The Voice of the Dragon Speaks 11/09/3132
Voice of the Dragon
People of Towne, this is the Voice of the Dragon, speaking to you from the Port
Howard HPG station. We retain control of this facility in defiance of those who style
themselves our betters and who seek to deny our right to be heard. You know of
whom I speak and what they have done.
The Republic was a grand vision but in the years since Exarch Stone retired, it has
begun to crumble. Many people gave their all to bring the Exarch’s dreams to fruition,
abandoning their homes, their nations and their livelihoods in search of a better future,
sacrifices that have yet to be repaid by those who would rule the Republic. Those in
power have taken away the glue that bound the peoples together – their culture and
history – and yet they care not for the consequences that must be born by the people.
Peace is a worthy goal, but at any price?
At the most fundamental level, the Republic has denied the population their right to be
a people, replacing millennia of culture with a homogenized society with little room for
deviation from the normal. It is a society of drones, where the individual’s desires and
rights are subsumed to a larger, amorphous whole. While working for the good of
society is an honorable goal, it should be a willing and two-way process, not
something individuals are forced to do. Compliance should be a matter of honor, not
one of compulsion. In forcing their people into a mould, the Republic is destroying
what binds the people together as a society. The Voice of the Dragon and Dragon’s
Fury seek to give the people back their heart, rebuilding the bonds of loyalty, duty
and, of course, honor. We will give people a reason beyond greed to work together.
The values I speak of are not new – they have existed in various forms for millennia
but only one nation has made the effort to remain true to them, a nation that has
suffered grievously, first at the hands of its neighbors and then bloodied by the Clans
and the Word of Blake. Even emasculated by Stone’s Republic, the nation I speak of –
the Draconis Combine – has striven to protect its own honor. We can learn from that
determination and use it to forge a new future for ourselves.
Some have said that the Combine is a paper tiger – and it is true that its wounds are
deep – but Duchess Tormark believes that the people of the Prefecture and the
Combine can benefit from each other. The Dragon’s Fury, can forge a new society
that merges our dynamism and ideals with the heart and soul of the Combine. This
will not be an easy process – many will fear our efforts and seek to stop us – and
people will fall along the way, brought low by our enemies or lacking the strength to
continue. But we will prevail. We will build a strong, unified society that will offer our
children a bright future.
Voice of the Dragon
People of Towne, this is the Voice of the Dragon, speaking to you from the Port
Howard HPG station. We retain control of this facility in defiance of those who style
themselves our betters and who seek to deny our right to be heard. You know of
whom I speak and what they have done.
The Republic was a grand vision but in the years since Exarch Stone retired, it has
begun to crumble. Many people gave their all to bring the Exarch’s dreams to fruition,
abandoning their homes, their nations and their livelihoods in search of a better future,
sacrifices that have yet to be repaid by those who would rule the Republic. Those in
power have taken away the glue that bound the peoples together – their culture and
history – and yet they care not for the consequences that must be born by the people.
Peace is a worthy goal, but at any price?
At the most fundamental level, the Republic has denied the population their right to be
a people, replacing millennia of culture with a homogenized society with little room for
deviation from the normal. It is a society of drones, where the individual’s desires and
rights are subsumed to a larger, amorphous whole. While working for the good of
society is an honorable goal, it should be a willing and two-way process, not
something individuals are forced to do. Compliance should be a matter of honor, not
one of compulsion. In forcing their people into a mould, the Republic is destroying
what binds the people together as a society. The Voice of the Dragon and Dragon’s
Fury seek to give the people back their heart, rebuilding the bonds of loyalty, duty
and, of course, honor. We will give people a reason beyond greed to work together.
The values I speak of are not new – they have existed in various forms for millennia
but only one nation has made the effort to remain true to them, a nation that has
suffered grievously, first at the hands of its neighbors and then bloodied by the Clans
and the Word of Blake. Even emasculated by Stone’s Republic, the nation I speak of –
the Draconis Combine – has striven to protect its own honor. We can learn from that
determination and use it to forge a new future for ourselves.
Some have said that the Combine is a paper tiger – and it is true that its wounds are
deep – but Duchess Tormark believes that the people of the Prefecture and the
Combine can benefit from each other. The Dragon’s Fury, can forge a new society
that merges our dynamism and ideals with the heart and soul of the Combine. This
will not be an easy process – many will fear our efforts and seek to stop us – and
people will fall along the way, brought low by our enemies or lacking the strength to
continue. But we will prevail. We will build a strong, unified society that will offer our
children a bright future.
| November 9, 3132 |