Eighth Caliphate

The Eight Caliphate, or at least their new breed of rationalists, sent me out into the void of open space. Why they would do this? I don't know. Maybe it's because I told everyone I could about Bayes' Bastards when I first found them out (information that was promptly censored, probably to be revealed later when it's "Not offensive" like it always is), but their plan was foolish, a fact that will proven with the fall of the Ninth Caliphate. I just wanted to put that out there so people can't accuse me of not showing my bias later.

The Eighth Caliphate had already "moved past" its reliance on divinity, having become a largely atheist caliphate based on traditional rationalism. While this might seem like a betrayal, the new government protects most religious groups inside of it, most likely in case of needing it as a last defense against the still religious Nymphaeaceaens. As a group, the Eighth Caliphate can be deemed as important due to their involvement in the First Diaspora, having provided much of the economic force behind the creation of interstellar travel technology. Most of their spending money came from being one of the two biggest forces in the solar system, having enough resources to generally ignore cost/pricing. Despite being rationalists, the Eighth Caliphate was quite used to flights of fancy, which these technologies were previously considered. In retrospect, public opinion is stupid, as this "flight of fancy" led to the next step forward for humanity (and the Cystarians too I guess).

Despite being in space for what seems to be forever, I cannot say I am interested in writing more, as I view the Eighth Caliphate as important only due to the actions of its predecessors, and the wealth they were left by them. One can only hope sentients move forwards from here, I am already growing tired of seeing people be incredibly petty once their guise of politeness falls apart.

Maybe the rest of the galaxy will have something new.

Waiting for an immortal partner,

Treith Merindao