"People of Viola! Warriors of the Fire Caste! Brothers and sisters fighting for the greater good!"
His voice had undergone special audio processing, lending it an irresistible power, as though it resonated directly in the depths of their souls.
"Look at your home! Look at the burning cities outside your windows, at the land crushed beneath their treads! This is the peace humanity brings us! This is their so-called sacred order!"
As Aun'Ve roared, the hundreds of pillars of light in the sky plunged rapidly downward, like spears of judgment.
"They are barbarians from a dark age! They envy our unity and fear our progress! They want to destroy everything we cherish, reduce our civilization to ashes, and drag us into their endless darkness of savagery, bloodshed, lies, and superstition!"
"But we will never submit!"
Inside the command center, Aun'Ve raised both hands high, as though embracing the entire world. His expression was distorted by overwhelming fanaticism.
"We are the pioneers of the greater good! We are the galaxy's only hope for the future! Behind us stand hundreds of millions of our people, yearning for light and peace! We have nowhere left to retreat! Beyond this day lies eternity!"
"Now, in the name of the Supreme Ethereal, I command you-rise! Take up whatever you have at hand! Whether a wrench or a welding torch! Whether a scalpel or a dataslate!"
"Forge your flesh and blood into our final wall against the darkness! Turn your souls into fuel for the undying flame of the greater good!"
"Remember, sacrifice is not the end! It ensures something greater will endure! Every charge you make will be remembered! Every death will join the torrent of the Ethereals!"
"For Viola! For the T'au Empire! For the bright future that will one day belong to all