Star Force: Resolution (SF89) (Star Force Origin Series) by Aer-ki Jyr Page B

this panel you can view a variety of information to pass the
time, but physical training will have to wait until you arrive due to space
restrictions on the ship .”
    “ The purpose of
this training is for you to prove yourselves worthy to be released. If you wish
to just sit there and slowly wither away that is your prerogative, but we are
not going to kill you. Right now you may be defiant. If not that’s good, and
you can get on a fast track to eventual release, but if you’re someone who
needs some convincing then the isolation you are going to endure may act as
motivation. ”
    “ Your journey
onboard this ship will be a solitary one, but so too will be your prison. From
this point on you have no civilization. You are an individual, and your
training will require only yourself. Others would be a distraction and a
hindrance. You have to stop being Trinx and aspire to something more. If you
don’t care for this that won’t change your situation. You will die here, alone,
unless you train to attain self-sufficiency. In that way you will eventually kill
yourself or you’ll learn and change so that you’re no longer our enemy. Either
way, the Trinx civilization that we came here to destroy will die. ”
    Nesfa stood up on wobbly
legs and punched the screen, but his fist only bounced off the thick,
transparent material.
    “ So get used to
your current situation…or not. From this point on I don’t care. I’ve provided
you with a path to freedom while sparing your lives. That is the extent of my
mercy. What becomes of you from this point forward is up to you. You’ll be kept
safely away from anyone you could possible hurt, so you’re no longer a threat.
Your planet is now mine and also not your concern. Unless you earn your freedom
you won’t be seeing it or anything else again aside from the prison you’re
heading to .”
    “ Fortunately a
lot of your former people saw reason and surrendered. We’ll deal with them in
varying ways. We’re not giving up on anyone, but we can’t make anyone change.
Only nudge you along a bit. The boredom you’re about to endure if you refuse to
cooperate will be that nudge, but ultimately if you don’t choose to try then
this is where we part ways, never to see one another again, and I say a very
heartfelt ‘fuck you’ and end this message .”
    The Archon winked and the screen switched over to an
options menu.
    Rage boiled over inside Nesfa but he didn’t strike the screen or anything else again. It would do no good. He
was so angry it literally seeped through his body without an outlet, for he
knew he’d already lost everything. His people had rebelled, his planet was
lost, the Hamoriti which had been the sole focus and purpose of his
civilization was now in the hands of the enemy, and he was a prisoner helpless
to do anything about it. Even if he could somehow escape and summon an army it
would do no good. Once they awoke it there was no way the Trinx could reclaim
it. Their only hope of that lay in advancement that was now out of reach with
the loss of the Ancient shell and its captive.
    Now he was the captive, not even having been allowed
to die in defense of his people and holy cause. He was…spurned, and every
second that passed he found his anger was all he had left to cling to.

 
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    February 26, 3292
    Paquat System (Star
Force territory)
    Vikod (Trinx homeworld)

 
    Oni strode down one of the Trinx streets, the invasion
of Vikod long over and the mop up operations on the
other planets nearing their end. There was no weaponsfire incoming, just odd
looks from the red-skinned, twin headtailed people
rallied in protest. They were not going to mess with her, knowing her
abilities, but they and the rebel leaders were why she had come down to the
planet and they all knew it.
    Her brilliant pink armor clashed with their deeper red
as the wall of Trinx parted to allow her access to the building they were
protesting around. The armed guards there had not