In a few hours after the shocking announcement made by the Chiss High Counsellor and the following bloody firefights between civilian protesters and what seemed to be the Kasai soldiers, sent to ‘deal with the riots’ as the High Counsellor named it, a famed hero of the Swarm War, High General Kjar’hedin’nuruodo has also made a public appearance and gave a short speech before HNN cameras.
“Citizens of the Chiss Ascendancy! My brothers and sisters! Valiant soldiers of our navy and army! I speak to you now, my friends, not as a politician, not as a military leader, but as your compatriot, a simple man, whose homeland is in terrible danger. As dire as the truth may be to comprehend, we have been betrayed, my friends. Betrayed by the very people we entrusted to lead us! They have allowed foreign invaders into our land, they have sold us out to the invaders. Is this a Chiss way? No!
Do not deceive yourself, we are now at war. The Kasai oppressors have already bullied the cowardly Council into submission, forcing it to give them the right to enact martial law and effectively kill whoever opposes them, but all is not lost. I beseech you, my brethren, do not surrender! It is our fear of conflict that has led the Ascendancy into a state of social, political and economical crisis in the first place, and now, in these dark times, we must not shrink from fighting for our freedom, just as we must not isolate ourselves from the rest of the Galaxy. The League of Systems, the Jedi, the Shadow Knigths and even the Sith are not a threat to us. It is not them but the Kasai who kill our women and children, who try to take control of our government and plan to take our freedom from us.
But I promise you this – our homeland will not fall! As long as I live, I shall fight to preserve what we have built together. But I cannot fight alone, my friends. It is up to you to join me in this undertaking. If we unite, no enemy will be able to break us. If we unite, the Chiss Ascendancy shall arise from the ashes more powerful and beautiful than before. We will find our own way in the Galaxy, but we will not forsake our neighbors either. We will not strive for war, but we will defend ourselves when necessary... But first you must comprehend the danger that threatens our people. Our enemies are ruthless and implacable. They want to steal our worlds, our resources and our youth to fuel their warmachine, they want to make us their slaves. And if so, then we must be just as ruthless in our war. We must battle against them with everything we’ve got giving the foe no quarter! To victory or death!”