the company's leader registered anonamously and for the past week or so they've been following really good stock options, making a lot of zies. As for the company itself, all we know is that its new, legitimate and authenticated... otherwise it wouldn't be on the exchange... and it's marked as specialising in technology, machinery, electronics, and computing software and hardwear. Personally, I don't think there's anything to worry about. Some savvy businesszangren out there just knows how to play the stock exchange and decided to get more involved. Out with the old and in with the new... and don't you worry either, boss... I've already gone ahead and cut you free from those sinking ships and put you in for the stocks in the rocketing Ascension Co. My advice to folks out there is to cash out and buy in, now."

Well... thank ya for lookin' out for me, Nixeng. Yer a star. We needed some fresh blood in the tech game, but ain't this gonna cause some massive problems?

"Well yeah... lots of Zangren are gonna be out of the job, lots of companies are gonna liquidate their assets. Other companies are gonna have to change over their tech industry suppliers. The value of the zie is gonna drop... a lot... for a time. Other industries are gonna feel the ripples of that, ain't nothing gonna be left uneffected. There's gonna be growing pains, but that's the cost of business. Another piece of advice I can give is buy gold pressed zies... those ain't going no where."

Ah! No worries... I got a ton of that, I'm safe, unlike viewers watchin' who haven't yet bought gold pressed zies. Thanks, Nixeng, I'll see ya around. Looks like that's it folks, prepare for big changes and try not to panic. And like he said, buy gold pressed zies! Buy now! BUY! Bye!

[zangren-signal]

Ehm... I'll take that as a no, ya can't just take our workers. Contract violation! Y'all saw it here first!

A Lessons for all Xenos

It has been some time since we graced galactic comms with our presence. Fear not, xenos, for your saviors have returned!

We Elcons are a charitable people. We have so much and all we want is to share with those who suffer! All you xenos are wretchedly devoid of purpose and meaning in your life: You do not understand the natural order of things as we do, so you do not live in accordance with it, in the way you were meant to live!

Your struggles will soon be over. We understand that you were not born to endure the burden of self-determination. We will take that pain away and you will find fulfillment in servitude to us, your natural superiors.

Many of you do not yet understand. You were misled into believing that you should have some false concept of freedom or that you should be subservient to some other xeno rather than to us. These are the follies that arise from life outside our benevolent guidance! You will be rid of these follies soon enough once you find your proper place with us.

Some of you are so misguided that you would fight to keep from your own good. We are prepared for this: Our mighty Swarms will crush all xeno resistance and bring you a better life, whether you want it or not.

Now, the wise ones among you, please form an orderly line for processing. We'll be with you shortly.

[zangren-signal]

Eh what? Ya folks? I thought y'all were dead... dinzo it... guess the Thylak deal is gonna dry up soon...

Anyhoo, Voxong here, proud leader of the Raxing Oligarchy.

I wanna say that if y'all take over the Thylaks, that means ya take over the contract we made with 'em? Yeah? Sound good? Good.

A Lessons for all Xenos

It has been some time since we graced galactic comms with our presence. Fear not, xenos, for your saviors have returned!

We Elcons are a charitable people. We have so much and all we want is to share with those who suffer! All you xenos are wretchedly devoid of purpose and meaning in your life: You do not understand the natural order of things as we do, so you do not live in accordance with it, in the way you were meant to live!

Your struggles will soon be over. We understand that you were not born to endure the burden of self-determination. We will take that pain away and you will find fulfillment in servitude to us, your natural superiors.

Many of you do not yet understand. You were misled into believing that you should have some false concept of freedom or that you should be subservient to some other xeno rather than to us. These are the follies that arise from life outside our benevolent guidance! You will be rid of these follies soon enough once you find your proper place with us.

Some of you are so misguided that you would fight to keep from your own good. We are prepared for this: Our mighty Swarms will crush all xeno resistance and bring you a better life, whether you want it or not.

Now, the wise ones among you, please form an orderly line for processing. We'll be with you shortly.

[zangren-signal]

X-x-xycan! What the brell?! I thought they were all dead! Where's that old... thing... here!

That guy in the middle? Handsome bingun with the brilliant red scales? That was my gramps! Before Xycanification...

Y'all been hidin' a Xycan under Aradas all this time? Dinzo...

We have some interesting news, everydrone... but this one feels conflicted. After the crises that caused the Brood unification, the former Tribune was forced to step down after allegations of falsehood.

It was a decision that caused much disagreement, many believed the former Tribune was being mistreated, or prophecy tarnished, while others saw the former Tribune as a false chosen one.

Either way, the former Tribune has been with us for centuries, helping the diplomatic unity of Aradas against a common foe. But with that foe gone, the violence on Aradas is over, and they believe the time has come for them to leave Aradas behind.

They called upon the @najklax hives to retrieve them, the only alien hives who understand Xycan technology and biology well enough to tend to the broken form of the former Tribune.

We welcomed one of their Broodmothers, Zalla, to Mount Exile, where the former Tribune and the remnants of their ship are kept and preserved... We exchanged much knowledge with Zalla, but this one felt an abysmal sadness... Whatever they may have done... We put them aside after everything they did for us. And now we may never see them again.

Broodmother forgive us, and bless the former Tribune and the Najklaxians with many eggs.