Unnamed Story

They say that The Empire started humbly; one man with a dream of freedom. Of course, that isn't true. Empires are a mixture of both coincidental timing and being the right person at the right time. He didn't begin his quest knowing He'd set up The Empire, or that He'd be known as the one to free the worlds.

He spoke of the injustice that existed under the Trade League. How He wanted the billions of people just like His family not to have to live on the farming quotas. How they watched everything they made be divvied up to the nearest League captains to have it shipped off to the center realms for a pittance in return. How He joined the burgeoning rebellion militia to learn their ways. Fought in the minor rebellions not only to figure out how they operated but also to find the best resistance fighters to work for his cause. He didn't think He was special.

Sometimes the historians and priests call it providence. As if, regardless of how the Chemics protested and stated it was nothing more than coincidence, God (or Gods depending on whichever religion was popular at the time) put him in the situation to change it all.

To tell you the truth I did it because I was bored of the League. I let the test run it's course and the League lost. He always said He was just the right man in the right time. He was always like that. Going on without noticing even the most obvious of courses I forced Him down, as if He didn't realize my hand at work. I have said He with the capital H because they still worship Him to this day. Half a Galactic rotation later and it's still all about Him.

What a Joke.

Either way this test is done. The 'Great Free Empire' is dying. The Regents have turned despotic without one of His kin in charge. Of their own doing of course, having murdered His line long ago without the public suspecting. They hoard the Empire's treasure for themselves. The 'Age of Light' is flickering out but they don't see it.

You. You will be called the Destroyer. The Ender of the Empire. Although to be fair it's just another empire in a long list of empires spanning back to the dawn of time. Of course, to them it is "the Empire." You will be, simultaneously, loved by those who see the corruption and despised by those who do not.

I tell you all of this for two reasons.

One, your story is not your own but that of every other great change sent upon this galaxy of ours. Your story is for the future, as were all the past tests.

Secondly, and more to the point, you won't remember any of it.

Fear not my little Cosmic Lab Rat, for I will be there to ensure you do what I need. Whenever you feel as if you have no other choice, feel as though you must stay on course or die, that will be Me at work. You will not feel it or know it but I will remember you. The people will not remember you as a person. You will be the epitome of hatred, yet you will restart it all. You will set them free.

Now wake.