| Fellow People of Earth, I come to you in the wake of recent events to issue a call to reason. Let no human deny the perils of our time. While we battle one another, divided by the petty strife of our common history, the tide of greater conflict is turning against us, threatening to destroy all that we have accomplished.
It is time for us as nations and as individuals to set aside our long-standing feuds and unite. The tides of an unwinnable war are upon us, and we must seek refuge on higher ground, lest we be swept away by the flood. The Freedom Phalanx is no more. Whatever symbols of unity and protection it once provided is a phantom, a memory. With our enemies left unchecked, who will you turn to for protection? The devastation brought by the alien invaders is self-evident. We have seen our homes and neighborhoods destroyed by the calculated blows of the Rikti. We have seen first hand our friends and loved ones consumed by the nightmarish Lost. Unprecedented and unimaginable though they may be, these are the signs of our time. The time has come my fellow people to rally to a new banner. In unity lies strength; already many of the dissident factions have joined us. Out of the many we shall forge an indivisible whole capitulating only to a single throne, and from that throne I shall watch over you. From this day forward let no human make war upon any other human, let no Earth agency conspire against this new beginning, and let no man consort with alien powers, and to all the enemies of humanity seek not to bar our way, for we shall win through, no matter the cost. |
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