Life on Grorr is frequently deadly. Nearly
every living organism is toxic, the atmosphere
can be breathed only for a few seconds
without a filter, and the jungles are filled with
vast numbers of dangerous predators.
Nevertheless, the Yorr carved out a colony on
Grorr, and are well on their way to bringing
about the extinction of several of the major
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predatory species. It is little conquests like
this that affirm in your heart the values of
"When I look into your eyes, I see the
Yorr civilization.
suffering of a million horribly tormented
prisoners. The scent of blood and the stench
You remember the example of Emperor Azgar
of death cling to you like a robe."
the Genocidal. The Yorr homeworld once
- popular Yorr love ballad
had an insect very much like the cockroach of
Earth. The Emperor hated this insect, and
As chief advisor to the Baron of Ghast, it is
vowed to destroy it. To do so, he used
your duty to construct a situation which is as
horrible toxic chemicals that slew a quarter of
favorable as possible to the Interests of the
the population, and caused nine out of ten
Baron. This sometimes goes against your
newborns to be deformed. In order to
basic instinct to bloodily slay every living thing
preserve racial purity he had the deformed
in your path.
newborns burned. During his reign there was
such massive resistance that two rebellions
But that's not the point.
broke out that nearly destroyed his empire.
Finally, he used a series of orbiting satellites
You were born on the planet Grorr, a deadly
which bombarded the planet with lethal
and terrible planet. Grorr is one of the
radiation, and the insects, as well as about
newest worlds under the iron dominion of the
eighty percent of the Yorr, and most other
Baron of Ghast, which was settled as a
remaining lifeforms, were destroyed. In the
challenge after the Vergosi proclaimed that no
famine that followed the disruption of the
race could possibly settle there.
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ecosystem, millions more perished.
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But what makes Azgar such a great Emperor
of being slain in battle, along with himself and
was not his defeat of a mere insect. It was
his entire family. But the Imperial Council
his demonstration of the absolute power of
mandates that the Emperor think of more than
the Yorr over their environment. He rendered
his own happiness. Duty forbids the emperor
the surface of the homeworld nearly lifeless,
to abuse the power by starting an
devoid of vegetation or animal life. A Godlike
unnecessary war just to ensure that he will
act. And in doing so he created an absolute
die violently. However, the prospect of
necessity for new food sources, which led to
spending the rest of their lives locked into an
the slave engineering camps and the "learn
incredibly destructive war was too much for
physics or be eaten" program which produced
the Council to resist, and they approved the
the first Yorr starship. In destroying his
Emperor's plan.
homeworld, Azgar opened up the entire
galaxy for ultimate destruction by the Yorr
The Emperor then sent envoys to the Baron
race.
of Ghast, Gadarr, your master and the
Emperor's most hated enemy. It was
But the challenges of environment, or of
generally agreed within the Empire that the
fighting alien menaces like the Retull simply
Barony of Ghast was not only most likely to
cannot compare with the struggle of Yorr
succeed in a civil war, but would be the most
against Yorr. Sadly, there has been no great
bloodthirsty and enjoyable opponent. You
Civil War in nearly two centuries. Even your
were honored.
own world has grown fat and content. The
predators, the bloodslicked horrors of
Over the next few months, Imperial Yorr strike
secondary school, and the terrible gore-
ships conducted a set of limited raids on
drenched thrills of dating are not enough for a
Ghast, mostly along the UPC border. By
young man to feel truly satisfied. You
"coincidence" two human freighters were
became a full warrior just a few weeks after
"accidentally" caught in the crossfire. The
the last actions against the pernicious Retull.
Imperium issued its usual aggressively frosty
apologies. Ghast on the other hand
Now a new Emperor has risen, one who may
expressed outrage, and offered compensation
be a great Yorr emperor. It is no little
to the UPC. It was not easy to do this, but
decision for him to make. If there is a civil
for the plan to succeed it is important to
war, the Emperor will probably have the glory
befriend the humans. Ghast could never
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succeed against the Empire alone, and while
on the industrial world of Gohorr, and murder
it would be fun to die gloriously by trying, the
every living person on the planet.
war would be short. With the UPC and
Ghast fighting the Empire, the war could drag
It will be a glorious war. All you have to do
on for generations. Imagine entire
is keep your temper until the UPC makes an
generations never knowing the horrors of
absolute statement of support for your side.
peace.
There is one problem of course. Your Baron
Now the difficult diplomatic phase begins.
has forbidden you to die until the negotiations
You must push the UPC ambassador into
are complete. This places you under terrible
making an irrevocable statement of support
constraints, and is a source of constant
for Ghast. The UPC ambassador here has
anxiety that makes you irritable.
plenipotentiary powers, and if he makes a
treaty with you, then the war can begin at
The negotiations are supposed to be
once.
completed on Tau Ceti Prime, but you want
to pressure the Terrans, and your opposite
You have been instructed that a good
number in the Imperium, to complete the
strategy with UPC ambassadors is to refer to
negotiations now!
the Yorr as "our peaceloving race" as often
as possible.
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If everything were perfect, the Alsarii would
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also get involved. Preferably on the other
You want the UPC to support you in
a war with the Imperium. So does
side. You hate Alsarii, and would love to see
the Imperium
their entire race reduced to a thin layer of
rapidly cooling crustal material. You tell them
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this at every opportunity.
You are barely able to control your
natural urge to eviscerate your
opposite number.
Of course it will be hard to avoid mentioning
the little surprise the Baron has cooked up for
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the Empire. Two hundred Alpha-Class
You want the negotiations finished!
NOW!
fighters prepared to land a marine battalion
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