There will always be war, even if the 4 empires find peace, thousands of corporations will continue to fight the far regions of space to give us business.

There will never be an end to war. As long as someone has an axe to grind there will be some fool trying to wipe the other off the face of existence... Or at least out of their region. If anything our wars will only get more intense. Larger battles, higher stakes, more things to fear, bigger enemies to kill, more profit to be made.

Now, if you're asking me what will happen when my war is over and I finally feel like I've gotten my fill of killing, that's a question I can answer. I'll probably end up marrying Niina someday. No idea how long that may take to see through though. It's hard, y'know? Finally setting down the gun and picking up a ring. Then once we're together I don't much care where we go.

Maybe we'll stick around and build up our company. Maybe we'll just drop everything and go live out the rest of eternity on some far off planet. I really can't say which I'd rather do.


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I think one day I'd like to own a lighthouse by the sea. They're outdated tech, lighthouse, but I've always dreamed about living in one. Being the guiding light for passing ships as they come and leave our lives day after day. There's a poetry in it. Then some days Niina and I could just sit by the sea and watch it, knowing that through all the trials we'd faced we some how got through it together.

I've thought about that lighthouse a lot during deployments. Sometimes when I'm laying in the dirt clutching a rifle and the panic attacks set in, that lighthouse is what guides my mind back to safety. Then every time the fighting is over I just want to go home to my girl and live out my life with her like I'd promised myself I would. But I can't... Because it scares me.

Because it's hard, y'know? Setting down the gun and picking up a ring.

I will continue my service for the Empire, and also continue providing important knowledge to those that are not yet of the Faith.

"I give to you the destiny of Faith,
And you will bring its message to every planet of every star in the heavens:
Go forth, conquer in my Name, and reclaim that which I have given."
- The Scriptures, Book of Reclaiming 22:13


Duty is its own reward.

In the event that the four great empires do come to a time of peace together, I might pick up baseline starship piloting. Maybe even get into the mining and ship building industry with my capsuleer buddy.