GeoModder wrote:Jericho wrote:This undbiased and scientific analysis was brought to you by a guy who is very biased and generally a prick.
Anyway, I still don't see why the Loroi would subjugate humanity if they haven't done so with other main members of the Union, which are (certainly at this stage) more key to their survival.
As i said before you don't need to subjugate those who willingly surrender. The problems arise only where your interest collides with the loroi's interest. If the barsam where a military culture with ambitions of an empire of their own (like the nissek) the friction between them would be greater than it is now. Now they are simply bickering about religous matters essentially.
You must understand that with the anti neutrality doctrine of the loroi all other species are given a false choice. Essentially you work for them or you die, unsurprisingly most chose to serve rather than to die.
And they have subjugated those that opposed them. Do you think the arekka are in this war cause they want to or the delrias. No they are in it because the loroi said so and if they argue they get shot.
Now humanity have two choices in this series:
1) Surrender willingly to the hopefully victorious party. This some might say is not surrendering but negotiating our membership in our coalition but thats just bullshit. It's surrendering your sovereignty no matter how you name it.
2) Resist and perish at the hands of whoever finds us first.
To summarise: You don't need to use lethal force against those who do what you tell them to do willingly. To subjugate means to essentially take control of another group and dictate their lives at your leasure. The loroi are interesting in this regard that they prefer to rule at swords length. If you pay tribute and don't question than everything will be fine if you don't they will make you do it.
However the end result is always the same, the loroi wont respect other nations sovereignty. If the barsam tried to pull out of the war you bet that the would frown on that and do a proper adjustment to the barsam goverment. The only races that have anything to say on the matter are the historians and nissek and both because the loroi can't bully them with force of arm.
Humanity is a very poor spot because we are more of a threat than we are of beneficial to the loroi. we are the most telepathically resistant species they know of, to the point that their main weapon the far sensors are useless against us. Against us the loroi are just another army like any other.
We are also one of the fastest growing species in the region. We have done in centuries what they could not do for millenia and thats without assistance of a former galactic empire. With an antimatter reactor and fuel refinement schematics we could in decades come to the point where we would technologically be a threat to them. if they don't take control over us they will have species that not only have the numbers and the guns to oppose them. We will have the edge because as the mannadi occupation and the semoset proved, the loroi simply aren't very adept at fightning without their telepathy winning battles for them. If they have learned their lessons well they will put a stop to it before it becomes an issue to begin with and since in this series it's subjugation or death humanity must be subjugated or destroyed.
If nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through. General C.H Melchett commander of some unknown british regiment in the western front.