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Day 12 Catch Up: Day 10 Politics

Cipher Friday Picture 1:

Look at me, being such a naughty man: Fashionably late for not one but 3 days, on top of today! I will strive to explain the easiest way possible: Kardeva and I had some dates that reinforced peace is a lie, there is only passion. ;)

Still, I owe to my readers, my husband, and myself to continue on and write the three days out in celebration of #CipherFriday. Go Cipher Agents!  Ready? Here we go.

Day 10: Politics Let’s talk politics. Are they solidly on the side of the Republic or the Sith Empire or are they neutral? What are your character’s political opinions? (Ideas for topics: slavery, the Jedi, the Sith, the Outer Rims, the Dark Council, the Republic Senate, etc.) What issues do they prioritize, and what issues do they ignore? Do they desire to do something to change politics or do they not bother? Do they trust their political leaders?

This is a heavy subject... Perhaps I should break this up into three posts? I think I will.

Currently, I'm solidly on the Alliance side. I'll say it now: My husband is the commander, and I'm loyal to him first before any faction. Where he's loyal, I'm loyal. Simple as that. Of course this is complex given I've ridden a figurative rollarcoaster to come here and get this far.

When I was a child, I was loyal to the Empire and to the Sith. I thought Sith were the end all, and be all of power in the universe. My destiny was to become one of them given my force sensitivity! My mother and father ensured I knew that. Heck, they ensured *everyone* in the family knew their destiny was to become Sith by any means necessary. This included the rare non-force using purebloods in the family, like my cousin Pergaleas.

As you know from previous days, that changed at 15. I was still loyal to the Empire; they're my people whether I agreed with becoming a Sith or not. So I picked a career that would limit my contacts with Sith, while still serving the Empire. Was it worth it in the end? I prefer not to think of it because that's calling into question a huge part of my life, and I wouldn't change it. I wouldn't have Kardeva if I didn't go through because he'd be talking to a different man.

Brief Pause for Another #CipherFriday Picture:

Blazing fireball ain’t got SHIT on me.

However, in terms of politics, I would have to say the Republic and Empire are flops. Mind you they're flops for different reasons, but they're flops. I find the Empire is a flop because despite moving forward and bettering ourselves in terms of technology, studying the Force, and our worlds we still haven't learned the lesson that balancing our intense anger, hatred, passion, survivle, etcetera with our other emotions like love, joy, loyalty, honor, and other emotions. Without that balance, time and time again a Sith betrays another Sith to the point where no one is really focusing on the real issues like fighting the enemy we're at war with!

To that end, I can see why Empress Acina hasn't put together a Dark Council really, and the only Darths there are in the Empire are the ones that survived. The Empire trains Force users in the Dromund Kaas Sith Academy, but most of them just stay Lords or become servants within other branches of the Empire. No point putting together a Council that is too busy infighting. Bloated and broken.

As for the Republic, I find it has too much faith in "being good". In fact there is so much faith amongst the Republic in the goodness of their society, that they almost choose to blind their eyes out instead of admitting there are problems. For instance, how many people would believe a senator found a way to purchase slave collars? *Slave collars*. A senator of the peaceful, democratic, no slavery Republic purchased slave collars in order to get the non-human employees to work for free. Or how many would believe that one of Darth Zash's protege's may have tried to find a peaceful solution to getting an artifact from a Jedi, only for that Jedi to betray them and attack anyway?  Then they all go home, and give themselves a toast to their inherent goodness against the evil Empire.

Be undercover in the Republic for a few years, and see all the glaring hypocrisy that no one wants to address. Then I suppose it makes it easier to justify mass slaughtering my people at the end of the Great Hyperspace War. Someone has to be the bad guy to convince people to keep fighting, right?

Now as for prioritizing and changing things... I'm second in command to the Galactic Commander. There are many things I can change, and strive to. However, I know blindly changing things without considering the consequences is not the wisest move. How I prioritize is what is needed immediately vs. what needs to be over the long term. Right now, the immediate is stopping whoever betrayed Kardeva, and ensure Alliance Intelligence keeps moving. Over the course of time, I do wish to change things so Zakuul is a participant within the galaxy, instead of the enemy of the galaxy. Reconciliation is not easy but I feel/think it must be done.