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I AM FROM THE PLANET VILTRUM...
THAT MUCH IS TRUE. ALTHOUGH, IT
IS NOT THE PLANET THAT Т HAVE
TOLP YOU ABOUT SO MANY TIMES.

VILTRUM WAS A PLANET THAT HAD

ACHIEVED A PERFECT GLOBAL
SOCIETY... BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN
OVER NIGHT.

WHEN THE DUST SETTLED OUR

POPULATION HAD BEEN CUT
NEARLY IN HALF... BUT WHAT
EMERGED FROM THE ASHES OF
IT WAS DECIDED OUR OLD SOCIETY WAS A FIERCE,
THAT IN ORDER UNBEATABLE WARRIOR RACE.
FOR OUR PEOPLE
TO OBTAIN
INTERGALACTIC
DOMINANCE WE
MUST ELIMINATE
THE WEAK FROM
OUR PLANET.

WAS PROPOSED THAT WE BRING OUR NEW

WORLD ORDER TO OTHER WORLDS.

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EXPAND A PLANETARY EMPIRE.

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COUNCIL HAD APPROVED THE
IDEA, THE WORLD CONQUERING
COMMITTEE WAS FORMED.

THE FIRST STEP OF THE INITIATIVE WAS
TO LOCATE OTHER PLANETS THAT WERE
A CRUCIAL STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT...
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IN ALONG THAT ADDING THEM TO THE
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ENPEAVOR, BUT NOT SO FAR ALONG
THAT WE WOULD BE UNABLE TO
OVERCOME THEIR DEFENSES.

THE SECOND STEP WAS TO INSTALL

A GLOBAL WATCHTOWER WHERE WE
COULD KEEP SUPPLIES FOR A LONG
TERM OCCUPATION, AND MONITOR
THE ENTIRE PLANET FROM ORBIT.

THE FINAL STEP WAS TO SEND A TEAM OF RACESWHO COOPERATED WERE

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SURFACE TO ANNOUNCE OUR TAKEOVER. TECHNOLOGIES, WHICH COULD BE
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ACTIVITY-- ONE OF THE FIRST GREAT
EMPIRES OF THE GALAXY.

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THE WORLD CONQUERING MY JOB WAS TO LOCATE AND EVALUATE PLANETS
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WAS THE MOST POPULAR
PROFESSION ON VILTRUM.

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HAD BEEN EXPANDED AND
PERFECTED. I WAS
STATIONED ON A MOBILE
BASE THAT TRAVELED
FROM PLANET TO PLANET
AS WE CONQUERED THEM.

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LIKE ALL ATTENDED AUDITIONS UNTIL AT
CONTENT TO THE SEARCH
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COMMITTEE
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OTHER WORLDS. AGE, I LONGED
FOR THE CHANCE
TO TAKE A MORE
ACTIVE ROLE IN
THE WORLD
CONQUERING.

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RECRUITMENT SO MUCH THAT I GOT ONE OF THE
BEST POSTS IN THE CONQUERING COMMITTEE.

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EFFORTS... AT THE VERY EDGE
OF OUR EVER-GROWING EMPIRE.
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WITH MUCH MORE.
AS OUR EMPIRE GREW, OUR
FORCES BECAME STRETCHED
TOO THIN JUST TRYING TO
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TO AN ABRUPT HALT.
I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST
CHOSEN FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT.
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OURSELVES WITH THE PLANET’S
ENVIRONMENT... EVENTUALLY
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DID NOT BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO
DEFEND ITSELF FROM US, IT WOULD
BE OURS TO DO WITH AS WE PLEASED
FOR FIVE HUNDRED YEARS.
AT THE END OF THAT TIME, THE
KNOWLEDGE WE HAD COLLECTED
WOULD BE USED TO QUICKLY AND
EFFICIENTLY BRING THE PLANET
UNDER VILTRUM RULE.
RATHER THAN COME IN LARGE NUMBERS
AND CONQUER A PLANET BY FORCE, OUR
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PLANETS TO SURVEY AND WEAKEN OVER
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THAT INVOLVED LITTLE MORE THAN
ENDING THREAT AFTER THREAT TO
THE HUMAN RACE.
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AFTER ADVENTURE. AFTER A TIME,
I REALIZED THAT MY TRUE MOTIVES
HAD BEGUN TO SLIP FROM MY MIND.
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MORE COMFORTABLE LIVING LIFE AMONG
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WAS SO HAPPY...
I HAD NO CHOICE
BUT TO RAISE
YOU AS A HUMAN.

