Star Force: Bahamut (SF86) (Star Force Origin Series) Read Online Free PDF

will
galvanize them…and they have far more worlds to draw power from than Star Force
and the Li’vorkrachnika combined. Each of which is in itself wholly superior .”
    “ Your entire
civilization exists under a mark of death, and yet you pursue honorable goals
rather than mere survival. You compromise that which matters most in order to
see to the needs of others? ”
    “ Our survival is
not in our power to control, but even if it was, yes, we will fight honorably .”
    “ Would you ever
use these more efficient killing weapons if needed? Under any circumstance? ”
    “ Honor does not
lie in the weapons, but how they are used in the given situation. In theory
there might be a time and a place for them, but never where we initiate the
combat .”
    “ Defensive
vengeance then? ”
    “ Possibly. If we
are to die, we will die honorably, but that doesn’t mean we won’t take as many
of them with us as possible .”
    “ Within the
bounds of honor? ”
    “ We won’t harm
those who do not deserve it in order to strike at those who do .”
    “ Suddenly I find
we have more in common that I allowed for. You will fight like us when the
circumstances are correct, and you will not surrender? ”
    “ Even if the
V’kit’no’sat gave us that option, no, I would not .”
    “ And the others? ”
    “ The average
person might. The Archons will not .”
    “ You will fight
to the death? ”
    “ We won’t seek
death, but we will not submit .”
    “ So in that, we
are alike .”
    “ We don’t engage
in suicide attacks .”
    “ If your death
was assured, would you not ram your warship into your enemy? ”
    “ If death is
assured, then it’s not suicide. It’s a choice of how to die and to do as much
damage to the enemy as possible before you do .”
    “ We have long
assumed you did not have the fortitude to do what was necessary. Then when we
began losing to you we tried to study you to determine why. Technological
progress was evident, but there was always something else in play, tactics
wise. Now I think I finally understand what it was. You were holding yourselves
back rather than being incompetent. Reserving certain methods of fighting for
situations you deemed honorable. I imagine that is a mistake many of your
enemies have made .”
    “ A few. The
Li’vorkrachnika found us when we were very weak. Had it not been for the
Hycre’s intervention we probably would have been destroyed. We needed time to
grow and they gave it to us .”
    “ And you have
repaid them with the gift of weaponry and the return of their worlds? ”
    “ Yes .”
    “ But you did not
annex them? ”
    “ We only
forcibly annex those who are our enemies…if we so choose .”
    “ But that is not
what you want from us? ”
    “ No. Like I
said, given access to your genetic material, we could have done that a long
time ago .”
    “ Yet we have one
advantage that you do not, as far as my information tells me .”
    “ And that is? ”
    “ We are born
with genetic memory and are functional immediately. Your young take time to
develop, including your Bsidd. We can expand faster and more effectively .”
    “ You expand with
inexperienced units. I will grant they have more immediate effect than our
younglings ever could, but over the course of time ours will exceed yours .”
    “ But it’s an
advantage you could have incorporated by annexing us. So why didn’t you? ”
    “ There are many
ways in which to fight. We prefer some methods over others, and your type of
colony building, while effective, doesn’t suit our methods. You risk your
personnel too much, but you gain from that risk in many occasions. We put our
experienced troops in harm’s way while we protect the young long enough that
they can become experienced. Your method is the reverse .”
    “ Given the
threat the galaxy faces, weak units, no matter how many, are pointless . So you have engineered your combat forces to
face an unbeatable opponent rather than tooling them to