[FEATURE] Humanity in Hierarchy's service

[FEATURE] Humanity in Hierarchy's service

by Xalota Arterius via The Galaxy Weekly

The species known as humanity joined the galactic community some 31 years ago with a blast through the Relay 314 incident, or First Contact War as they've taken to calling the conflict that followed from the Systems Alliance expedition attempting to open an inactive relay.

The short war left many wounds that have yet to close on both sides, but more prominently on the humanity's who had their first interaction with sentient life outside Earth through the crosshairs of the Hierarchy Navy. Still, the Hierarchy keeps seeing a small but steady trickle of humans coming and joining them as client citizens annually.

First human to officially put the tier lapels on their service uniform was Tong Mei-Chu who signed up in 2172, some 13 years after first contact. The highest tier to be possessed by a human client has been 11, by Saul Lizarraga who served as deputy administrator on a Hierarchy deep-space station. The most popular year to sign up as a client prior to the war was 2180 when up to 164 humans chose to don the dark blue.

These were just few milestones for humanity in Hierarchy's service, but what really motivates people to submit willingly to a fate that waited humanity at large if a peace hadn't been brokered in 2157? A survey conducted five years ago came up with the following results:



A well known adage across species and time has been that government job is the most secure job, and the 15-year long service in various governmental roles certainly can keep the food on the table and roof over one's head even in most trying times. These days though, they're the only things guaranteed when working with Hierarchy as billions of service personnel and government workers can attest to.

Having a significant turian in one's life was second popular reason to join up, followed by second lease at life. However, one might be tempted to ask just what kind of deeds the potential citizens have done in their past to turn to the Hierarchy for their crimes forgiven? We can only hope the immigration officials have done their background checks well.

Humans in the Hierarchy right now are but a drop in the ocean of billions citizens, clients and turians, but their numbers are expected to rise with war orphans in the nurturing centers being offered citizenship at coming of age and uncertain post-war atmosphere encouraging more adults to sign up. Chances of accepting struggling human colonies into the Hierarchy is also a likely possibility today.

In the present, entertaining thoughts of humans widely accepting the Cause into their lives is wishful at best and imperialistc at worst, but in the long picture humans working shoulder to shoulder with turians and their other clients could be reality. That however, remains to be seen by the long-lived asari and krogan.

Firstly, Servicemen are Navy. I'm a Specialist in the Marine Corps, which I became after earning my degree in languages, and the required training every marine goes through, and then some. You're a smart man, Aleksanders, keep your facts straight.

Secondly, it's a an article about humans who decided to join another species nation, and as it has been repeatedly noted by everyone, Juhani's the only one present who fits the criteria.The question was what's it "like" being a client, not "how do I become one". I asked that question, because I was honestly curious, and if the Alliance ever get's to the point where a person, Citizen or Soldier, can't ask a question like that without being seriously considered a traitor, then it's no government that I wan't to be part of.

Fortunately, that isn't the case, and you're honestly just being something of a douche.

Really. Are you serious. Are you actually going to do this?

I was also a scout sniper for five years and around two tours Mr. Knox so I am at least somewhat aware of the protocols involved in becoming a marine so kindly do us all a favor and put that thing away. Furthermore, I was actually making a rather sincere attempt to not be an ass. Which did not go quite as hoped.

Ahem. As I was saying:
Mr. Knox I was not implying that you were a traitor. I was stating that Mr. Alavirta was. That he was, in fact, a traitor twice over with a rather transparently obvious hate based erection against both his former and current employers and perhaps asking a man who makes increasingly poor lifestyle choices his opinion on something he has bitterly declaimed in the past, indeed in this very thread, is unlikely to net you a reasonable, rational, or useful answer.

Style Knox. Style. If you're going to be insulting at least be entertaining to read as well.

