“Greetings humans! It has come to my attention that you exist. In recognition of your existence I would like to inform you that your star system has been conquered. Specifically, your planet was granted to the Enquest Sector Power and Waste Management Corporation for use as a disposal site for a dangerous substance we have decided to translate into your english language as ‘Mana.’ Over the next twentyfour hours of your local time system you will be given the option of becoming class one citizens of The Authority. This will give you access to the Transdimensional Power and Waste Mutation Nullification and Extradimensional Storage and Transit System or MENU for short.”
“In light of these recent changes your planet has been reclassified by The Authority from a class F, or frontier world, to a class D, or dump world. Thankfully in recognition of the Homeland Act of system year 12,342,964,526,541 by the Earth Equivalent System Time or EQST or the year 5,562,100 BCE by your current calendar system, you are allowed to remain in your homes. This is not recommended. Over the course of the next three years of your current calendar system your planet will be transformed from a safety rating 50-53 to a projected SR of 5,623,111-5,700,003 planet. As the basic combat level of your species is only 10 it is recommended that you find passage out of the system before these three years are up.”
“This has been an automated announcement by the Enquest Sector Power and Waste Management Corporation, serving the Enquest sector with clean safe power since system year 1,000,000,000. Thank you and have a great day.”
The Enquest Sector Power and Waste Management Corporation has elected to offer you Class one citizenship. Do you accept?
“Uhh… Yes?”
As a class one citizen you now have access to the following Social Classes
[Slave] [Serf] [Indentured Servant] [Vagrant]
Based on your history MENU suggests you select [Serf]
Please Select a Social Class
“Vagrant?”
Based on MENU data this is an inappropriate option.
This may cause issues with your interactions with the people you know.
Please confirm your selection.
“Confirm”
Please state your name for system records.
Please avoid stuttering as the exact pronunciation will be recorded in System standard phonetic language.
“Lucas Arthur Williams”
Did you say “loocuss arhur wilyums?”
“No? In the english spelling it should be…”
One moment, we are processing your input.
Thank you for waiting.
You input has been judged as a “Yes”
Is the result acceptable?
“Sure.”
As a final step the system will analyze your Mana affinity and grant you ability augmentation equal to one combat level or CL. It is important to recognise that your ability to survive an environment can is related to your CL it is recommended that you stay in areas where you CL exceeds the local SR in order to remain safe.
Analysis complete you have been granted 10 augmentation points. Congratulations on your new status as a class one citizen of The Authority. Please access the MENU to review your system data, this can be done by saying the word MENU.
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“Umm? Menu… menu? Menu! MENU.”
