The Primal Directive

So if we were a starship these days what would we be about? The country is so politically divided it would fall apart if it comprised one starship, but so-called conservatives are running everything now and their starship would be interesting, a tool for intergalactic plundering.

They're kind of like the BORG, too, being so intolerant of dissent as to indicate a shared consciousness. Remember, they wanted to kill John Roberts over one bad vote, and some poor, rookie congresswoman was threatened with annihilation for the same reason.

You would not want to mess with them. They're warlike like Klingons. When they want something they want it bad, and they want more: more money, more power, more control. This M. O. only works if they're the most potent entity around. They take what they want by any means.

Irrespective even of efficiency. They seem sometimes to go postal just for practice or to blow off steam, though it may be as a warning to potential rivals. They've declared open-season on us all, in so doing. If a more powerful player shows up we'll be toasted by the photon torpedoes.

They don't care. They'll declare it the "second coming" and stretch their arms out to Jesus, the fucking idiots. Their starship would have a nice name, like FREEDOM or HERITAGE or even ENTERPRISE, as part of the disguise, but the record is there. They're only out for more resources.

And woe to you if you stand in the way.