Voiceover: One year ago, the monkeighs offered us a deal.
Opening shot Firemane ships and leaders looking in a dominant position looking down on the camera. Oppressive music.

If only we abandoned Tygara to their oppression.
Video footage of Qadiri labourers toiling in a plantation under the hot sun. They're very thin, dressed in rags and abused by overseers.
Video of a Xioquo 'agitator' being tied to a tree and his skin being burnt by the sun. Firemane thugs watch with amusement.
Video of Vashyada being rounded up for deportation, their forest village has been burnt down.
A group of well-dressed humans having a party in an opulent villa, with a huge buffet and wine flowing in abundance. The servants are all Tygarans or Eldorai, eyes downcast and afraid. An Eldorai noblewoman in an expensive silk dress is shown laughing and clinking glasses with the humans.


Voiceover: They threatened to destroy us unless we submitted.
A big warship menacingly levels its guns at a small civilian freighter.

Voiceover: We said no.
Video of a Firemane vessel suddenly exploding. Shadow Knight starfighters shoot towards the camera.
Compilation of videos of Shadow Knights storming a Firemane prison facility, cutting down guards and freeing emaciated torture victims and executing humans.
Image of a Firemane officer being hurled out of an airlock into the void.


Voiceover: If you're a Tygaran throwing off the yoke of tyranny, we're for you.
Video of Tygarans pulling down a statue of Siobhan whilst the villa from earlier burns in the distance.

Voiceover: If you're an Eldorai fighting for a future free of royalist corruption and treason, we're for you.
Video of royalist Eldorai soldiers overpowering their officers, tearing off the badge of the queen and walking away.

Voiceover: If you're a Kar'zun, and want to fight for a future where you will be treated with dignity and respect, we're for you.
Shot of a Kar'zun exploring a clearly new world and resting a hand upon a new mountain from where they might have a home away from the strife. A group of Kar'zun begin drilling, applying their sophisticated knowledge of engineering.

Image of schoolchildren and their teacher visiting at a humble but well-made monument on the Shadow Knight worldship, showing statues of an Eldorai, a Qadiri, a Xioquo, a Vashyada and a Kar'zun, gazing up to the stars.

Voiceover: Don't wait. Join us. Together, we'll win.
Image of a female Eldorai commander and her Xioquo counterpart shaking hands, then discussing plans, moving troops on a map and exchanging ideas. Both wear the same humble uniform.

Voiceover: Service guarantees citizenship.
Video of Asurans from different races marching and training together in military gear. Two of them were among the prisoners from earlier. Then those same Asurans are later shown participating in a local election.

Voiceover: We are the Shadow Knights, we are the survivors of the apocalypse who fought for Kaeshana.
Shot of desolate, mutated Kaeshana, ships flying away from it.

Voiceover: We are the exiles of Tygara who reached for the stars. We have traversed the void, and we are coming home.
Shot of a multi-ethnic Tygaran crew aboard a warship.

Voiceover: With fire and steel.
Closing scene: Half the screen shows a Shadow Knight fleet advancing in formation whilst the other shows a group of soldiers arming up.