He had come to a horrifying realization: this looming catastrophe, poised to rupture directly over the heart of the Star Empire, was entirely the sovereign's own doing.
The Emperor had engineered this crisis to satisfy his own reckless, short-sighted agenda. Purging political rivals and targeting a select few within the court was one thing—a brutal, yet standard game of power played by many previous emperor's as well. But such purges were never supposed to compromise the bedrock foundation of the Empire itself.
But the man upon the throne had completely forgotten that foundational rule. Worse, not only had he completely forgotten that foundation rule, he had even cast it aside entirely. He wasn't merely undermining the pillars of the state—he was actively, methodically steering the entire empier straight into the storm of absolute destruction.
