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Originally Posted by Jasonft
The plot thickens...
I wonder just how many factions are currently (as of this point in this thread and on this planet) running around with advanced access to psi and flux. There has to be something almighty important going on in the shadows we haven't seen yet, or a couple of nigh-immortal Atlantean avatars would surely have squashed Unity like a bug by now.
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Oh, believe you me, they've been
trying. Zadatharion and Aradel would just love to take out the Unity. Of course, like many things, that's easier said than done.
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Some would argue that last point, but does anyone really think that a guy who was one of the most powerful fluxons on the planet over 5,000 years ago *and* who had a pretty good idea at the time of what they were facing in Unity *and* carries a really big grudge against it could not obliterate it from the planet if he was unopposed by other fluxons? Feh.
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Well, that would be true enough, except for a couple of things. Zadatharion and Aradel could almost surely annihilate the Unity...if they could
find it before it got too big! Remember, no matter how big your gun, you still need to know where to aim it, and the Unity is very good at hiding itself amid humanity. After all, its individual components are
physically human, for the most part. To distinguish one from a true human requires either TL9+ technology or very specialized esper skills (or the assistance of some dogs).
If the Unity grows too big, manages to achieve sufficient size, then killing it becomes all but impossible unless you can gather all its 'members' in spot somehow.
And remember that the Unity is also hunting Zadatharion and Aradel, it's trying to take them out too...and it has a hard time finding and cornering them long enough to do the deed, too. It's a big, big world, full of people, full of things, full of hiding places. Both sides know how to use that fact.
But you're right, there
are other players in the game too, in various places around the world. There are places in the world where most people don't even know the world has places, too. Various people, and various things, have chips in the game. The United States Government has only just realized the game is going on in the 1920s, the Seven Aces are America's representatives in the hidden wars...and even they don't understand the game they're playing yet.