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Commander Blak's eyes narrow,
"So you use the actions of others to excuse your own? I hardly think that this changes anything i have previously said, you have destroyed two worlds, yet what has my empire done? they have sent me to talk to you, we have our battlegroup one in a UG system only one jump away from this, the largest force of our empire, yet we have chosen to discuss this problem with you, despite the peril that puts us in, we have not pushed home an obvious advantage of a surprise attack because it would not be Right, Your so called "Old war" is nothing new to us, we have been in constant conflict with a race of roboids called the "Ever Legion" for millenia now, we have seen sundered stars, systems in flames, roving black holes that swallow fleets without a sound, and this has only given us Resolve in keeping our morals, If you slaughter a world your enemy will merely respond in kind, yet if you act with kindness and honour, we have often found that the enemy replicate this, not immediately, not on a large scale, but enough that it matters, enough that it is worthwhile, do you want to see the galaxy burn admiral? for this is where your doctrines will lead us, but if you lead by Example, then we can try and leave this insane phase of mindless destruction, of death and misery, and emerge into an age of Light"