Have you heard of the Vaashti clan

Are you part of the vangaurd fleet

what is your numerical system

What sort of... information

........I grow tired of your foolish questions child.......NO I have never heard of the Vasssshti or vanguard fleet! There is only one numerical sssyssstem to the Vasssari, asss you ssshould well know! The only thing we count is how many ssshipssss you have.....if you know ssssomething of my ssssuperiorssss, anything at all, tell me and I will tell you if it is ssssatisssfactory.....

Surely such a powerful Vasari such as yourself must not have many superiors.  Tell me, who are these few unfortunate beings who serve above you for now...

Hahaha......I like your sssstyle child.....you'd do well as one of my---forget it.....it was a foolissh notttion.....above me......you are right, sssomewhat....there issss not many above me.....there are many higher in rank, true......but i anssswer to none other than the Fleet Admiral Commander......Flankxxx......hisssss.......I have decided to not go ahead with my trap.....at leasssst.....not for now......I enjoy mysssself to much where I currently am......bessssiddessss......I sssstill have a ssscore to sssettle with.....Koooolllllll........

{so this one has met Kol? mm, is he Mani'ki?}

you must be a very important person to deal with the fleet admiral.. what is your current rank? where you perhaps Mani'ki?

My current rrrrrank? Hmm.....it hassss been ssssome time sssincccee I lassst checked.....out here we have very little concern with rrrrankssss........hiissssss.........lassst I checked.....I wasss a Sightblinder......am I Mani'k? Am I Mani'k? Child.....hissss........I am much more than any Mani'k.....but yesss.....I am Mani'k......

[check out Sinners for a rank chart. for some reason, its not letting me post graphs here at the moment. i dont remembr wat page the rank charts on tho.....you'll have to browse.]

{im guessing he was a high rankning Mani'k who either captured/fought with Kol, perhaps training or something him, but Kol escaped and he's a commander? mmm}

A Sightblinder? i am hounored to meet such an important Vasari, have you fought in any of the important battles? are there any other Trader Worlds that you helped conquer?

[getting closer.....u'll have to tell me exactly who he is though. Kol did escape from him, yes.]

Child......your pathetic attemptsss at flattery help no one here.....as Vasssari, you sshould be above sssuch mockery......persssonally, i have fought in very few important battlesss, I leave that to my Mani'k.....if they are needed.....but my most recccent battle....hisssss.......wasss the one where we captured the "great," "heroic" Alexander Kol. The name essscapesss me at thisss moment......and no....I have not helped conquer any other Trader planets besssidesss the onessss I posssessssss......it would be.....a wasssssste of my time......I only arrive when there issss great need for me.....like the.....dissscusssionssss.....with the Advent......hisssss......they make me rage.......but we ssshal sssee wat comessss of thesse talkssss.........

why do you hate the advent? is it their psionics?

THEY ARE HERETICSSSS! Heinousss creaturesss worssse than the terranssss! And they are more adept at sssspace combat than the other humansss........more cunning, more treacheroussss, more decccceptive....my pressssenccce is required during the private dissscusssions between the....hissss.....Advent......and grand Vasssari sssinccce I have perhapsss the mossst ssssskill at detecting deccceit or liessssss.....but asss they propheccciessss sssay, "Those who challenge wrongly the strength of their betters will only taste the burn of humiliation as they are squashed beneath the Vasari's toes." There cannot be much to fear from the Advent....for they foolissshly challenge our might.....

I feel you are sssslipping.......and the sssspiritssss tell me I have not yet delivered what iss required of me.....tell me, child.....what isss it you sssseek? The ssspiritsss have commanded it sssoo.....asssk and I ssshall deliver it to you....

[to begin a "Judgment"-type mini-story. ask for something random (please make it more interesting than a sock) and I'll see how I can make this into a small adventure. All mini-stories will be included in Sinners. just a heads up. so make it something interesting.]

What spirits do you speak of?

Child.......the ssspiritssss bade me patient but you tessst me.....HOW DOESSS ONE OF THE VASSSARRI NOT KNOW OF THE SSSSPIIRITSSS!!!!

.....hissss.....come then, child, sssit by me, and I will tell you of the ssspiritsss....

They came to the Vasari near the Vasari's very birth into existence. Some say they came before and were already there when we broke free of the Dark Thought, but others say we awoke, and moments later the Spirits arrived. Either way, the Spirits appeared before us at our first moment of existence, and since then they have guided us in our destiny of total domination over the rest of the universe, as they said was fated to be. Every prophecy you have ever read, even the small ones you grew up on as a child, were proclaimed by the Spirits and then written down by the Vasari. That is the true reason why I hate the Advent. You would not know since, not being in the truce negotiations, but the Advent speak to us the same way the Spirits speak to us. It is blasphemy!

But the Spirits wish me to tell you their story. Do you want to listen?

[im working on the Spirit's history, and its gonna read out a little bible-ish. Hey, we're talking about the beings behind the powers of Creation, after all. If anyone gets offended by others making up pretend religious histories, I advise you to vacate this thread now. Or stick around and mystify yourself in the convoluted and awing history of the Spirits.

"And Five became Four became Three....and then came Madness."

    - from the History of the Spirits

[I'm fine so long as you you, the actual person, don't start acting like its real.]

Yes, I would be interested.