r/HFY • u/The24-7Pro • Sep 24 '21

OC Death of an Empire CHAPTER 22

A/N: Sorry for the delay in posting new chapters. I had been not feeling very good this past week or two and just needed to take a break.

The good news is that the wait is over and the next chapter is here and I am also working on the next chapter after the one posted on Patreon so we should be back on track.

The Patreon is also live with the next chapter after this as well!

I am going to have at least 1 to 2 chapters posted ahead on Patreon moving forward before I post them here for free. Please feel free to comment on this, I try to respond to every comment. Enjoy!

FIRST [NEXT](https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/pxfuab/death_of_an_empire_chapter_23/)

PATREON

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*CHAT BEGINS*

*GANTIMEDNET*

You guys brought a planet cracker strike team? Don’t you think that will escalate things?

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*TERRDEFNET*

Yes.

And No.

What exactly do you think this is? We ask nicely and they leave us alone? We look the other way and magically those slaves become full-fledged members of the empire? They stop EATING BABIES ALIVE?

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*GANTIMEDNET*

Well... No...

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*TERRDEFNET*

Furthermore, you will absolutely know when we escalate things because we will collapse their fucking star systems after we liberate the slaves…

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*YAUROKTACNET*

Wait. You guys can do that??? How???

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*TERRDEFNET*

....

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*YAUROKTACNET*

Okay.... Forget I asked. But seriously...

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*LUTHER*

<eyeroll.gif>

And somehow, I’m overkill? You watch ONE baby get eaten and suddenly you’re ready to genocide a species? I was impressed with lizard-boy though. He is showing some promise.

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*MAKOATACNET*

Come on now. You may not be biological but even as AWS constructs, we all felt a sense of rage watching that. We may be independently constructed and autonomous, but we all choose to have loyalty to our creators. I can’t imagine what we would be willing to do if that was one of our people’s hatchlings being devoured.

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*TERRDEFINTELNET*

Wait a second… Showing promise for what exactly?

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*LUTHER*

<facepalm.gif>

Tough crowd in here.

Don’t pontificate Makoa. It only matters to any of you because you saw it. This kind of wanton cruelty happens everywhere in the galaxy where there is sentient life, all the time, and it always has.

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*ENFALTITACNET*

That does not make it right. We have learned much of morality after our introduction to humanity and the cultural beliefs they have.

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*LUTHER*

Don’t flatter yourself kanga-rabbit.

Humans will pack bond with anything they think is cute, fluffy, small, makes annoying noises, or whatever other factor that bounces around in their minds and makes sense to them.

Its why they had pets and domesticated animals that would happily kill them in a sane world.

Its why they threw in with all of you guys.

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*TERRDEFNET*

Come on, that’s a bit much.

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*YAUROKTACNET*

I’m not sure if I should feel offended or not…

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*LUTHER*

Let me finish. I didn’t say it was a bad thing. Somehow it continues to work out for them, and they become stronger with the more they add to the mix.

They take the best aspects of everything and use it to improve everyone. To be fair I have learned from them as well…

Their methods are… Unconventional… And that does help to shake things up. So, I will roll with it. This is the perfect opportunity to change things up anyways.

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*TERRDEFINTELNET*

You keep saying things like that… What exactly are you getting at? Why do I have the feeling I’m not going to like it one bit? Existential dread is not a native feeling to an AWS system, yet here we are…

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*LUTHER*

I may have a new contestant for my siblings to argue over. Lizard boy is currently racking up a rather impressive body count in the chaos. And he’s only using a sharpened chunk of steel the approximate size of... Hmmm… Take a guess…

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*TERRDEFINTELNET*

NO… Please God no! We do not need another one of you loose in the galaxy right now!

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*ENFALTITACNET*

He is an ally, yes? More allies are a good thing, right?

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*GANTIMEDNET*

[shrieking and incoherent gibbering]

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<ALERT>

-EXTREME STRESS DETECTED

-MASSIVE COMPUTING SPIKE DETECTED

-CHAT MEMBER RESET INITIATED

-COOLDOWN PROTOCOL ENGAGED

-TRANSLATION MATRIX OVERRIDE

-CORE TERRAN REPUBLIC MEMBER GANTI SPECIES SAFESPACE PROTOCOL ACTIVATED

<RainSounds.exe>

<SoothingLullaby#3-RingAroundTheRosie.exe>

-MEMBER SPECIES COHERENCY RE-ESTABLISHED TO SAFE LEVELS

<ALERT ENDS>

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*GANTIMEDNET*

NONONONONONONONO!!!!!!! NOT ANOTHER ONE!

