David turns sharply with a precise click of his heels and says, “My Lady, there is an issue of war before the Imperial Tribunal.”
I thought to my self, “Figures I would get this when daddy was away.”
David continued, “The Thrnoxians have again begun a major galactic invasion in violation of their peace treaty made to the Imperial Ruling Council 900 years ago.”
Suddenly, knowledge of this treaty and all of it’s stipulations became known to me. I was impressed.
I could feel a slight electrical tingle up my arms into my head from the Guardians.
David turned again with the precise click of his heels and faced a delegation that had come before the dais.
He introduced them, “My Lady, behold the Ambassadors from the Thrnoxian home world come to plead their case for war against the Universal Imperium.”
The one dressed in a black hooded cape stepped up and bowed deeply and started, “My Lady, we of … “
Suddenly, a very real knowledge of who these peoples were and what they had done became known to me.
I knew suddenly the horrors of intergalactic war.
I saw in my mind’s eye, the devastation of hundreds of worlds and the cruel destruction of billions by these people when last they invaded.
I saw the very real vision of my own home world in flames and one of my ancestors die because of a foolish accident.
I became angry.
I was worse than angry.
A plan of action formed in my mind.
I gave no thought to what it entailed or what the consequences were.
A new emotion filled me.
Revenge.
There was a staff leaning on my chair … I grabbed it and slammed it to the floor.
It sounded like a bomb went off in the chamber as it hit and blue fiery sparks flew.
This time, all the murmuring voices were filled with extreme fear, then total silence.
The Ambassador and his delegation were prostrate on the floor before me.
I stood … I knew war was just another word for premeditated murder based on the written case submitted by the Thrnoxian Ruling Council twelve months ago.
I said in a booming little girl’s voice, “Imperial Grand Vizier, what is the penalty for premeditated murder in this our Imperial Rule?”
David turned with a small slip in his precise heel click to face me.
A look of extreme surprise and worried fear on his face. He replied, “Death, My Lady.”
I said in a thundering little girl’s voice again as I pointed to the man in the hood on the floor at my feet, “You … who come before me to justify premeditated murder, how many systems have you invaded and how many have died because you wish to expand your ruling borders?”
He replied, “We have annexed twenty five systems My Lady.
The death toll is extremely high. Resistance is extremely heavy.
We also have come to inform you we will utterly destroy you if you don’t unconditionally surrender.”
I became aware of a technology that the Royal House has possessed for more than 10,000 years.
With the Guardians on my wrist, I had total access to this weapon system.
Since it had never been used in the 10,000 years since the war on my home world, it was unknown in the universe except in children’s fairy tails and legends.
It became known to me and I was able to use it because of a genetic trait that manifested itself in me when I was collard.
No one else had it. It was passed down from one of my ancestors that was killed in the war 10,000 years ago by a lucky accident and manifested itself again in me.
