>Pardon me, but you aren't thinking that the Shadows are going to
>ARRIVE, are you? The universe is pretty much in chaos already, if you
>look through it, the only time it wasn't in chaos was for a span of
>about half a century near(ish) the beginning, and perhaps half a
>centure near(ish) the current stopping point. As I see it, if the
>Shadows aren't already here, then they don't exist.

And if we were talking about the strict canon Shadows, I'd agree with you up to a point. But this is UF -- things are different here. Besides, the Shadows don't serve chaos like Zoner serves chaos, they serve evolution. They are the high priests of the Old God Darwin, sacrificing the weaker (in their opinion) races in order to improve the remainder. That's what they do, and they do it very well.

Did the century or so of the Exile and the Corporate War (not to mention Ragnarok, 'tho that took place out of sight from the rest of the galaxy) work to the advantage of the Shadows? Probably. Was it their plan? Probably not. Will they take advantage of it? That... remains to be seen.

Only the Authors can tell, and they won't. :)

>-Craig

Mr. Fnord, member of Shadow Minion's Union Local #1
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