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My successes are legion, but they will never wash away my failures. Nor should they. Instead let them be a lesson to all who come after me. Even the great Wu Tenchu wasn't infallible. | My successes are legion, but they will never wash away my failures. Nor should they. Instead let them be a lesson to all who come after me. Even the great Wu Tenchu wasn't infallible. | ||
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When <Player's name> fired on the Centurian ship, claiming he/she was protecting the | When <Player's name> fired on the Centurian ship, claiming he/she was protecting the Child of Heaven, I understood the Collective's scheme. I prepared legal briefs and defenses which I believed would vanquish their case before the UHW. Each one was fashioned with the same meticulous care a jeweler might give to his most exquisite creations of gold and diamond. I smiled when I anticipated the inevitable result: victory for the Sian Empire, and the thwarting of the Centurian Collective. Such hubris... Their attack surprised us all. Our proud empire, conquered in the blink of an eye or the beat of a heart. To this day I've wondered what signs I missed. Was the alliance between the Centurians and the Besalaad nestled away in the intelligence reports, discernible to one who thought to gather the motes and understood their pattern? | ||
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I was beyond the Collective's reach when the invasion came. Perhaps if I'd been on Sian, able to join the resistance... Would things have been different? Could the Emperor have evaded capture with me at his side? A million questions torment me. | I was beyond the Collective's reach when the invasion came. Perhaps if I'd been on Sian, able to join the resistance... Would things have been different? Could the Emperor have evaded capture with me at his side? A million questions torment me. | ||
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The woman's battle cry ended with a gunshot that penetrated her mask and scattered her brains across the wall. Four more shots added to the grim decor, leaving a single masked man standing above the corpses. | The woman's battle cry ended with a gunshot that penetrated her mask and scattered her brains across the wall. Four more shots added to the grim decor, leaving a single masked man standing above the corpses. | ||
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"The room is clear," he said. | "The room is clear," he said. Wu Tenchu pulled off his mask. | ||
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"And the others?" the man in the doorway asked. | "And the others?" the man in the doorway asked. | ||
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I spoke with him. Aboard | I spoke with him. Aboard Chief Assembler Wilex's cruiser, when <Player's name> and the others brought him back from Sian. I stared into my friend's eyes and felt his joy wash over me. His words still ring in my mind. | ||
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"This was greater than any strategy you've ever used on the weiqi board," he said. | "This was greater than any strategy you've ever used on the weiqi board," he said. | ||