[Politics] Terminus Colony Disconcerted Over Alliance Presence

Terminus Colony Disconcerted Over Alliance Presence

Richard Seong, Attican Outlook

At a glance, there’s nothing remarkable about the colony of Inspiration, a quiet planet on the lip of the Traverse. Cold nights and colder winters are hallmarks of its’ long year, and the harvest seasons are just as unforgiving. But for its’ colonists, a little over one thousand miners surrounding the community of Tenacity, it’s home. And for the Alliance, it’s the site of an uncovered Prothean ruin that could span for kilometers under its surface.

“We’ve only had the opportunity for some basic survey, but if what our instruments are suggesting is true, we could be in these caves for years,” said Dr. Rainn Oliver, head of the team of Alliance scientists sent to explore the ruins. “The potential of this find is extraordinary.”

There’s only one problem: the colonists don’t want them there.

Inspiration has its’ roots in bands of wildcat miners who’d settled it in hopes of exploiting the rich, easily accessible iridium deposits. Most of them were unwilling to share with the Alliance, whom they saw as untrustworthy and disinterested in their livelihoods; this attitude would be shared by a majority of the colony as the community around the mines grew. Still, this didn’t keep them from gladly accepting Alliance aid when the Reapers arrived.

Elation quickly turned to resentment when they realized that the Alliance military presence wasn’t getting ready to pack up. The fighting would uncover subterranean Prothean ruins, left untouched since the species was wiped out by the Reapers fifty thousand years ago.

“They’re wrong to fear the Alliance,” said local garrison commander Colonel Ahmed Khan in a short interview with Outlook. “I don’t think [the colonists] understand the complexity of this situation, or how big a favour we’re doing for them. The moment we pull out, every pirate, raider, and Terminus state this side of the Traverse are going to be scrambling to get their hands on these ruins. They’ll be eviscerated.”

Despite this, it’s clear that many of the colonists see that as little more than empty words. “It’s not protection, it’s occupation,” declared a local dock worker, who asked to remain anonymous. “We built this colony because we didn’t want to live under the Alliance. And now they’re marching in here with their guns and their earthmovers and they tell us it’s for our own good. It’s degrading.”

Those closer to Inspiration’s chief livelihood expressed similar concerns and more - many are worried for their livelihoods. “They keep telling us about potential this, and potential that, but I’m not sure why they expect us to care,” complained Bryson Alvarez, one of Tenacity’s head miners. “They dress it up with big talk over our future and ‘progress’, yet they’re sitting on our mines and our iridium and they won’t let us near half of it. The fact of the matter is this: we never asked the Alliance to stay here, and we ain’t an Alliance colony. They got no right be here.”

The initial Alliance survey should finish within the next three months, where a much larger excavation mission is expected to follow.

Once again I will advise you to read. Presuming of course that you are actually literate. I have answered this 'question' once already, you are no longer worth wasting my time on. Presuming once more that you are literate may I suggest you make use of an absolutely astounding invention? It's called a search engine.

Okay, I'm a colony kid. I understand that colonies sometimes face exploitation at the hands of the homeworld. Also, if you want to talk corrupt political systems, I'm a salarian, so there is that. But... At this point you are kind of drying up all sympathy for your cause by being a bit of extranet toolbag.

Now, maybe you are thinking, I don't care what other people think and that's fair. However, you know why you should care? Because getting people to care about Ur who aren't from Ur is likely the only way you're going to change anything, and right now you are doing your best at making those people give little to no craps.

Just a thought.

I was polite enough the first time despite the obvious insult. Frankly I don't see why I should continue to be polite when the poster is either too stupid, too much of a douche bag, or both, to acknowledge an explanation, and prefers instead to repeat the same tired insult. If that makes me an extranet tool in your eyes so be it, I'm not going to whine and kiss Dame Palmer's ass just because I'm in a bad situation and she feels like being a willfully ignorant bitch.

Thing is, if things are as bad as you say, people are depending on you to bring in help. Kissing a little Earth butt seems a small price to pay for, you know, saving lives.

I've kissed so much Alliance ass I practically taste it. In any case, Palmer is some wannabe badass merc on Omega, hardly an Alliance representative.

Pictured: tact.

Good thing you made such a sterling impression on an actual Alliance representative, then.

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You don't know.

Guys, she honestly doesn't know does she?

Nah, I think she's got the right idea.

Perhaps if this same conversation weren't being being made verbatim in three other threads, I'd agree with the people smacking PWF for getting impatient.

As it is, you're a bunch of idiots.

Thank you very much sir. If I ever make it to the Citadel I'll buy you a bloody drink.

whiny colonial fucks can't see past their own noses. if they knew jack shit they'd know the alliance is the only thing that's keeping them from getting killed.

You're acting like the Alliance is there for the colony's benefit at all.

The Alliance wants to better humanity.

And without all the vid villian cackling, murder and sheer lunacy of your previous employer.

And no need to sweat the small stuff (like uppity colonists) when you're bettering humanity, right? Well, that doesn't sound like any organization I know at all.

Still, at least you aren't actually claiming the Alliance is there for Inspiration's benefit.

No one is.

But hey, it is so much easier to argue when you simply fill in the words for both sides.

For example:

Oh my God, that's horrible! You sick man!

Having fun putting words in my mouth, Cerbie?

Anything I could say to you has already been said in this thread. But let me put it in nice, small words for you.

Prothean ruins are valuable. Sometimes there's super weapons then. Hence someone is going to want to take it. The Alliance is one of the few powers who give a damn about the people and will protect the site, while dissuading most terminus factions from tangling with CSpace.

Secondly the Alliance will ensure whatever is learned from the ruins benefits us all, not just one Terminus state hoarding the knowledge. Whatever we learn will benefit humanity. Unlike your last organization which decided that murdering humans in horrible ways, torturing them and sabotaging the Alliance was a great way to better humanity.

You do realise the 'terrorist' designation wasn't just for kicks, right?

Give a damn about the people? That's a laugh, given how you've framed your argument thus far. As J_Proctor politely told us, there's been no one asserting that the Alliance is there for the benefit of Inspiration at all. They're there purely for their own benefit, and to the observer, what's the difference between some ratty-ass Terminus state 'hoarding' all the knowledge and the Alliance? It's not like you guys are asking the Council to help with the science teams or send ships to bulk up the garrison. Whatever you're going to dig up is going to benefit one organization - I'm not sold on the 'species' part.

And for how much you're harping on me for putting words in your mouth, you sure are fond of trying to frame my opinion like I've suggested that Cerberus clearly did it better.