"So... well... I died as it seems? Then I woke up as a character from an online science fiction game... And the craziest thing was that I was in my personal spaceship... Aside from that, I have this weird gaming system bugging me with missions and stuff... So... finally, something interesting happened in my life at last. At least now, I am unbound by anything and can do as I wish." - Acturus Al-Yesod Crawford "In the grim darkness of the endless space, there is only one sole constant that has ruled the space since immemorial, that dictated the life and death, the order and chaos of every single living being. Power. This is the story of one of the most controversial people in the history of the Known Universe, Arcturus Al-Yesod Crawford, the Star Mercenary, Bounty Hunter, Trader and many other titles..." - Prologue Chronicles of the Known Universe: Chapter Star Citizen, Star Date: Unknown *** Tags: Aliens, Androids, Army, Army Building, Automatons, Assassins, Artificial Intelligence, Cosmic Wars, Fleet Battles, Futuristic Setting, Male Protagonist, Mercenaries, Monsters, Outer Space, Nobles, Late Romance, Slow Romance, Money Grubber, Supernatural Powers, Psychic Powers, System, Game Elements, Strategic Battles, Strong to Stronger, Transported into a Game World, Wars, Evolution, Genetic Modifications, Industrialization, Military, Politics, Poor to Rich, Strength-Based Social Hierarchy, Time Skip
Fall of the Mind Fleet was always a celebrated event across the Cosmos as the Mind Flayers were hated by all, probably even more than Orks or Arachnid Swarm by a great degree. That just affirms how much menace they were to civilized space and civilization, star-faring nations.
Still, the Mind Flayers were a really powerful species that had a certain degree of right to do what they wished because that was like things functioned in the winner Cosmos. The stronger fed on the weak to get even stronger, and there was no mercy.
If someone wasn't powerful, then it ended there, and nothing else could be done.
It was also one of the reasons why all civilizations so desperately tried to cultivate more and more powerhouses to protect their borders, interests, and, in the end, also their very own existence and fundamental right to even exist.
Without power, the person was just an insignificant speck of dust on the tapestry of stars; anyone could fall.