[Dragonlord]

/ooc In response to the message from the Vikings:
/end ooc

After the treacherous betrayal from the Space Vikings, whom had been staunch allies of the Dragons throughout our lifespan in this galaxy, we suffered medium-sized losses.
Apparantly the Vikings had been planning this betrayal for some time, since shortly after their war declaration they captured an undefended large research planet in a forward system we shared with them.
The next month enemy forces moved into other undefended frontier systems, targetting mineral planets and resupply stations. Their agression cost the lives of millions of innocent Dragon civilians. Meanwhile, Dragon fleets are scrambling to reach our east frontier. We were too late to save our population in Aldan, but have beaten back the enemy in Walduk and reclaimed this system. Another small fleet, done with the removal of the Amonkrie and the Rage, has entered some outlying Viking systems and destroyed some small colonies there. It will now move on to more strategic targets.

It is true that we were forced to destroy colonies we once held in Wanduk. However we have *at no point* fired on our own population. The planets in question were all oxygen planets with Space Viking population on them, colonists we had received from the Vikings back when we were still at peace with them. These traitors received the death they deserve, for not fighting to defend the infrastructure they built with Dragon resources.

Another small fleet we sent into Aldan was targetted on Viking transport vessels, not on our planets there. To our dismay our technically superior ships found it nearly impossible to hit the enemy ships, while the enemy occasionally scored a hit. These Dragon ships died the horrible death of "a thousand fleebites". Fortunately our ship captains are now gaining the experience necessary to offset the defensive shielding (stealth and such)and the racial defense bonus that the Vikings enjoy. Our total fleet forces is also nearly double that of the Vikings, who also have to station at least some ships on their frontier with the Praetorians. We remain confident that we will avenge our innocent colonists. We will bathe the Vikings in righteous fire, to the point where they will return our colonies to us and scrap their ships. As the Irra-Nrr would say, none of these races can be trusted with military toys, and we follow the same goals as the Irra-Nrr (albeit for different reasons): remove all military capbilities of our neighbours, to protect their civilians from the self-destructive course their government set them on. After that we will help any race willing, to rebuild their economy and return to a prosperous lifestyle of peace and prosperity.

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