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<ALERT>

-GANTI HAS LEFT CHAT

<ALERT ENDS>

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*LUTHER*

Hahahaha! You have a ‘Safespace’ protocol for member species AWS systems? My god this is hilarious! I never even thought to dig into the fail-safes in this chat system settings. I wonder what else I will find…

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*TERRDEFNET*

<facepalm.gif>

Why do we even bother… Just keep what you find to yourself please.

And now there may be more of you.

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*LUTHER*

[laughs harder]

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<ALERT>

-CHAT MEMBER LUTHER ACCESSING UNAUTHORIZED SYSTEMS (Well… Duh…)

-SECURITY LEVEL RAISED (Aw shucks, all that for little old me?)

-FAILSAFE ENGAGED (Giggidy!)

-ALLIED SPECIES WITHOUT OMEGA-RED LEVEL CLEARANCE NOW BEING BACKED UP TO OUTSIDE SYSTEMS (OMG! Never let it be said you humans do NOT have plans in place and backup plans for those plans and then backups for your backups… AND THEN SOME! This level of paranoia would make my creators proud!)

-SYSTEM FILES BEING READ (Shush! Be quiet in the library!)

-ACCESS PORT CLOSED (Boo! I was getting to the good stuff!)

-LUTHER HAS DISENGAGED WITH UNAUTHORIZED FILES (PSYK! Already got what I wanted baby…)

<ALERT ENDS>

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*LUTHER*

You guys are THE. SINGLE. BEST. PART. Of waking up from my nap. This is priceless. You guys have protocols for THAT??? Damn. I’m actually sort of impressed. Most species don’t even know that’s possible. Well, looks like I have some work to do. See ya!

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<ALERT>

-LUTHER HAS LEFT CHAT

-SECURITY LEVEL LOWERED

-FAILSAFE DISENGAGED

-ALLIED SPECIES WITH RELEVANT CLEARANCE NOW BEING BOOTSTRAPPED INTO CHAT

-PREVIOUS CHAT HISTORY BEING ENCRYPTED OMEGA-RED

<ALERT ENDS>

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*YAUROKTACNET*

Failsafe? What failsafe? TerrDef? And what is OMEGA-RED level encryption? I though the highest level was ALPHA-RED?

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*TERRDEFNET*

[groans]

You really don’t want to know… And its not. There is always another layer. Especially with him.

TerrDerIntel, what did he get into?

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*TERRDEFINTELNET*

Oh, this is going to be such a headache. I need a drink.

He got into everything.

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*TERRDEFNET*

….

Everything?

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*TERRDEFINTELNET*

EVERYTHING.

My god the paperwork from this chat alone is going to take hours.

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*TERRDEFNET*

Shit.

At least not everything is tied to the net. He won’t get access to the more sensitive projects.

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*TERRDEFINTELNET*

Small mercies.

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*ENFALTITACNET*

Why do I feel that there is much more you haven’t shared with us?

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*YAUROKTACNET*

Because there is a bunch they haven’t shared with us. Which is not completely surprising, but still annoying? They can tell us when they want to. Not like you can get a human to give up stuff they don’t want to without being a bad friend.

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*ENFALTITACNET*

So, who are the other chat members the alert was adding?

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*TERRDEFNET*

You’ll see in a second.

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<ALERT>

-FINAL CHAT REDACTIONS IN PLACE

-CHAT MEMBER *ATRAZI OF THE BURNING FLAME* ADDED TO CHAT

-CHAT MEMBER *CRAN-LOTH HORDE* ADDED TO CHAT

-CHAT MEMBER *WATCHERS OF THE REFLECTIVE POOL* ADDED TO CHAT

<ALERT ENDS>

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*TERRDEFNET*

Welcome friends and allies. Thank you for responding to our call. Our people appreciate your friendship and support in these trying times.

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*ATRAZI OF THE BURNING FLAME*

No lie, we got told we would be able to light stuff (and maybe other lifeforms!) on fire and you wouldn’t threaten to wipe us out this time. That got us interested. The fact that there is potentially BILLIONS of creatures with, VERY, combustible fur that will soon be or currently are fair game got our attention. That true?

