There was an active communication that showed projections of a set of four different fish people that had a simple set of scales over their bodies.
There was a single shark-like person that was on the first projection that was wearing a full set of white battle armor. The next projection was of an octopus person that had on a lab coat and simple slacks. In the third and fourth projection I saw two simply designed fish people that had gills on the side of their necks and had larger fins in place of their ears would be if they were Terrans like I once was.
"Ashen, we are here to rely our decision on how you are to be punished for refusing to purge The Ashkara due to their inferiority to us, and their urge to kill any other race that they ever run into". The shark like projection said in a growly tone.
"Yes, I did not kill them despite what you have asked of me, but if we going killing other races without looking for the possibility of there being other solutions that not result in violence then we are not any better than The Ashkara that you have requested for me to exterminate." The octopus looking projection said in a serious tone.
"It does not matter what you say. We as have chosen to demote you and your second in command will take over the role of leading the active military campaign against these abominations since you have defied us once again." The shark growled at me.
"You are now in command Darvac. We hope that you do not disobey us or we may have to consider making you and Ashen both part of our new program meant to control those that think of disobeying our orders." The serious toned projection said as the projections started to fade away from my sight.
"Ashen what were you thinking? You know that it was very stupid of you to defy the will of The Divine Council. Are you crazy? I should not have to r\tell you what happens to those that go against their orders." A tall and slim being that had gills on the side of their neck and the body frame of a Terran. The difference was that they had scales instead of flesh all over their body. This must have the Darvac that was to replace me as the leader of this purge strike against the
"I had to stand up against them because they were going to send us to our deaths as a means to purify The Ashkara". I said in a deep voice that sounded old and did not seem to be my own.
"Just remember Ashen that if you ever defy The Devine Council ever again then they will force you to become one of the expendable people that are forced to join The Severed Creed." He said to me as he walked around my war tent of the camp that was set as our base of operations on the ice planet of Faljore – 9.
"If I must defy them to ensure that I am going to protect the lives of lesser species that are just getting to a point in their evolutionary process that they were meant to take then I will be able to live with whatever type of punishment that they chose for me. I do not care who orders me to do things, I will never go against my nature to protect the lives of the weaker races that I have the privilege of observing." I said as I pounded the table out of rage.
"It does not matter what you believe. In the end we are bound by our traditions of doing as The Devine Council orders us because you know that they each have a direct connection to our race's goddess." He said to as he started to pace around the tent.
"Just because we are a very spiritual people that does not give us the right to purge the other races of our galaxy for living a very different type of life than us." I said to Davan as I stomped my right foot on the ground.
"I do understand that you do not believe in purging other races, but since I am now in charge of this campaign your opinion does not matter to me. You will be demoted back to the rank and prestige of a simple soldier with no rank or power." Davan said to me as we waved his right hand and the guards of this tent threw me out of it with force.
I noticed that I was once again in the pool of blue that I was normally in when the ai was in control of our shared body.
What was that I had just experienced?
"That was a memory that I thought that was of very great importance to share with you". The ai said to me.
How were able to do that?
"Since the collective has now become a lot more whole, I have the ability to share the memories of our members with those of the collective."
So, then who was this Davan and Ashen that I have met in this memory?"
"They are two Osdronians that did some that ended up changing the way that our creators handled other alien races and in time changed their fate as a race."
Why did I not get to see what happened to Ashen before you ended the vision of the past?
"I ended the sharing of this memory because I could sense that you were needed because we have finally made progress on two of the projects that we had our followers had started after we discovered the first of a missing section of the star chart that should leads us to the hidden planet where we could locate possibly the last survivors of Zularian United.
I have given you full control of our shared body again so that you may go and check on the progress that we have made since the battle that we had against so many factions.
After the ai had given me full control of my body I opened my eyes and hoped that some serious progress had been made on the two major projects that I had assigned to the top scientists that had recently joined The Fulkore Collective.
Would I be able to revisit the shared memories of the other members of the collective ever again? If I did get the chance, whose memories would I be visiting the next time that I was able to relive the memories of the other members of my collective? The thought excited me, but I had to take my job as the leader of this ancient faction that was now taking an active roll in the war very seriously because if I made a single bad move, we could possibly lose everything.