Ethereal
Banned Member
- RP Date
- 5th Month, YE43
To: Her Majesty, Empress Himiko
From: Senator Iemochi Seinosuke
[Confidential]
Your Highness,
I'd like to put forward a humble request for your consideration, if you'd be so benevolent as to take the time out of your busy day to read this.
I find myself at somewhat of a crossroads in life. Sometimes it feels as if I'm being pulled in four directions. A father, a soldier, a senator and a governor. I'm sure you can empathise, given your many roles and responsibilities.
I'm serving aboard the Resurgence currently and I'm very glad to be back in the Star Army's navy after being stationed on Virginia for the latter part of the war. The Star Army provided me with family when I was alone in the world. If I had it my way, I'd spend my whole life in the Star Army, journeying the void to pay back all it's given me.
Being able to lend my experience and knowledge to the crew brings me back to the first days of the Kaiyo I, I feel pride when seeing all the bright new faces and helping them where I can. Koyama-hime in particular is a very promising and fascinating woman, whom I'm glad to have the opportunity to share my experiences with.
However, every day I am reminded that I can be of use to the Empire in different ways as well. Ideas buzz through my mind which the Senate may benefit from hearing, one of which passed recently to help protect our Constitution. I feel confident in my abilities as a governor too, and have immense satisfaction for the good I've done in that role so far.
Most of all, I see my pregnant wife and children needing to be aboard the Resurgence to be with me. I worry that they might be exposed to a harrowing experience one of these days because of that, or they will grow up without having other children around them to play and socialise with.
I've considered my options but there aren't many. I could continue this way, but I'm having to invent new technologies like the Spider Pad just to help make the arrangement more practical.
I thought I'd write to you confidentially and ask: Would it be possible to make an exception to the ST cloning law in my case?
If you allowed me this, I could retire from the Star Army to Virginia. The PAINT system to the Senate from there isn't long, and my family would be safe and happy on-planet.
At the same time, the other me would stay in the Star Army. I'd keep on being a productive and valuable member of the military. In the past, I've contributed to battles, scientific and strategic discoveries and so on. Mostly, I'd like to help Koyama-hime and others reach their full potential, whatever that may be.
On balance, I believe my proposal was worth conveying and the circumstances are clearly different from what that law was written to protect against - abuse of clones.
Thank you for your time.
Kind regards,
Taii Iemochi Seinosuke
@Wes
From: Senator Iemochi Seinosuke
[Confidential]
Your Highness,
I'd like to put forward a humble request for your consideration, if you'd be so benevolent as to take the time out of your busy day to read this.
I find myself at somewhat of a crossroads in life. Sometimes it feels as if I'm being pulled in four directions. A father, a soldier, a senator and a governor. I'm sure you can empathise, given your many roles and responsibilities.
I'm serving aboard the Resurgence currently and I'm very glad to be back in the Star Army's navy after being stationed on Virginia for the latter part of the war. The Star Army provided me with family when I was alone in the world. If I had it my way, I'd spend my whole life in the Star Army, journeying the void to pay back all it's given me.
Being able to lend my experience and knowledge to the crew brings me back to the first days of the Kaiyo I, I feel pride when seeing all the bright new faces and helping them where I can. Koyama-hime in particular is a very promising and fascinating woman, whom I'm glad to have the opportunity to share my experiences with.
However, every day I am reminded that I can be of use to the Empire in different ways as well. Ideas buzz through my mind which the Senate may benefit from hearing, one of which passed recently to help protect our Constitution. I feel confident in my abilities as a governor too, and have immense satisfaction for the good I've done in that role so far.
Most of all, I see my pregnant wife and children needing to be aboard the Resurgence to be with me. I worry that they might be exposed to a harrowing experience one of these days because of that, or they will grow up without having other children around them to play and socialise with.
I've considered my options but there aren't many. I could continue this way, but I'm having to invent new technologies like the Spider Pad just to help make the arrangement more practical.
I thought I'd write to you confidentially and ask: Would it be possible to make an exception to the ST cloning law in my case?
If you allowed me this, I could retire from the Star Army to Virginia. The PAINT system to the Senate from there isn't long, and my family would be safe and happy on-planet.
At the same time, the other me would stay in the Star Army. I'd keep on being a productive and valuable member of the military. In the past, I've contributed to battles, scientific and strategic discoveries and so on. Mostly, I'd like to help Koyama-hime and others reach their full potential, whatever that may be.
On balance, I believe my proposal was worth conveying and the circumstances are clearly different from what that law was written to protect against - abuse of clones.
Thank you for your time.
Kind regards,
Taii Iemochi Seinosuke
@Wes