Collective flagship, Bridge "88909, we have received new directives. We are to abandon system and return to Triarius immediately." "I do not care if this order came from the Supreme Overlord himself, we..." "As a matter of fact it did. All ships must return to Triarius immediately" "But the imperial threat-" "Is irrelevant. Let the Equestrians waste their lives defending their system, we have more important tasks" "The LCF aboard the flagship, they..." "Are irrelevant. The ship will destroy its self rather than face capture, anything else they achieve is worthless" "The Imperial Emperor is in that ship! Without him..." "His relevance is near zero. Whether he lives or dies his empire will endure until crushed, whether he lives or dies, extra dimensionals will still keep invading, unless we return to Triarius." 88909 paused before grudgingly nodding "Set the course. Call in Fausts latest violation" Triarius, Collectivisation The Primicerii major sat around the... 'table', with the UU representative. On the table sat an alien assembly of food, from strange reddish vegetables to what seemed to be lava in holes across the table, and across the table was strewn a massive pterodactyl like bird, cooked and beheaded. Over food, they talked of the pending unification, exchanging details of their power and stratagem for universal collectivism. Beings and robots to deliver food to the tables. These beings were from the lower kyn, and came from any number of the species of the Collective. "Autonomy would be maintained somewhat, you would have devolved powers to control this universe." "Understandable. What of those who have been overly resistant to our collectivization so far? The Equestrian Empire namely" "They must be eradicated, along with their deity." "We knew their government form and goddess must be destroyed, what we meant was how? It's-" "No. They just be destroyed, their entire race. Their clinging to outdated systems merely proves their inferiority and pathetic nature, and their magic poses an innate threat to the Greater Good. They are filth, we must grind them into dust and scrape them as excrement from our boots" The UU representative ranted, somewhat taking the Primicerii off guard and darkening the atmosphere of the meeting "But surely we must teach them, wasting their abilities is-" One of the Primicerii began, only to be cut off agaun "From what we have heard from you and seen across the stars, their entire filthy race is a blight upon sentients. We are to claim the mantle, we are to be the almighty race, not them. We are above all others, not them. They are screaming filthy demons, they're only good when dead." The UU representative spat, cursing their name under his breath. Whatever encounters the UU had with some alternate universe Equestrians has obviously ended in a lot of bad blood "But-" "There is no questioning the word of the Primicerii, the Equestrians are a dangerous pox, like a pox they must be cured." The room fell silent, before the Primicerii slowly nodded, not wanting to waste their chance at creating a universal union. After all, they themselves had no love for the Equestrians. There was an awkward silence for a few moments, before another Primicerii spoke up "On to other matters then..."