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MYSELF TO DO IT. MYSELF FROM HER EMOTIONALLY... I
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YOUR POWERS... Т KNEW Т COULDN'T
WAIT MUCH LONGER.

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2 ul WEAKENING EARTH’S DEFENSES.
 „AND NOW IT’S TIME
FOR YOU TO JOIN ME
AND HELP ME PREPARE
THIS PLANET FOR ITS
IMMINENT TAKEOVER
AT THE HANPS OF
OUR PEOPLE.

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THIS IS ALL
HARD TO TAKE
IN AT ONCE...
BUT OVER TIME...
IF YOU GIVE ITA
CHANCE I’M SORRY
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en LEARN ABOUT ALL
THIS UNDER THESE
CIRCUMSTANCES...
I TRIED TO TALK TO
YOU EARLIER. SEEING
THIS, Т KNOW, IS NOT
THE BEST WAY TO
LEAP INTO THIS
SPEECH.

NO. THIS CAN’T

BE TRUE. THIS
DOESN'T MAKE
ANY SENSE...
YOU LOVE
MOM.
 DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA VILTRUMITE DNA
WHAT OUR LIFE SPAN IS? IS 60 PURE AND
THE OLDER WE GET THE COMPLETE THAT YOU ARE
SLOWER WE AGE. WE NEARLY FULL BLOODED.
CAN’T LIVE AMONG I COULD MATE WITH
THESE FRAIL NEARLY ANY ALIEN
THINGS... YOUR BEING OF COMPARABLE
MOTHER Is EVOLUTIONARY
LITTLE MORE DEVELOPMENT AND
THAN A PRODUCE A SIMILAR
OFFSPRING.

THIS MEANS YOU EVERYTHING YOU KNOW

WILL EVENTUALLY BE y AND LOVE WILL BE GONE
AS STRONG AS ME. YOU BEFORE YOU LOOK THIRTY p>
COULD POTENTIALLY YEARS OLD. YOU DO NOT
BE STRONGER... AND BELONG HERE.
YOU WILL LIVE FOR
THOUSANDS OF с>
YEARS.

Ç || N DO YOU
REALLY WANT
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DO YOU
TO WATCH YOUR
UNDERSTAND
WORLD DIE
WHAT THIS AROUND
MEANS? You?

=, I KNOW THIS IS
CONFUSING, BUT
EVERYTHING YOU
KNOW IS WRONG.
WE DON’T BELONG
HERE... THIS WORLD
IS BENEATH US...
THESE PEOPLE
ARE BENEATH
US. THIS
PLANET ANP ITS
RESOURCES ARE
VALUABLE TO THE
VILTRUM EMPIRE. WITH
YOU AT MY SIDE,WE
COULD RULE THIS PLANET
FOR CENTURIES
BEFORE WE HAD TO
TURN IT OVER.
 THIS IS
MY LIFE...
THESE ARE

PEOPLE!
 YOU'RE
NOT THINKING
THIS THROUGH.
WE HAVE A
RESPONSIBILITY
TO OUR HOME
WORLD. YOU MAY
NOT UNDERSTAND
OW, BUT--

I DON’T
GIVE A DAMN
ABOUT VILTRUM,
OR ANYTHING
YOU’RE
TELLING
Me! І
DON’T CARE
IFTLIVEA
MILLION YEARS.
THIS IS MY HOME
AND I WILL NOT
LET YOU
DESTROY IT!

SON,
YOU DON'T
UNDERSTAND
WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING. T
CAN'T LET YOU
INTERFERE.