Among the many letters of protest, mail bombs, and death threats I recieve on a daily basis, one question resurfaces more frequently than a snobbish Imperial accent in a discussion with Gash Jiren or Daemon Hyfe; if I am against the Rogue Empire, the New Order, and the New Republic, who am I for?

Simple.

I am for the people. I am for the residents of the myriad factions which have arisen since Emperor Palpatine's death, and not the coniving leaders of said factions and their political machinations that are played out daily on a stage constructed of the corpses of those negligently and intentionally murdered for the sake of power.

I am for responsible government, government which serves the people, instead of using them to elevate their own personal power with dark and devious plots and agendas. Government which doesn't use it's people as cannon fodder, or fling them into poverty so they can line their pockets with gold and their borders with Star Destroyers.

I am for democracy, something which seems to have eluded even that supposed moral titan that is the New Republic. For leaders elevated not for their war mongering aggression and ability to blaze through a star system in less than a minute with as high a body count as possible, but for how they plan to support their people.

I am for religion and government separated, a system of leaders not diluted by the Force. A system of leaders whose agendas are not tainted by their relentless quest for power in which the galaxy is lumped into two groups; Jedi and the Ignorant, the latter of which become expendable.

And until even one galactic government begins putting forth even the most minute effort to move towards these values -- common values among the common people -- I will continue to degrade, insult, and slander all political leaders I see wrong with. I am not going to settle for the leader who twists the economy for his personal gain the least, for the leader who propagates the fewest massacres, for the leader who brainwashes his subjects the least.

Settling for the lesser of two evils is what bought us Emperor Palpatine, as many morally upright people flocked to his side because the rebels allied themselves with the scum of the galaxy, vagrants and lowlifes. The same applies today; the same vagrants and lowlifes form the government structure of the New Republic.

People are not meant to be playthings to be torqued and twisted about like Emperor Fearsons' Force alignment, to be pawns for those in power.

-Viryn Quell,
Freelance Author