One of the hologram Benitez's stood. The features were sharpened to reveal it as Custo'. Rage burned in his eyes, a rage that had not faded since he had first learnt of the severity of the situation back in the Pilots Bar. He looked around him staring at each of the Elders seated around the room.
'How can you all tolerate this, the supposedly wise Elders of Crete? The Benitez familia have nearly the numbers and millitary strength of The Brotherhood and yet we are treated as inferiors! Every Corsair is equal, and yet we are treated as unequals due to our blood-line? I am sure this is a sign of things to come, unless we act now! The Corsair nation was once a great and powerful empire, a empire that reached for the stars and then crushed them under it's feet. We were feared. Fear is not sustainable method of control when our enemies can plainly see us bickering like small children, fracturing and falling to peices. Look at what is happening. The forces of the Brotherhood are weakening. Even tonight you have lost two of your hermanos, two fine pilots. You not only lose them but their ships, two of the Osiris class dreadnoughts I believe? A very hard ship type to replace.
The Brotherhood is losing it's allies fast. First the SCRA, who have been pivitol in the defence of Crete, Gamma and all the Corsair people. They have proven themselves in the fires of battle, as have my familia the Benitez. We have both lost ships, and the lives of our hermanos in the fight to defend the Corsair people. I know The Brotherhood has lost many too, shouldn't this loss draw us together even more? We fight for the same cause (exept of course the SCRA, they have their own agenda.) Apart from us who else can The Brotherhood truly call it's allies? The LLDLG have dissapeared from the face of Sirius and you are percecuting your last ally, us the Benitez familia. Soon you will be alone in the cold unforgiving depths of space.
We are asking for equality not domination over the Brotherhood or any other independant Corsairs. The forces of The Brotherhood have for centuries been the most powerful- the dominant force in Corsair space, perhaps even all the Omicrons but that is changing. Your perceptions of greatness has made you arrogant, with the majority of you believing you are supreme in every way to us. You accuse us of cowardace and label us as tratiors to the Corsair people. You have percecuted us, but it is your fault this whole situation has arisen through your intolerance! We -are- your equals wether you will accept that or not. It was The Brotherhood that has caused this whole situation! You have be-littled us and ignored us! You are wrong, and it is only a matter of time before you discover that. Our enemies circle, vultures waiting for a moment of weakness. For the Corsair Empire, this is a moment of weakness, do not let the vultures close... Let us relight the flames of battle, but not with each other. Let us turn these blazing flames on our enemies and break them asunder our guns!
These opinions are my own, and not nessicarily that of my familia and my Don. Take them as you will, but as my home- our home! Grows weaker, I will not stand by idly. You have been warned, the vultures are coming. You have a choice: Unite as equals or die.'
The rage still burned in Custo's eyes, but now they were dimmed, as if exausted by his speech. He bowed his head and re-seated himself allowing the holo-image to blurr once more, fading him into obscurity.
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