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Steel Forged in Fire, Reinforced

There is an old Terran saying: "You can't please everyone, so stop trying."

And yet, for the Collective, we did indeed try. We tried because the alternative: Sapient Races slaughtering each other en-masse, was far too hideous. And yet the civil war happened anyway.

Our Dream was nearly ruined. And for many of our governments, the dream proved a nightmare. Brave One girls violated by Terran neo Nazis, the Gwarth homeworld descending into an orgy of cannibalism and murder, the Ancients tortured by their far more advanced kin: The Witnesses.

The Galactic Entente rose again, the pillars ensuring that the skies above the various Homeworlds would not collapse! The Plooth officially joined the Galactic Entente after the collapse of the Coalition of Worlds and, to the horror of sapients across the galaxy, The Valorous Hegemony splintered as well. Various Lords within the Hegemony swore that they would purge Brave One lands of alien life, and the Hegemony became a squabble of feuding states.

All seemed lost. The Gwarth who remained committed to the dream found their own Homeworld trying to murder them. A blood cult took root amongst the people and threatened to consume all life in the galaxy.

But the Entente's banner continued to fly, and slowly the Collective races rallied beneath it. Several of the splinter states of the Valorous Hegemony accepted a more Oligarchal perspective instead of the Dictatorial whims of the previous administrations, and as they regrouped so too did the Ancients. The Witnesses mocked their kin, revealing that it was they who created both Brave One and Gorris to taunt the Ancient, but Entente support prevented the Witnesses from asserting themselves with too much gusto. The Entente battled the rebellions within both the Terran Confederation and the Valorous Hegemony, leading to a mass Exodus from Earth. To the shock of many, the old United States of America stood side by side with extremist racial elements who were proclaiming the natural superiority of Humanity, and as the Terran rebels regrouped the Entente chased them until their fleets were scattered far away from Terra. What was once a Confederation became the Terran Federation, and with the restoration of the Terrans as a mostly unified Interstellar Power, the Coalition of Worlds could be restored.

The Valorous Hegemony, with some Entente support, could finally get its affairs back in order and eliminate the Feudal and Xenophobic Lords who wanted to warp the Brave Ones in the style of the abominable Human supremacists. And thus the Collective could finally be restored, and focus its efforts on crushing the twisted mockery the Gwarth Empire became. Gwarth "liberals" found life increasingly difficult for them; the Gwarth Homeworld began to declare that their Gods demanded they feast on alien flesh, that the Gwarth would be free of impure influences if they killed and ate every last sapient species that wasn't them. The Gwarth Rebellion, still committed to the Dream of the Oblongs, realized that it would have to turn against the people of their Homeworld. It was truly a painful fight, an impossible choice, but a choice all the same.

With the support of the Gwarth rebellion, the Oblong Collective conducted a full scale invasion and reconquest of the Gwarth Homeworld. The cult was driven underground, and even now efforts to fully suppress it are never quite successful.

Despite everything, the Oblong Collective endures. Two races have applied for membership since; the Germin and the Ar-Loot, and their contributions only enhance the strength and legitimacy of our great Collective!

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