The commodore of the Red Fleet pointed out an important inconsistency.
His questioning forced Ves to rethink the situation.
What motives drove the archecruiser captain?
On one hand, his speech made it clear that the alien leader was a loyal patriot of his beleaguered people.
The arche had managed to survive and preserve their society after being driven from their planets because they showed the capacity to unite and work towards their common goals. Collectivism was not an ideal to them. It had become a necessity now that they had become worse off than many other races.
For this reason, their people held an especially dim view on selfishness and individualism. It was taboo in their society to pursue interests at the cost of making life worse for other arche. This should have been a universal principle for both low and high-ranking arche.
Yet this archecruiser captain also voiced beliefs and convictions that flagrantly defied the collective interests of his race.
