Guardians at Home: Part 3

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I sat down at my desk and opened my Datapad’s home screen. The messages icon pulsed, telling me that I heard a message. I opened the application and the new message appeared.

Dear all Dead Orbit members, It's Consensus Election Time again. We ask that you help us with our campaign by displaying your banners, or if you are a DO affiliated Guardian by wearing Black and White, and you're provided Class Item. Attached is a packet containing all campaign info. For the Arachs!

I scrolled down to a Private Message attached to the thread,

Dear Sarech, Thank you for your constant display of Dead Orbit colors on the battlefield and in the Crucible. You, truely, have done much for our Faction. As you know, a Consensus election is forthcoming and we ask that you speak during our Campaign event on 7/23. The speeches are to take place at Exodus Square starting with Arach Jalaal’s at 1000 hours. Your speech is presently scheduled for 1300 hours, should you accept of course. Please let me know what you wish to do, Sincerely, Jefferson Hayes Political Director, Dead Orbit.

I finished reading the message and sat back in my chair. A speech? Was I really up for that? I mean, I was a vocal Dead Orbit supporter, but I'd never campaigned on their behalf before. I decided to think about it. After a few minutes, I leaned forward, and began to type,

Dear Jefferson, Thank you for your message, and I am honored to have been asked to do this. When I first read the message, I was surprised, but after having time to deliberate, I have decided that I will accept your invitation to speak tomorrow at Exodus Square. All the best, Sarech Dvol, Guardian

I tapped the send button and my message disappeared in a small animation. I blinked, and then started to think about my speech………

I thought for just under an hour before beginning to type,

Friends, I come to you today not as a protector, but as a member of Dead Orbit. In my many years as a Guardian, I have explored many regions exceptionally dangerous to me and my fellow Guardians. I have seen the horrors that threaten this City. But I grow tired of this fight. All this forces,

The Fallen of Old Russia,

The Hive Mind that has infected Luna,

The Robotic Race slowly transforming Venus,

And the all conquering empire that has created a foothold on Mars.

All these forces have one goal, destroy The City and the Traveler. I was born in The Reef. There, my people hide from the threats, hidden, but they revealed themselves 300 Cycles ago, and they prevented the House of Wolves from joint the Fallen Force, at Twilight Gap.

In those Reef Wars, the Queen lost many cities, and settlements. And yet, the Reef endures. Because they have spread out, they have survived. We are trapped here, waiting for the end. If we only heeded the Arachs’ advice, we could spread out amongst the stars, too far removed from one another for a single threat to reach.

So now, I ask of my fellow citizens and Guardians, please. Vote for Dead Orbit in this election, so that we may reach out and grasp our Destiny, out among the stars. So that we may rise from the City, and free ourselves.

Thank you for your support.

I copied the speech into a message and sent it to Jefferson, excited about delivering it…...

// Thanks for reading, sorry I'm late, but I've decided to start posting these on Fridays.//

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