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The Real Reason the Sathar Bombed Volturnus by Kveldulf

Volturnous Planet, Zebulon System - The peoples of the Frontier have been duped by a group of maddened Eorna survivors discovered decades ago by stranded explorers. Regrettably, the explorers bought the story fed them by the Eorna, that a hostile species called the Sathar had attacked the "gentle reptiles" centuries ago without provocation. In an attempt to ensure their species' legacy lived on, the Eorna engineered several new sentient species to carry on their own culture and knowledge after the Eorna became extinct.

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In fact, the Eorna are little more than a band of psychotic individuals attempting to cover up their species long history of oppression of and crimes against other species. Centuries ago, the Eorna were contacted by an advanced starfaring race called the Clikks. The Eorna were master geneticists but lacked stardrive or an appreciable military capacity, and so were easily subjugated by the militaristic Clikks. In exchange for limited autonomy, the Eorna agreed to provide their expertise in genetic engineering to the Clikks. Over several centuries, Eorna doctors and scientists created new biowarfare organisms and engineered numerous slave races for their Clikk masters.

For reasons still unclear, the Clikks pulled back from this sector of space about 1000 GST years ago. Leaving behind what they believed to be adequate garrisons, their ships vanished without trace into the Void. Only two sentient races had been conquered by the Clikks in the area around the Frontier sector - the Sathar and the Eorna. Even with their masters gone, the Eorna patiently labored for their overlords; the noble Sathar, however, refused to remain enslaved. Throwing off their shackles, the Sathar revolted and drove the Clikks and their slave soldiers from the Sathar homeworld. Soon after, they secretly contacted the Eorna and requested their aid in driving the remaining Clikks from the local systems.

The Eorna, ever loyal to their Clikk masters, warned the cruel aliens of the Sathar liberation fleet headed for Volturnus. When the fleet arrived, no Clikk vessels were to be found. Mystified, the Sathar captains hailed the Eorna on the surface - had they already driven off the oppressors? The answer came soon enough, when Sathar negotiators sent planetside were reported murdered in cold blood and reports of a surprise assault on the Sathar homeworld by the remaining Clikk ships in the sector arrived via subspace channels. Enraged, the Sathar launched a mass bombardment of the Eorna homeworld to eradicate the treacherous reptiles. This done, they returned to the Sathar homeworld (which had successfully repulsed the Clikk attack) and left only a few sentry installations behind.

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Some Eorna survived the bombardment and - as is their way - vowed revenge on the Sathar and all freedom-loving species. They immediately set about manipulating the slave races they had engineered for the Clikks, now set free by the Sathar invaders to follow their destiny. Corrupting these species was not enough for them, however, and they soon embarked on Phase 2 of their plan - to create a mechanical race bent on extirminating all non-Eorna life forms.

When the Sathar sentry beacons were set off by starships exploring the system on behalf of Truane's Star, the worms were dismayed that the Eorna threat had again reared its ugly head. They were even more dismayed when their own soldiers were attacked not only by the vile Eorna, but the very slave species the worms had set free hundreds of years before. Worse, the Eorna had acquired new allies and turned these new races against the peace-loving Sathar as well.

As we all know, two devastating wars have been fought between the UPF and the Sathar since then. The Sathar lost both engagements, with heavy losses; their military technology (undeveloped due to their peaceful nature) was no match for the more aggressive UPF species. Now the Sathar only hope to come to a peaceful solution to the conflict, and to expose the terrible crimes and lies of the Eorna to the other sentient species of the sector."

- from "THE TRUTH ABOUT VOLTURNUS", a freeware data publication attributed to Navuhl Chamberlain c. 151 fy