Objective B: CRUSH THE INFIDELS! ([member="Vulpesen"], [member="Carliah Dakrone"], @Others)
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"<Impossible! The tainters have landed upon Shikyu! Their location has been patched to you, my Lord.>" Stone Hermes snarled at this, incredulous that they would be so bold as to storm his castle without so much as a warning. The Resu technology was fairly primitive, and thus it was no surprise that without the help of the Moross Crusade as a nation, and with the current civil war embroiling Shikyu's waters, that there would be some sort of delay between outside invaders coming into the system and actually landing upon the surface of their many moons.
The hulking ten foot beast entered the shuttle, and patch the information he received to the piloting device. The trip would be a short hop and skip between his current location, and to a nearby location where the tainters would be currently upon the ice surface of Shikyu. They would obviously be in environment suits, considering the harsh vacuum that would surround them, which would likely limit their mobility and overall combat practicality.
Stone Hermes and his ilk would have no such limitations. Moving through vacuum was as simple as swimming through water.
Obviously, whoever had sent this delegation to "build a relationship with the locals", had never heard the stories of the very nature of the Resu. They were invasive, confrontational, and quick to forge permanent enemies. A first impression, was the only impression a Resu needed to destroy your entire family. They were also, thanks to the Great Change brought to them by their god Neth during the era of the Moross Crusade, were (mostly) unwaveringly zealots to the religion, and would strike down anything they deemed as blasphemous.
They were not a race, that made allies easily. Should the Vitae Alliance here try to forge a relationship with the Resu race as the Moross Crusade had, they would need a hand of divinity to change their minds. The very most they could do in their present condition, would be to avoid all hostilities as much as possible (a minefield), and to offer economic support to the fledgling civilization in its various endeavors, in exchange for the Resu recognizing the Alliance as non-hostile.
The relationship, over the course of a few decades (several decades corresponding to many generations of Resu), might develop into something more mutually beneficial rather than parasitic, but it was far more likely the Resu would become a constant pest to anyone who attempted to claim the system as their own. That is not even taking into account the various plagues that presently afflict the race as a whole.
Approximately 90% of all Resu are infected by the Techno-virus strain that started with Stone Hermes. 30% of those infected by the Techno-Virus have begun to side with the unchanged "Ancient" Resu, due to the loss of the Moross Crusade as a religion; this meaning that 40% of the total Resu population is in a state of rebellion against the current regime. The 10% uninfected "Ancient" Resu, are dealing with a plague that has infected over 80% of the living population, which leaves them alive, but infertile with even shorter life spans.
That means, of the millions of Resu that exist, only around 2% are still capable of reproducing. The Resu are an endangered species that is prone to irrational conflict, a nasty condition in of itself. The chances of the Resu being a useful addition to the Vitae Alliance, is slim to none. There is hope however, if Stone Hermes can conduct a successful experiment that binds the Vongspawn Virus to the Techno-virus treated Resu, that leads to a renewed state of successful fertilization with the addition of biological mass, that can accommodate for all aspects of what makes up the current Resu.
All of these fears and hopes rested solely upon the shoulders of the Lord Resu, the keystone to his entire civilizations continued survival, and he thought of them all as his shuttle arrived at the ambiguous location of Vulpesen and the rest of his party. It slowly rotated as it touched down near them, carrying seven Morossian Resu in total including himself. The door slowly opened, revealing the technological abominations present within, cackling with electric energy and menacing pointed edges.
"Warning: Halt. Restricted Space. Indentify!" Stone Hermes roared through the basic translator that served as his voice to non-Resu.