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On Sat, 5/14/16, David Shaw <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: K'kree vs Hiver, was Re: [TML] GMing Manipulations
 To: xxxxxx@simplelists.com
 Date: Saturday, May 14, 2016, 8:08 AM

 On 14 May 2016 14:42, "Phil Pugliese (via tml
 list)"
 >

 > I can agree with that but I would argue that it
 doesn't go far enough.

 >

 > I don't believe a society that rigid would be able
 to suffer such a 'panic catatonia'  w/o suffering a
 severe upheaval.

 > Now, if the Hivers have their tentacles imbedded so
 deeply that they could 'guide' the K'kree thru
 something like that then they really are well on the way to
 becoming another (semi)slave race like the  Ithklur.

 Which could be just the further threat the
 Hiver used to get the K'kree to withdraw.
 They wouldn't have had to reveal the
 manipulation to the whole of K'kree society, just the
 high command, who could then be 'persuaded' to halt
 the war and keep quiet about the whole filthy affair, either
 for the good of the entire herd or just so that the
 commanders could keep their privileged positions, whichever
 the Hiver thought would be the best approach, or 'we
 will light the fuse on all the other projects we already
 have in place, ready and waiting, should you be so unwise as
 to choose the wrong path. You think what we have done here
 is bad? How desperately do you wish to find out just what we
 are really capable of?'
 As to whether the Hiver want the K'kree as
 Ithklur 2.0, well who can tell? Maybe they do, maybe they
 have other reasons. Maybe they were testing whether the
 K'kree should be allowed to survive as a race in their
 present form or even at all. Maybe their aim wasn't even
 the K'kree.
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True.
Perhaps that what was what 'The Rebellion' really was?
A Hiver manipulation?
Worked quite well for a while didn't it?

***FLASH******FLASH******FLASH***

A noted archeo-historian claims to have recovered an Ancient vessel which, while heavily damaged, contained some salvageable items including data storage devices which were not only intact but still functional.
"They info they contained was remarkably easy to access", stated the famous professor.
Unfortunately, according to the scientist, the records mostly seemed to be the itinerary of a very highly placed Ancient ruler.
There were some notations though, which indicated that this ruler made an extended visit to a system, called 'Quaran' by its native sophonts.
Extended well beyond the original travel plan.
What seemed most interesting to the scientist was that apparently, after the extended visit, the Ancient ruler completely changed his previous plans to continue touring the cosmos & began issuing many new commands. There are a number of notations indicating that the individual making the entries was very surprised.
Almost as if the ruler  seemed a different person to him.

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