Humans!

Are you concerned about our place in the galactic community?

You should be!

Our position is in danger, a declining population means a declining power-base! To help stabelize our numbers we need to rebuild our homeworld, and to do that we need you to be at your best.

The Systems Alliance wishes to remind you that we are all in this together!

Be your best and contribute what you can, and remember the Alliance is always happy to financing support new and growing families, including those that adopt.

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Did you know that,

• black-market profiteering has gone up by almost 500% in some areas on Earth
• the black-market does not only hurt your wallet but also the rebuilding effort
• the money you spend on the black-market is used to finance and/or facilitate other crimes like drug trade and counterfeiting
• The Systems Alliance, offer rewards when you aid it in identifying large black-market operations

Help yourself, help humanity, Report all black-market activity!

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Did you know that,

• The Systems Alliance is essential in the rebuilding of Earth and the stabilization of the human colonies
• The Systems Alliance is one of the largest and stable employers
• The Systems Alliance is always looking for new recruits
• The Systems Alliance is more than just the military
• The Systems Alliance is always looking for new recruits

Help yourself, help humanity, Consider Joining Today!

Stupid motherfucker can't even spell counterfeiting correctly. Typical

Thank you for you input, the System Alliance is stronger thanks to citizens like yourself.

Together we are strong!

...well then.

Because I must write something in reply (and I really must lest my brain flee from my skull in a frantic attempt to escape this...thing) I would just like to point out that the Systems Alliance generally has, to utilize a rather trite but no less accurate phrase, "bigger fish to fry" with regards to problems plaguing the reconstruction effort.

There has always been a black market, there will always be a black market, and, frankly, in this instance the black market is actually doing some good by relieving a portion of the strain on Alliance logistics trains. It keeps people alive and promotes a degree of bartering and trade even in the regions where SATAE can't be effective.

Or rather, especially in regions where SATAE can't be effective.

In any case the problem will largely solve itself once people are provided with a safe and reliable source of critical agents such as antibiotics, medications, food, and purified water.

Which would probably be a more effective use of those "reward" funds really.

Are you serious? You humans are at the center of Citadel politics, and you're worried about your place? You've got the Citadel in orbit over your homeworld, for the Goddess' sake. How much more important do you need to be? I don't want to be mean, I really don't. I've met a large number of rather nice humans, find your culture fascinating, and in general have a rather positive outlook on the species. But... Seriously? Humanity does not need to be concerned about their "place in the galactic community." You people are pretty well cemented into a place of prominence for the time being, and quite possibly the foreseeable future.

Well I mean a military alliance that helps foster strong mutual bonds between us and two of the most fearsome martial powers in existence would be nic-

Oh.

Right.

Hrm.

Perhaps nigh exclusive access to the vast majority of Cerberus's cutting edge te-

...damn.

One of the most popular and influential beings of this, or any, century in modern history to be one of us and wear the uniform of our national militar-

...

Maybe a throne?

I mean it's not strictly necessary but it would help shore up the message I think.

I think it is something genetic. Because no species screams more about wanting more power and not being taken seriously like humans do. Even when they are already one of the most powerful species in the galaxy in less than a fucking century

They are also paranoid as hell, which is saying a lot!

I heard someone say once, and I think I understand what he meant, that of all the races we know about, humans are psychologically most like batarians. I mean, it makes sense to me. Humans and batarians didn't so much fight their way to the top of the food chain, like turians did, as trick their way up, if that makes sense. So they're less self-assured, more hungry for power. Humans are less aggressive about it than batarians, I think - you just need to look at their teeth to see the difference. But I can see what this guy meant, you know? They both have that tribal mindset, they look to, I don't know, consolidate power for their own self, their family, their tribe, and fend off others. Like those dolls from the northern parts of the largest continent, if you know what I mean, one inside the other? Like they have increasingly exclusive circles of interest.

Okay, that's a bit like salarians, but the difference, I think, is that humans and batarians are far more aggressive about expanding their influence, about controlling more resources in an overt way. Like with all those colonies they have. Because, like with the dolls, those outer circles are all sort of pressing in, you know? So they're more easily frightened that someone else will take it away from them, and that's also because within the clan there's all sorts of individualistic power struggles going on, too, it's not just interclan. Their system is far less stable than any of the three traditional council races, that's the way I see it. I mean, the council races (other than humans), they always know who's in charge (the dalatrass, tier superiors, no-one (but really any matriarchs who happen to be around)). Batarians and humans are always squabbling about it. The batarians tried to stop it with caste systems and classes, but that's just an excuse to play the game and win every time if you're in the higher castes. And the humans, they have their representative democracies where someone tricks and manipulates himself into power and they all pretend he has the right to be in charge because they all said he could after he lied to them.

