I commented on this two days ago, so I don't know why my comment didn't post :( I'll try to remember it as best I can.
Great to see humans being the conquerors for a change. And what cheeky conquerors they make. Oh, and it's awesome to see hemp having so many uses when not smoked haha!
Splendid story, brother! It delivers such a great political message wrapped up in a facade of sci-fi. There are a great number of things that we as humans can stand to learn and unlearn, and I hope it won't be too late before we bow down to conquerors before we learn our lessons as a species. Fantastic work!
I'm glad you saw this one, and commented twice! It was fun to write from this perspective, even though it was tricky to pretend to be a conscientious conqueror, it was surreal.
I'd been planning this invasion for a while, and I knew that I'd fail due to their decentralized systems. What I didn't plan was to move there in the end!
I saw some replies of mine during the same time period didn't get sent, that's why I checked this post. It's a good thing, too!
Haha! In the end, decentralized systems will set us free!
Yep, that was what I wanted this conqueror to discover here in the tale; decentralization means no way to steal resources or topple leaders, it's too spread out.