Intergalactic Summit

Today it was brought to the awareness of Al-Muhsi Cer'ana by old contacts within the Soveriegn Hospitaller Order of Saint Katherine that a shipment of people intended for induction into the educational reforms being championed by the Heir Yonis Ardishapur. It was indicated that Radonis in the Ardishapur Prime system was the destination. A natural choice, given Radonis' ancient reputation as a source of knowledge and higher learning within the Empire.

It is also the place that centuries ago the Blessed Prophet Ocilan began his journey along the Righteous Path, under the guidance of Paragyn Koreithis. It is the lessons of Ocilan and Paragyn that should rightly be taught on Radonis, and not the blasphemies this "Heir" endorses. His "reforms" are an affront to the Equlibrium at large, and I consider Miss Dougans' attempt to spread them to others a point of disgust.

As Al-Muhsi Cer'ana was able to give me a time on Miss Dougans' arrival, I personally arrived in orbit above this defiled planet to find her Sigil preparing to send its passengers to their spiritual doom. Those precious few seconds were a terrible mix of fury and revulsion at the thought of what would happen should I fail to save those people from the fate she was consigning them to. By Divine Providence itself, after my artillery had blasted the hull to wreckage, it was discovered that none of the passengers had perished, and the 330 new inductees were promptly delivered to As-Salam.

Thus, a small tragedy was averted, and while we may take some solace in that, it is only a reminder that thousands more such tragedies will occur every day throughout the cluster until our holy task is finished.

I thought one Disciples of Ston thread was enough.

Good fortune indeed that none of the passengers perished during your interdiction.

And who knows what else their lives might hold in store for them? Suffering does not preclude the possibility of future good things to happen in life. Death however does remove all possibility for good or ill in life. Which is why I've never liked the idea that it is better to die than face something horrible.

Isn't it fortunate then, that neither of those two things now are faced for those who've gotten through preliminary processing.

Death, what a unique perspective.

Who can speak of it better than we.

We cursed or blessed few that have exchanged the certainty of a spiritual forever, for the vain promise of a physical one.

I am told we are already damned. For God ordained that a man is destined to die but once, and then to face “Judgement”.

These few now have their judgement assured.

Their judgement is as assured as it is for all the rest of humanity, M. Syagrius. It has simply come a little sooner for them than others.