This happened:
Enforcer Zaan looked down at the broken figure before him. In another lifetime, he would have called this filth brother.
The dissident coughed, and flecks of bloodied saliva span through the air. Cold fury radiated from the Enforcer as he washed the blood from his hands in a small bowl. Contempt permeated his voice as he passed sentence on the prisoner.
"Administrator Frey, you, along with your many associates have been found guilty of slave trading, social perversion and gross misconduct. You have wilfully undermined several systems within Utopian space for your own selfish desires: HR 17, Ahemez, Cao Yankir, Kaurukat, Minerva, Xi
Mu and our science station at Takurua. They have fallen due to your collective moral corruption."
Frey's head slumped forwards as he heard Zaan speak. All resistance left his body as he finally understood his fate.
"Utopian laws dictate we legally process those who deviate from the Path, showing empathy and mercy. It is my opinion you are beyond such help and have been irrevocably tainted. You and your accomplices will be taken from Utopia and cast into the abyss, to experience first hand the depravity of galactic civilisation as a thrall of others. Your Sim Archive patterns will be deleted, and your Utopian life expunged. Your contamination ends
now."
Zaan leant forwards and whispered in Freys ear.
"Such is the fate of all traitors".
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Light and Shadow
After successfully removing dissident elements, elite Enforcer units have returned to bases across Utopia after their mass deployment earlier last week.
Although unavailable for direct comment due to an injured hand, Moral Enforcer Zaan released a pre-prepared statement to galactic news channels:
“Through extensive planning and with surgical precision we have accomplished our goals, the complete removal of systems and people who sought to destroy Utopia from within. Although the agent’s names, identities and methods must remain secret, be assured these operatives have saved Utopia from decay and ruin. We must now look to the future, and use our renewed vigour to spread enlightenment as push the frontiers of human progress.”
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The Last and the First
Utopian officials have revealed details of the epic record breaking struggle to save the deep space commune of Takurua. Controversial since its inception, Takurua has been subject to many destructive attacks due to its remote location on the edge of known space.
Throughout last week brave commanders flew hundreds of missions spanning tens of thousands of light years to counter dissident revolts. Each shipment was a perilous undertaking, but despite these incalculable odds Utopian pilots aided by Sirius Inc. courageously battled into the dying hours to save the commune from destruction.
Tragically, on Thursday morning a complete evacuation was ordered as dissidents broke through perimeter defences, and the first deep space commune was consumed by rioting as the last transports took off from Gia Long St aboard Foothold Orbital.
Despite this bitter blow, plans are being drawn up for further deep space communes to further push the frontiers of knowledge and understanding. One evacuated scientist stated “the light of Utopia shall return to the darkness.”
