[He took a sip of the champagne and set the glass down before flattening his palms on the table, momentarily stepping beyond his usual relaxation in order to explain the situation back at home in delicate terms.]
There's been an intergalactic war going on at home between the two big political powerhouses, and it's been getting plenty of other worlds that shouldn't be involved sucked in. They're shoving them off as collateral damage, and not offering any assist unless the world happens to be a part of the Federation.
That's been a large part of what I've been doing for the last several years. I don't like seeing people kicked to the curb
But, that all kind of stops being important when you encounter things that make no sense by the current standards in place. By physics, they're impossible.
...
[He glanced away.]
I guess watching a planet be destroyed in moments by these things has a way of making politics look like nothing, huh?
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[He took a sip of the champagne and set the glass down before flattening his palms on the table, momentarily stepping beyond his usual relaxation in order to explain the situation back at home in delicate terms.]
There's been an intergalactic war going on at home between the two big political powerhouses, and it's been getting plenty of other worlds that shouldn't be involved sucked in. They're shoving them off as collateral damage, and not offering any assist unless the world happens to be a part of the Federation.
That's been a large part of what I've been doing for the last several years. I don't like seeing people kicked to the curb
But, that all kind of stops being important when you encounter things that make no sense by the current standards in place. By physics, they're impossible.
...
[He glanced away.]
I guess watching a planet be destroyed in moments by these things has a way of making politics look like nothing, huh?