The Storyteller
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BREAKING NEWS
“Citizens of the galaxy, hours ago, officials here received footage from what was originally considered a surprise firebombing of a popular bar on the independent planet of Atlas. Within the footage, the Sith Empress, Aadya Drast, can be seen causing catastrophic and uncontrolled damage that resulted in the severe injuries and deaths of numerous individuals, including some of her most-trusted colleagues.
The footage may be considered graphic in nature and viewer discretion is advised.
The footage, taken via security camera, clearly shows Empress Drast cowering behind a table of some sort before using her ill-trained powers for her own selfish interests. While her allies fought against planetary authorities, Empress Drast appears to ignite flammable substances within the bar in order to slaughter everyone within and provide her with a means of escape. Among the dead is the former Sith Lady Darth Valravus, one of Empress Drast’s reportedly closest friends and a stalwart protector of the Empire. Atlas officials thankfully put out the fires and retrieved the footage thanks to a tip from a concerned citizen of the galaxy. After reviewing the footage, it is clear to all: Empress Drast is unfit to rule.
The cruel Empress knowingly set the bar and its inhabitants on fire and, though she can be seen escaping with injuries, it is clear that she has no control of her own powers. This is not the first instance of the Drast dynasty’s inability to rule, however. In the past eight years, the Sith Empire have lost a Drast Emperor to a coup, lost a Drast Empress to a Kaggath, during which she cheated, lost a Drast Emperor to assassination, and now is ruled by an unstable megalomaniac incapable of controlling her own subjects. It is clear to this reporter that there is no merit to the Drasts coming into power anymore and are instead put into power thanks to a dying lineage clinging to relevancy, despite a clear lack of qualifications. The Empire has faced nothing but strife and turmoil since the rule of the Drasts.
Empress Drast is clearly unstable and is quickly losing the vote of the public with her tyrannical method of ruling. See, for example, how she handles the political minefield of the Mandalorian dilemma: rather than negotiate with the warriors, as Emperor Rask once did, to lead to an uneasy peace, she brings the full might of the Imperial Navy to their home world to commit the genocide of millions of innocents. What planet is next to fall under her ill-advised gaze? Coruscant? Alderaan? Dromund Kaas? Citizens around the galaxy see such atrocities and cannot help but be worried for when their time will come.
With the debacle on Atlas on clear display for the galaxy, it is evident she holds little regard for her subjects. She willingly provoked a planet that has a long and vocal history of not welcoming Sith. There can be no doubt about it – with her escape, only more unnecessary suffering violence and retaliatory bloodshed will come. Incidents like these are easily avoidable and no lives needed to be lost, yet the Empress chose to sacrifice her own subjects to protect herself.
Think for yourselves, citizens of the Empire: does Empress Drast appear to be looking out for the wellbeing of her own people, or is she simply seeking power to dominate the innocent?
We report, you decide.”
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