Emergence 3.0
A Novel – In One Page Per Day
Day 311, Wednesday
November 7th, 2018
Chapter
Three: The Atheists
A debate
raged among the general staff. Most wanted to do something to free themselves
from the malevolent influence of the continuum.
They were as
divided as the members of the Observer Corps among them.
Regardless
of their desire to take action, to change the fate of the Empire, only a few of the commanders believed that the best course of action would
be to move against the Central System in this moment of weakness and
uncertainty.
They had no idea what they would find there. Not even the observers knew
what they could expect, they had never been privy to the defenses of the
HomeWorld, of the Continuum, they could only assume that those defenses would
be formidable.
The observers guided the discussion as best they could while trying not
to give away the fact that they had special knowledge.
Very few of the senior staff believed in the dogma of the Imperial Cult.
Their hesitancy was not based on religious fear or superstition, it was based on
the lack of familiarity with fighting against a power with immeasurable
resources.
There was only one person that any of them could think of turning to in
this moment of existential dread, but he had left the general staff decades
ago, and was now the high priest at the temple of the Imperial Capital.
They were governed by fear of the unknown, by fear of the Continuum, by
fear of failure.
They sent an invitation to the high priest, their most exalted Marshall.
They asked him to join their conclave, and in that moment they knew that they
had played their hand, they were committed.
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