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Vote tally - Sterbelicht - One Sacrifice At A Time Against The Galaxy (40K)
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[X] Plan: Easy as One Two Three... Fourteen? The Fourteen Points?!
-[X] 1) The Geller Field: That there are ways to reduce the risks of traveling between the Stars, and that many species have discovered them. However, that there is no such thing as total safety. The Warp is dangerous.
-[X] 2) The Warp. That the warp as beings in it, including beings of the Warp, and four Ways of its Corruption attached to powerful dark beings who feed on the evil in hearts. One that feeds on manipulation and lies, one on rage and hate, one on hopelessness, despair, and disease, and one on excess and cruel decadence. Be wary for these enemies may corrupt good people and you should watch your society for organizations of Schemers, Plaguebearers, Obsessionists or Bloodthirsty Monsters. Compare it to an illness of the mind, heart and soul, as well as the body, and acknowledge that major disasters on their planet may be the Warp.
-[X] 3) The Imperium of Mankind: A government flawed and evil, which has dominated much of the galaxy but not all of it, and which has withdrawn from this region. Make it clear that some in the Glittering Federation were of the Imperium, but are no longer, having been abandoned to die--those who show no kindness and mercy to those they deem enemies rarely have kindness or mercy to the innocent on their own "side."
-[X] 4) The Glittering Federation: A government of and by the people, which has included even non-Humans as part of the Protectorate or, in the case of the Kil'drabi, as Kin. The basic categories and priorities, focusing especially on the moral and ethical.
-[X] 5) The Kil'drabi: A full accounting of their story so as to illustrate the character of the Federation, their character and the Five Ranks that have been recently qualified.
-[X] 6) The Star Child: the five-fold religion, proselytizing it with vigor but making it very clear that you shall not be trying to force them to convert at this moment. (Leave out the fact that you're not necessarily religiously opposed to Forced Conversion, this is diplomacy.) Create an account of at least the generalities of the religion. Give it your best pitch.
-[X] 7) The Orks and other beings: Being a brief enumeration of the dangers of the Orks that caused the Imperium's retreat, and how those Left Behind righteously battled to save the innocent from destruction, and how these battles have ultimately saved tens of millions if not more, and how they are ongoing but the region is partially secure from Orks. Make it clear that this is the situation that led to leaving them be after the incident involving suspected attack, and that it is only now moving towards one stage of resolution.
-[X] 8) Elder: They exist. Say little else. Say they would probably prefer not to be disturbed.
-[X] 9) Problems: Ask about problems they've been having, especially in light of the Information with the Warp. Offer to potentially send Psykana to scan for them, and investigators, should they ask for help. Make it clear this is not a demand, and refusal will be accepted.
-[X] 10) Refusal: If they refuse, give them at least a bit of basic information to help them find problems.
-[X] 11) Psykana: Explain what Psykers are and aren't. Simple terms. Very basic.
-[X] 12) Trade of Information: Reveal the Five-Fold points and propose a trade. Information on the Geller Field, therefore making all parties safer, in exchange for information on culture, music, the religions of the people of this system, dead languages, historical information, etc, etc: both parties will therefore expand their galaxy! (Also let us look for signs of Chaos.)
--[X] Little did the negotiators know it was a vile trap!
---[X] For one of the music genres shared by the new species would turn out to be incredibly popular among the youths, and one day, a mere decade or two later, their own children would call them lame, square, and boring for thinking that the latest music fad sounds like just noise. Even when they go, "I negotiated for that!" their children will just roll their eyes and say, "Ok, Parent."
-[X] 13) Status: Offer and explain both Neutrality and Protectorate status, and leave it to them to decide or to counteroffer.
-[X] 14) Inquiry: Ask of their government, way of life, culture, music, science, etc, etc. Send messages back to the educated of the Federation, and no doubt they will have more. Or requests to send crazy academics to study an entirely new people, etc, etc!
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[X] Plan: First Contact Package
-[X] Now that the initial communication barrier has been cleared, introduce ourselves as envoys of the Glittering Federation, a relatively new influence in the region formed from a number of disparate peoples who have banded together for mutual protection and prosperity, in the name of the Star Child to Be.
--[X] SUMMARY: An introduction to us as a people, to the Droman Creed that unites us and the Five-who-are-One, a God who may hopefully emerge in the distant future to help bring an era of peace and prosperity to the Galaxy over this era of darkness it presently labors under.
-[X] Give a basic overview of what we understand of the current galactic position--with the major hegemonic power--The Imperium of Man--having withdrawn from this region of space due to pressure from an extremely aggressive species that had been pressuring them along these borders, and the Glittering Federation formed from their abandoned peoples and others who had endured within the margins. We share a creed and a core set of laws--though we are admittedly a new influence and hadn't quite managed to sort out how we were supposed to approach an uncontacted alien species until relatively recently, especially since we were certainly not going to emulate the Imperium of Man's approach--the tragedy of the Bold Explorer forced us into action quickly to prevent a repeat.
--[X] SUMMARY: A brief explanation as to the local astropolitical situation as we understand it, and us as a people, being those discarded by a hegemonic power who came together under a single creed for mutual prosperity and protection.
-[X] On that topic, we should share with you a proper explanation of our concern. Most forms of Faster than Life Travel that we are aware interact with the Immaterium--a realm of thought and idea that underpins much of the Material Universe as we understand it. It is both highly reactive to thoughts and emotions, and prone to positive feedback loops, which has--over the countless ages of history and untold tragedies, turned into a disaster zone, utterly inimical to life as we know it. What this means is that there is no absolutely safe means of entering or making direct use of it. There are ways to control the risks however, such as the Gellar Field--an ingenious device that allows a ship to maintain its own integrity when submerged into the Warp. This is not absolutely safe, for reasons we will touch on soon, but it becomes a controlled risk.
--[X] SUMMARY: Give a basic primer on the Warp and why you must treat it like hazardous material at all times. Yes, it is required to achieve Faster than Light Travel, no, it is not possible to completely eliminate all risk--but it can be controlled with proper techniques and diligence.
-[X] On that topic, yes, there are entities in the Warp, the overwhelming majority of which are hostile to life as we know it with vanishingly few exceptions. We do not know why, save that drawing the living closer to their natures provides some manner of satisfaction to them, and that when conditions are correct, they are capable of reaching across the veil to influence material reality. Fortunately, there are ways to combat them and deny their influence, and there are certain signs that can help see when their hand is in play.
--[X] SUMMARY: Touch on Why specifically, it's impossible to absolutely eliminate the risk--because there are things native to it that actively bend over backwards to stir the pot for their own reasons, and some of their most commonly known methods of attack and subversion.
-[X] So, what comes next. Truthfully, it would be abject cruelty to just vanish after this--you're young--and more importantly, you've already been noticed. Obscurity is no longer a defense, and those who can communicate in this dark time should band together, or we all risk being cut down apart. We are willing to provide protection to your people as you get your feet under you, as well as education in what you absolutely must know if you hope to survive in this time. Where we go from there is up to you.
--[X] SUMMARY: The Pitch--such as it is. A brief period to get a feel for them as a people and hopefully find and identify any major landmines or time bombs ready to go off, with a general push to Protectorate status.
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