[Erax]

Admiral Wiers' private log, SGY 2404.6 (still later):

Aram IV is gone, destroyed by the stupidity of our allies. All those facilities, equipment and population which could be now at the service of the Empire no longer exist. All that we could have learned about the enemy, their tactics, their science, their history, all of that is gone. The Alliance struck out in blind anger and destroyed a planet that could have been captured and used to shorten the war and to benefit us both. And I fear they will not stop with Aram IV; they may try to depopulate the Yakrin homeworld. We must cordon off Aram I before the Alliance reaches it. We lack the troops to invade, but the Yakrin may choose to allow us to occupy their planet rather than let it be destroyed by the Alliance. They are aliens and their response is unpredictable, but I hope their leaders share my dislike for wasteful warfare.

Our scans indicate extensive industrialization on Aram I; if we can capture those facilities intact, we will become the prime interstellar power in this region.

It has been said that I am a builder, not a warrior. That may be true, but I intend to be the kind of builder that wins wars.

[ May 20, 2003, 20:15: Message edited by: Erax ]