Jude Dacert Interviews Prefect Kal Radick 6/27/3132
INN - Interstellar News Network
Prefect Kal Radick has a reputation for making statements that both his supporters
and opponents find hard to swallow. Before his elevation to Prefect of Prefecture IV,
Radick was a successful military leader and ’Mech pilot, rising to the rank of Galaxy
Commander within Clan Wolf. Radick is accused of blustering his way to the top, but
his accomplishments and no-prisoners attitude earn him attention, if not respect, from
his contemporaries.
Jude Dacert interviewed Radick this week on Current Events. Excerpts from the
interview appear below:
JD: Some of your detractors say that your military mindset is not particularly useful in
peace time. How do you respond to those charges?
KR: Well, first let me say that this is the first I have heard of that, and it is funny that
someone would make that claim, but not to my face. But in response I would say that
discipline and preparation do not go out of style. I do not have a lot of use for political
posturing, so maybe that is what they are referring to.
JD: I would be remiss if I didn’t ask about your recent comments about the return of
the Star League. Things seem to be going fairly well under the current administration.
Why call for a return of the Star League?
KR: Jude, I am not advocating a complete overthrow of the current government. I
would not be here if I did not believe in it. But it is a fact that the Star League had
pivotal strengths that the current Republic lacks. One was the unstoppable unity of the
League. When faced with an outside threat, all of humanity joined in the struggle.
Today, we have backbiting, politics, and everybody takes a “me-first” approach. You
did not see that kind of attitude in the League.
Second, the Star League is our history—the history of humanity. What we have now
is good for what it is—a provisional government. But the holes are wide open to
anyone who looks. To ignore our history and put our collective faith in Devlin Stone
—who has certainly done good things but is someone we know very little about—
seems foolish.
Third, under the Star League, not only did humanity enjoy all the prosperity it has now
but it had an exceptionally strong military, something the current Republic is sadly
lacking. The next would-be Word of Blake is lurking somewhere. Dismantling the
military just because there is no obvious threat is like leaving your door unlocked
because no one you know is a thief.
JD: Championing the Star League seems especially odd, given your strong
Clansmanship.
KR: Neg. Not at all. I am very proud of my Clan heritage, but your Star League
would have never formed without the pressure put on it by the Clans. The Clans
helped reunify humanity, one way or another. If the Clans had won that war, then
they would have brought humanity back to its roots. The fact that the League ended
the conflict by using the Clan Trial of Refusal in 3060 means that the Clan system
worked.
JD: Representatives on Yangtze and Mirach are calling for a formal retraction of your
statement.
KR: I have spoken with planetary governors on the matter, and we think we have
come to an acceptable agreement.
JD: What is the agreement?
KR: Well, it is complicated. But the bottom line of it is that as a Prefecture, we need
to be together on these things. Do I believe the Republic is a failure? Neg, of course
not. Do I believe it can be better? Yes, certainly. So we can all agree that working for
a better government is a worthwhile goal. If we use different words to get there, then
I suppose some semantic quibbling might happen. But we will work for a stronger,
better government. And I think we have an excellent model in the original Star League,
one that I see as nearly inevitable under the forward-thinking kind of government I
want to be a leader in.
INN - Interstellar News Network
Prefect Kal Radick has a reputation for making statements that both his supporters
and opponents find hard to swallow. Before his elevation to Prefect of Prefecture IV,
Radick was a successful military leader and ’Mech pilot, rising to the rank of Galaxy
Commander within Clan Wolf. Radick is accused of blustering his way to the top, but
his accomplishments and no-prisoners attitude earn him attention, if not respect, from
his contemporaries.
Jude Dacert interviewed Radick this week on Current Events. Excerpts from the
interview appear below:
JD: Some of your detractors say that your military mindset is not particularly useful in
peace time. How do you respond to those charges?
KR: Well, first let me say that this is the first I have heard of that, and it is funny that
someone would make that claim, but not to my face. But in response I would say that
discipline and preparation do not go out of style. I do not have a lot of use for political
posturing, so maybe that is what they are referring to.
JD: I would be remiss if I didn’t ask about your recent comments about the return of
the Star League. Things seem to be going fairly well under the current administration.
Why call for a return of the Star League?
KR: Jude, I am not advocating a complete overthrow of the current government. I
would not be here if I did not believe in it. But it is a fact that the Star League had
pivotal strengths that the current Republic lacks. One was the unstoppable unity of the
League. When faced with an outside threat, all of humanity joined in the struggle.
Today, we have backbiting, politics, and everybody takes a “me-first” approach. You
did not see that kind of attitude in the League.
Second, the Star League is our history—the history of humanity. What we have now
is good for what it is—a provisional government. But the holes are wide open to
anyone who looks. To ignore our history and put our collective faith in Devlin Stone
—who has certainly done good things but is someone we know very little about—
seems foolish.
Third, under the Star League, not only did humanity enjoy all the prosperity it has now
but it had an exceptionally strong military, something the current Republic is sadly
lacking. The next would-be Word of Blake is lurking somewhere. Dismantling the
military just because there is no obvious threat is like leaving your door unlocked
because no one you know is a thief.
JD: Championing the Star League seems especially odd, given your strong
Clansmanship.
KR: Neg. Not at all. I am very proud of my Clan heritage, but your Star League
would have never formed without the pressure put on it by the Clans. The Clans
helped reunify humanity, one way or another. If the Clans had won that war, then
they would have brought humanity back to its roots. The fact that the League ended
the conflict by using the Clan Trial of Refusal in 3060 means that the Clan system
worked.
JD: Representatives on Yangtze and Mirach are calling for a formal retraction of your
statement.
KR: I have spoken with planetary governors on the matter, and we think we have
come to an acceptable agreement.
JD: What is the agreement?
KR: Well, it is complicated. But the bottom line of it is that as a Prefecture, we need
to be together on these things. Do I believe the Republic is a failure? Neg, of course
not. Do I believe it can be better? Yes, certainly. So we can all agree that working for
a better government is a worthwhile goal. If we use different words to get there, then
I suppose some semantic quibbling might happen. But we will work for a stronger,
better government. And I think we have an excellent model in the original Star League,
one that I see as nearly inevitable under the forward-thinking kind of government I
want to be a leader in.
| June 27, 3132 |
