– by Remeus Lockheart

Demi-gods of the heavens. Gods amongst men. That is what they call them.

No…

Demons. That is what they are. I know the truth of their kind, where they go only destruction follows.

Bad enough they spread destruction amongst the stars, now, now they bring destruction to the worlds, the last havens from their kind.

The day their power was extended I looked to the skies. Hundreds of ships, waiting, casting their shadows upon this world. No sooner had the time of their unchaining came, their unchaining from the laws which bound them to the stars and protected us all, that the first shuttles descended….

And with the first shuttles…

The destruction.

As soon as the shuttle had landed the rain came.

Who knows what happened… Perhaps some personal grief long in the brewing? Perhaps a disagreement over a prime deposit of materials? All I know is the demons of the sky do not care who they hurt along the way. Hundreds died in seconds as the rain of the gods reduced the area to a crater. As the sky lit up thousands more would die as the debris fell from orbit.

There are those amongst the gods who yearn for peace and freedom, those who care for their crews and those around them, but those who cannot die soon lose their way. Once death has no meaning life soon becomes cheap and those who once sought freedom and peace soon lose touch like the rest.

I watched in horror…

Sometimes I used to look up at the sky, the call of the stars begging me to take my place amongst them once more…

But I was ashamed…

Ashamed of what I had become in my attempt to find freedom…

To bring peace…

To explore the stars and to find my home amongst them.

My implants cause me pain, as if to remind me of what I am…

I tried to find peace amongst the stars…

Instead I too brought destruction.

I found a haven amongst the planets, a world I had forgotten.

After seeing the destruction around me as the gods were unbound from their chains…

I know what I must do.

Only those of us who have heeded the call of the stars could understand…

I am a pod pilot, a god amongst men.

No…

I am a demon…

And I will rain my destruction on those who now threaten the last havens from my kind!