Hearing the question, I couldn't help but freeze. It was exactly what I was afraid they'd ask me, and, at the same time, it was exactly what they needed to ask me. If I could establish with the Wardens of Life that I could give them soldiers that were capable of fighting the Scourge and winning, while the other races supported us, then I could protect other humans and more importantly any other race that the Wardens might come across. Now that I was a Commander, I just needed to make them all agree to my plan. And it seemed like they were open to discussing the full idea.

"I need you all to understand some things before I really tell you the plan I have in mind," I started. "Almost everything that you know about my race is wrong."

I gave them a moment to digest that sentence before I continued with outlining what was wrong.

"Your scientists and anthropologists and archeologists, or whatever they are, all agreed and told you and the other Warden Commanders that we were supersoldiers. They told you that we had natural skill with all kinds of weapons and that we could do amazing things with those weapons. They were wrong. Humans can learn to use swords, axes, spears, whatever weapon we want to but it takes time to really learn them. To be able to use them with any skill in combat settings or to use them to do almost magical things takes years of dedicated training. Training that slowly ingrains instincts and muscle memory into us so that when we want to perform with the weapon we don't hurt ourselves and so that we can outsmart our opponents."

This all seemed to be something that they could follow and I hoped they could follow what I was going to tell them next since from what Cai had told me the Commanders were really hoping that this was true.

"Another thing that Humans cannot do is harness elemental powers such as heat and cold to produce fireballs and icicles on command. We can use technology and chemical reactions to make ice and fire but we can't control it and use it to fight with others. Some humans learned how to cause chemical reactions before anyone else knew what they were and they used them to make others think that they were capable of such feats. From the stories told about those people, entire worlds and stories of fantasy bloomed and some featured them very prominently."

"In short, when your scientists copied our internet over, you copied so many stories that were written for the enjoyment of others and almost none of them were true or based in truth. Yes, before you ask, you did get several archives of knowledge that aren't false so you can learn about us and what we can do. I just need you all to understand that we aren't able to do much of what you believe us capable of. Any questions?"

They all sat there for a moment before Mult spoke up with the only question any of them would ask at this point.

"Does this mean that when we sent your people to BS-HP-003, we sent untrained civilians to die?"

"You did," was the only answer I could give. "I had never held a sword before I stepped out of that coffin and got my first look at the black sky and the blue sun. I was sure that I was going to die, but here I am trying to prevent it from happening again and to save even more lives."

"We have no further questions, Commander James," Krnnmt said, his voice a sad note.

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"While I was on BS-HP-003, I spoke with Cai and he informed me of everything he could," I continued. "From what he told me I started to create a plan that seemed mad to me at first with no hope of actually succeeding, but now I think that with the help of the Warden scientists my idea can actually come true."

"Which brings me to my first order of business," I said. "I am told that I have claim to starships capable of moving between galaxies; Galxay-Jumpers Cai called them, I need those and all ships capable of filling them created as soon as possible. For my idea to work, I need to create an entirely seperate military force beholden to me and others like me. People who will fight the Scourge on every world they attempt to claim and those they have claimed."

My words peaked their interest I saw and the Hullmran, Hyell was the first to speak.

"Why do you feel that you must create this seperate military?" she demanded.

"Simple," I said, my answer coming to me easily. "This military force needs to be able to look impartially at any Scourge-held world and choose the best course of action to save and reclaim it. If that force is beholden to the political manuevors of people that have never fought the Scourge or are too old to fight them and think that running and hiding is the best course, then they will never be able to do what is neccessary. They will always be fighting one political agenda or another. To avoid that, that force will need ships that fall under the jurisdiction of the same person who is in command of the force. Thus, I need my Galatic-Jumpers and all ships that will fit within them or else I will be constantly fighting for resources and ships that others will argue will serve better at other areas and battlelines."

"Building so many fleets and the Galaxy-Jumpers to hold them will take many resources," Mult said. "Resources that others will argue should go to other agendas just as you say they would."

"I have a way to shut them all up," I told him with a smile. "I have killed two Scourge Queens and by the Queen's Bounty that means that I am entitled to one Galaxy-Jumper and the fleets inside of it as soon as I want them per kill. Two Queens, two bounties, two Galaxy-Jumpers, two fleets. I want them now, from what I understand, that means that they will be built as soon as possible and construction of them will begin immediately. If I'm claiming my bounty then I'm making a legitimate claim that the others won't be able to stop. Especially if I make sure that all civilian members of each race know I'm responsible for at least one Queen's death."

"That is why you demanded to carry the Queen's corpse to the researchers when you arrived?" Gul-fen said widening his eyes. "Inspired genius!"

"It was a big part of it," I admitted. "There were some other reasons but that was honestly the biggest one. With so many having seen it on board your ship, no one can stop it from spreading, and if you add in the video footage that many of them took, you can't tell them all that it's a lie or rumor. From your ship, it will spread by communication to others and the videos they have will also spread. Before long, everyone will know that a Scourge Queen was killed by a human and that the Queen's Bounty was claimed."

"I will leverage all my power and skill to see that your Galaxy-Jumpers are constructed. Further more, I will be demanding a third Queen's Bounty be attributed to you. You brought a corpse back and it held an embyo of another queen inside of it. This means that you have killed three Queens!" Hyell said excitedly, her cap beginning to pulse with different colors.

"I will also aid this endeavour," Krnnmt chirped excitedly while Mult nodded his own support and Gul-fen continued to push the conversation forward.

"What else do you require from us that will require our scientists?" he asked.

"I need your scientists that have skill with genetic engineering," I told them all. "They will be studying human anatomy and DNA before propelling me and any other human volunteer forward in our evolutionary track. They will be remolding us to be stronger, faster, hardier, and more capable of integrating with technological additions that will make us more capable of fighting Scourge. In short, I want your scientists to make a new breed of human; one that isn't as simple as we currently are."