Vohk, the process is pretty basic for immigrants. See an immigration officer, inform them you want to sign up. You'll get a quiz on your past, if you've been previously been working with their enemies etc. Complimentary background check, inquiries about languages you know, why you're coming. If you meet the criterias, welcome to tier 1, here's your stuff, have you considered doing the service and receiving actual citizenship?

If you don't meet the criterias, they'll inform you where do you have to improve to meet them next time. Presuming you are redeemable case in the first place.

Yeah I never got the appeal of willingly putting your neck into a harness - or a noose. I can bloody only imagine what would've happened if I'd been born some other species and the Hierarchy still wanted Solregit.

...It would've been bloody.

Moreso than it already was.

I just don't know how you can justify subjugating another species as your "clients."

...I get it with the volus...they're trading their executive skills for military defense...but for everyone else...Wake up and smell the tisane, you've got the odds stacked against you from the start in that game if you're not a boot-licking turian.

If it's about not answering to the survey, read your source material, doofus. It was done in 2183. I wasn't wearing tiers until 2186.

Juhani's continued breathing indicates that he is not chronically traitorous.

Am I going to argue with you over literal and general definitions? No. I'm not navy, and I wanted that to be clear.

You failed utterly, since you simultaneously implied that I was stupid for asking a simple question, and flirting with leaving the Alliance. So forgive me if I find you quite insincere.


Is that so?


That answers my question to my satisfaction. So, wrong again.




Are you serious? Are you actually going to do this? Is there any part of that outlines the need to be stylish or entertaining when I point out your douchiness? No? I'll continue on as before then, douche.

That sound like there is story there.

Are you going to be relentlessly anal retentive and cocky? Will I become as bored and disinterested with the remainder of your responses as I have become with this one? Will I call you an insecure idiot incapable of acting like he's been housetrained and socialized?

Yes.

Yes most likely.

Not stupid so much as unwise shall we say. One is the result of unintentional ignorance, one is the result of ignoring the man waving semaphore flags against a backdrop of fireworks all spelling out the message "You know it might not be a good idea to do this thing".

I somehow sincerely doubt that there is less paperwork and bureaucratic interaction involved in obtaining client status within an alien power than there is in registering for the Weekly Bean Coffee Catalog Annual Subscription for your complimentary coffee maker.

And yes actually! Yes there is.

It's in the subheading of "as a moderately well adjusted and relatively confident human male I will endeavor to keep my panties as unbunched as possible and keep a sense of humor about me when the big bad corpy says I might be doing things wrong rather than reflexively reverting to pedantic ass-hattery".

Well, yes. Take that as my truncated description without the waiting periods and other assorted technicalities.

You think this has anything to do with you being a CEO, or whatever? I'm perfectly well adjusted, because I am unwilling to forget or forgive something you committed against my family, and are so morally putrid that you lied to, and continue to lie to the world, about what happened, knowing that any evidence to the contrary was either destroyed or bought away by you.

I will never be civil with you, because you are unworthy of civility. I know the kind of person you are, and I will never pretend otherwise. People can read this, and you'll sell them some snakeoil on how the whole event where you threatened the life of my wife because she asked you a few questions is clearly a lie, before throwing more accusations of yellow journalism you like to throw at her occasionally. You'll continue to walk free, despite the one crime I witnessed you commit, and no doubt more that I'm unaware of.

I'm an imperfect man, Aleksanders, and I occasionally let my fists and feelings speak for me. But at least I never had a squad of people aim guns at a pregnant woman for the having the gall of calling me out on a lie. That one's entirely on you.

So call me whatever you want, insecure, idiot, whatever. I'll rest easy knowing what I am compared to you.

Its really not like he has been hiding how shitty of a person he is okay!!!

Ahem.

In order.

What? What?
Beg pardon? (Well she is but also) hahaha what? Just...I

what?
I don't really care but just What the everloving fuck Mr. Knox?

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what?

Also:

Oh piss off. I've donated enough money to charity to likely fund a small fleet of pleasure ships, so I think I can indulge in the occasional extranet dickishness without damning my immortal soul.