Which I suppose is why humans and batarians feud so much, you know? I mean, we all had issues with the batarians too - they once actually attacked Mannovai, you know. (Seriously. I don't think many people know that). But really they were just off doing their own thing. Which was mostly slavery.

But humans, they were just natural rivals. It's like, they're in the same ecological niche. Your own lions and hyenas, they'll kill each other's young if they find them because they're direct competitors, you know? Too alike.

What I'm saying is that I don't think humans know how to be secure with what they have.

I agree with this, actually. And wanted to say something along the lines of this earlier, but couldn't be assed to type out so many words.

Thank you!

This is making me FROTH with RAGE.

You ALLIANCE PIGS are doing more to IMPEDE PROGRESS than you are FORWARDING IT by ENFORCING YOUR REGIME ACROSS THE GALAXY.

It's BULLSHIT like THIS that made me depart from the military in the first place!

They also go absolutely bonkers if you tell them what to do

Because humans have only one political system and only one culture and we have never before had rigidly caste and class based hierarchical societies before. And it's not like we have constitutionally embedded positions like President and Prime Minister to ensure we always know who is in charge.

Trust me, anyone with any brains who works for the Alliance is perfectly happy with where we are, external politics-wise. We honestly bit off more than we could chew post-Eden Prime War as it was (scrambling around trying to fill those holes in the Citadel's peace-keeping forces was not fun). Now, we've got all we can handle consolidating power.

I'm starting to think this guy actually works for the seppers, because I refuse to believe that this is legit propaganda. I could write better propaganda than that.

What's the fucking point of this guy's degree, huh?

Fucking Navy. Can never do anything right.


yes, we're inexorably taking over the galaxy, despite there being bigger militaries around and us having a host of internal issues such as numerous ruined planets we're attempting to rebuild.

I took the black market concerns to refer to luxuries, which - unless Earth is very dissimilar to other economies - won't simply 'solve itself' if no popular action is taken. Obviously there are situations where people will go outside authorised channels to obtain (or distribute) necessary supplies, because they're needed and it's the right thing to do; one would hope the authorities aren't so naive as to not recognise that. But your real black marketeers are organised criminals, operating their trade as a means of entrenching themselves in the legitimate economy. Fail to suppress them at the 'where's the harm in it?' stage, and you'll have a much harder time getting rid of them later.

We had the same problem in Nos Varda during the siege - no sooner had the barriers gone up than we got spikes in unregulated luxuries, with predictable rises in violence and victimisation as the perpetrators tried to 'dissuade' anyone who looked like they might be trying to provide consumers with an alternative as the economy began to stabilise. I'm not saying I condone the NVPA's decision to give Eclipse free rein to stamp the syndicates out, but if you've seen what these people did to the dancers and escorts these people targeted to convince others to work under their 'protection' in unregulated clubs and agencies, you get a pretty good idea of where the harm in it is.

Could people please stop confusing the guy with the typos with the entire humanity? Much of us think we have more than enough to handle now, thank you very much.

And I would posit that this is, in fact, one such situation. The things that are going to be in highest demand right now, by sheer bulk, will be the bare necessities. Because, if your pool of assets is limited to a positively miniscule income and whatever valuable materials you have left or have been able to scavenge, you're going to purchase what you need to survive and perhaps something akin to a minor luxury like a omnitool or dataslate if you're particularly lucky.

I won't dispute that the drug and flesh trade is a critical issue but I will maintain that restoration of basic facilities and the capacity for self sufficiency for the harder hit areas will starve such operations of an important stream of revenue and make them easier to dismantle by authorities.

A crudely done blanket PSA that tells people things that they already know is effectively useless in this, or any, regard.

And the ignorant masses who will lap this up are the exact force that will cause our ruination.

The small one always wins Nat. You should know that by now.



ohhh, is it ominous statements time again already

can't you wait like, another year or something