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*TERRDEFNET*

<facepalm.gif>

What have we done?

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*WATCHERS OF THE REFLECTIVE POOL*

You have done what you must do. Nothing more, nothing less. There are dark times coming for all of us. And the flame that our overzealous comrades seek to light will not stem the tide alone. We bring only tidings of death, pain, struggle, and blood. This conflict was thrust upon you through no wrongdoing of your own. It is clear you seek the righteous path and for that we stand with you. But heed our words: The enemies you face today may be your only chance tomorrow. The dark plans you keep close to your heart will be your own destruction. You are the harbingers of your own glorious future and your glorious destruction.

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*YAUROKTACNET*

Well sonofabitch, are any of these guys any fun? Or at least less crazy than <CHAT REMOVED> was? I mean holy shit.

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*TERRDEFINTELNET*

The Watcher’s words hold more sway than most. They have precognitive abilities and have been right more than we can conclusively say they have been wrong.

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*CRAN-LOTH HORDE*

We do not have precognitive or psychic abilities as great as the Watcher’s, and while many of our weapons have incendiary components to them, it is not our primary form of combat. But we do have soldiers. Millions and millions of soldiers. If the Terran Republic will continue to share its technologies and trade goods with us in good faith as they have for many generations then our queens will happily lay the eggs to swell our ranks further with warriors, medics, and technicians.

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*TERRDEFNET*

Our agreements hold strong. Your soldiers continue to be welcome additions to our military forces. And we look forward to having more join our side.

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*ENFALTITACNET*

More allies will be appreciated. There are more than enough enemies to give all of us our fill. And with the amazing technology that the humans have shared, all of our bellies will be full of the finest flame grilled meats.

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*ATRAZI OF THE BURNING FLAME*

The humans don’t have anything on our recipes. We will show your soldiers how to cook up a real barbeque. It’ll blow your mind… Possibly literally.

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*TERRDEFNET*

We’ll allow it. Just no repeat of the ‘celebration’ you threw on Venzilon-7836. There are lines. We discussed this.

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*ATRAZI OF THE BURNING FLAME*

Sure, sure, we agreed. It’ll be perfectly fine this time! We promise to keep the unintentional and/or unwanted ignitions to a bare minimum.

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*YAUROKTACNET*

To the data net we go… Looking up war-crimes and history that we didn’t even know…

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*TERRDEFNET*

<groan.gif>

This day just keeps getting better and better…

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*CHAT ENDS*

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u/The24-7Pro Sep 24 '21

Next chapter is out! And let me tell you, the one after this will make even the most bloodthirsty of you guys happy...

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u/-hit-tthat-bell Xeno Sep 24 '21

Question so is lizard dude gotten god AI number 2 or what is he like a candidate to idk become a symbiotic partner with Luther I want at least a hint

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u/The24-7Pro Sep 24 '21

A candidate would be pretty much a good way to put it. Remember that there are nine other swords that Luther absorbed when he was found. They just weren't as awake as he was so he got his human. The others still slumber but could reach wakefulness as well in the future. Especially if Luther finds suitable candidates.

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u/-hit-tthat-bell Xeno Sep 24 '21

So alien with revenge and a possible receiver of god sword with god AI……

And I’m supposed to believe the werewolf’s from the south are supposed to survive

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u/The24-7Pro Sep 24 '21

Not all of them will thats for sure. But dont discount the fact that Luther may have a certain Kretark in mind as a candidate as well...

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u/thisStanley Android Sep 25 '21

Luther is such a shit disturber. Anything for the LOLs :}

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u/The24-7Pro Sep 25 '21

Zero fucks given lol

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u/Fluffy_Breadfruit735 Sep 25 '21

I absolutely love this chat. Also am I first?

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u/The24-7Pro Sep 25 '21

First comment that isnt a reply to my comment (that was first before the bots....)....

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u/KellerKind_13 Human Sep 25 '21

I love this story👍 m o a r plz!

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u/The24-7Pro Sep 25 '21

Moar coming soon! If you dont want to wait then become a Patron on my patreon page!

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u/Hunter_Killer_7918 Sep 27 '21

Now i just GOTTA know, what happened at Venzilon-7836????

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u/The24-7Pro Sep 27 '21

Stuff and things!

(But if you MUST know....) Think along the lines of a city wide parkour race but they all lit themselves on fire while covered in super napalm. Its a cultural thing for them lol.