cthia wrote:
Sigs, but what is the KISS principle applied to the MA? I certainly understand the recommendation. But then, it questions why they pulled the trigger on any of their operations in the first place if they were not ready to proceed or switch gears.
What happened proved that their strategy didn't work and has a very large chance of failure if they try a repeat performance. They pulled the trigger because they though they had a good chance of success, but the problem is that they had too many pieces on the board that were intelligent enough to find out that something was not right.
And that thought takes us back to the fact that they were concerned about having to face a gargantuan League and its gargantuan negative influence on the galaxy at large regarding genetic slavery and all of the League's other anti-Malignant attitudes. They were also worried about allowing the League to continue as it was -- inexorably rolling towards mopping up the Haven sector. They had to react while they still had cannon fodder to "use" as their own pansies -- complete and utterly unaware -- against them. That requirement was important and instrumental to their plans. They didn't want a huge foe to have to deal with when they emerge.
But now they do have a foe, a foe that knows they exist and is actively searching for them. And thats before accounting for the League as well since we don't know what the new league government would do with the information their intelligence gives them about the other guys.
Can they afford to simply crawl back into their hidey-hole and allow the galaxy to proceed forward as it is? They accomplished ridding themselves of the League, yes. But in its place has risen a more competent, deadlier opponent. The GA.
They didn't manage to rid themselves of the League, they still may end up with sufficient core and shell worlds and a political climate that allows them to utilize those world's industry to catch up to the GA. It may take 10 years or it may take 30 but if the league manages to resurface as a power again, they may be more dangerous then before with competent leadership, drastically reduced corruption and better organized industry/economy and a proper navy.
In a nutshell, are they better off having to face the GA when they do ultimately emerge to do battle with mankind, or are they better off facing the GA than the League?
I think they are better off moving away from humanity, spending the next 3 to 4 centuries building up their society the way they want and then make contact with humanity. On the other hand I don't know why they would want to, the universe is a large place, they can invest a lot of money and resources to build themselves a large nation and leave in peace away from the rest of humanity but I guess their collective ego won't let them do so.
The MA ideology will never acknowledge defeat.( It will morph into a less Extremist ideology - i.e. Margret Sangers "Negro Project Eugenics" To 2018 Planned Parenthood Eugenics) 
