OMEGA CONQUEST
by, Jamal Green
An Introduction…
“You have created an abomination. Alpha-Man is a sin; an imbalanced defect,” she said.
“I gave my rock-chucker a fighting chance,” he said. Was it not unfair for Alpha-Man to be seeded in the harshest habitat?”
“The rules of the experiment were clear, no version of the hybrid species was to receive any further upgrades or additions from us. They must achieve a higher state of being on their own," said the collective.
“And per those rules, I added nothing to Alpha-Man. However, no such rule was made against taking things away," he said.
"Subversion," she interjected. "We all understand methods of addition by way of subtraction."
No things were added. I simply removed Alpha-Man’s ability to perceive of his connection to Source.”
“Thereby removing Alpha-Man's ability to experience a sense of self-content. He is now transformed into a paragon of perpetual motion, restlessly seeking outside of himself that which he already possesses inside. You made him unconscious; blind to his connection to everything, everyone, and most of all Grand Source Creation. Such a cruel, lonely state of existence you have created for Alpha-Man,” the collective said.
Alpha-Man has internalized this cruelty and now wields it like a weapon, spreading it like a virus throughout the galaxy. It is for this reason, the abomination must be deleted," she said.
“How can he be an abomination if he has gone from throwing rocks, to interstellar travel sooner than his brethren and much sooner than any of us might have anticipated,” he said.
"And yet he has not evolved spiritually. His rocks may have advanced technologically, but he still only knows how to chuck them at others...and maybe even at us if we're not mindful," she said.
“Our concerns are as follows. Every tool Alpha-Man develops he uses only to better make war. He is at war with the environment, he is at war with himself, and he would attempt to war against Grand Source Creator if he could perceive of it. In removing his ability to perceive Source you have cruelly created a being whose spirit does not know peace. Without an adequate spiritual connection to counterbalance his high intellect, Alpha-Man is indeed an unbalanced abomination. You have reverted the hybrid species into a feral beast of abnormally high technological advancement; a veritable monster of war, a monster that never rests, a monster that is never content, a monster that only knows love through his love of domination and conquest. Worst of all he is driven by an all-encompassing, insatiable need for 'more',” the collective said.
"I am in full agreement with the collective's assessment. Therefore Alpha-Man must be eliminated from the experiment,” she said.
“Alpha-Man shall not be removed," said the collective. "All versions were granted free will to use as they may. If the other versions don’t abide Alpha-Man’s pursuit of conquest, let them employ their free will and stop him."
“Thereby forcing the other versions to become just as war-like as the abomination in order to stop him? That is not honoring their free will.
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“Free will encompasses the freedom to choose to be dominated or choose to resist,” he said. “We are not in violation.”
“We gave them free will when they were balanced creatures before he changed the conditions of the experiment,” she said. “Allowing free will to continue in such an imbalanced creature is dooming the galaxy to defect. Alpha-Man spreads his diseased nature like a plague. Conquest is an unchecked virus colonizing one star system after the next. It is for this reason we must cure the infection and restart the experiment.”
“We shall not interfere,” said the collective. “The rules of the experiment remain intact. Alpha-Man’s imbalance also serves as a prison where he is blocked from Source and locked into a perpetual state of war and conquest. When there is nothing else left to consume, the imbalance shall consume itself, thereby ending the abomination.”
“Then we’ve failed. We've failed to honor Grand Source creator," she said. Yes, Alpha-Man may eventually destroy himself, but what about the other versions he takes with him? What about their free will? What about the fate of my beloved Omegans? They have no freedom to choose when their only option for survival is to become just as war-like as the abomination itself."
“Don’t count the Omega Star System conquered so soon," said the collective. "Omega is teaming with an abundance of creation-level life force. Yes, the Omegans face imposing odds, but their connection to Source is unmatched,” they said.
“After all, who are we not to believe in miracles?" --Eloshaa Collective
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Omega Star System; believed to be the last in the known galaxy to develop interstellar travel. As such, many of its worlds were ripe for conquest by more technologically advanced cultures like the beings from Alpha Star System, who, given the harshness of their early environment, developed in constant opposition to their surroundings rather than in a more harmonious state of being practiced by most Omegan cultures. Where Alphans sought to dominate their environment, Omegans strived to be at one with their worlds and each other.
When competing ideologies meet, there is conflict, as was the case when the Alphan Empires began 'colonizing Omega Star System. From the Alphans’ perspective, Omega was a perfect prize. It was abundant with untapped resources and populated by beings not prone to acquiring and hoarding resources. Rather than repelling the invading forces, Omegans welcomed their imminent conquerors with open arms, like distant brethren of the same star family. It was only after the Alphans had a stronghold in the star system that the Omegans learned of the brutal, oppressive methods with which Alphans spread their technologically advanced "civilization" to “lesser” developed cultures.
The Alphans faced a great dilemma. For the first time, they encountered more abundant resources than they were able to pillage. Rather than simply take what they could manage, the Alphans devised ways to feed their insatiable addiction for ‘more’. This affliction meant Alphans had no concept of ‘enough’ and sought to take everything, even more than they could manage to the point where rather than leaving any resources behind, an Alphan would just as soon die. And die they did. The Alphan Empire broke into separate factions warring with each other over the rights to "colonize" various sectors of Omega Star System.
Facing the need for a labor force large enough to mine exorbitant riches, the Alphans tapped Omega’s richest resource, its people. Many vibrant, unique cultures were forever lost as native Omegans were captured and forced into the vilest form of chattel slavery to feed the Alphans' insatiable desire for excess resources.
The Interstellar Slave Trade had begun and continued to ravage Omega for many generations until a time known as the dawn of Enlightenment, wherein an anti-slavery Alphan sect known as the NOF (New Order Federation) broke off from the dominant Royal Empire (RE). The NOF sought to assimilate native Omegans into Alphan society, while the Royal Empire maintained the harsh practice of chattel slavery.
“Every system of control simultaneously gives birth to that which rebels and seeks to destroy the system, especially in such an extreme circumstance as chattel slavery.”--unnamed Shoga
Omega Conquest is a space saga about a unique team of Omegan outlaws hired by the NOF as freedom fighters battling the Royal Empire’s Trans-Galactic Slave Trade in exchange for time off their prison sentences. In a morally corrupt, spiritually bankrupt society, the line between criminal and hero is sometimes inconceivable.