Generic empire
20-04-2005, 00:41
It had been thirty long years since the conquest and enslavement of primitive and insolent Shoobooshaaba under the Generian warrior-king Emperor Alexei the Magnificent. Thirty years of suffering and toil for the Shooban sub-humanity under the whips of their Generian overlords. They had been bought and sold like cattle to every far corner of the globe. Their vile hands had hauled stone and built monuments for their superior masters in the Empire of Roach-Busters, Doomingsland, Parthia, Borman, and countless other states who relied on the backs of these cattle for cheap unskilled labor.
Ironically, though they were far from human, these things enjoyed status as the ultimate animal. They had been bred to serve every need from the enormous ox-Shoobans, enormous, tremendously strong things used for construction and other manual labor, to the hideous, hunched creatures utilized as household servants. The Shooban trade had become a market all of its own, and had proved extremely profitable for the governments and businessmen involved in it. Freighters full of the beasts now crisscrossed the world’s seas to sell them in friendly ports for hefty profits, and commercial and government owned breeding farms covered the world’s rural landscapes.
Still, as the population grew, so did the problems associated with the trade. Putting aside those opposed with the trade, there were the problems of the non-bred Shoobans, those that were either bred improperly or those descended from the original genetic line of the things. These still existed to some extent in large cities throughout the Empire, finding refuge primarily in the sewers and subway tunnels. Occasionally packs of the things could be found roaming the northern wilderness, and the locals took sport in hunting them, occasionally eating their trophies.
This demonstrated the extreme Shooban population boom the Empire had witnessed over the last decade, and it was growing to an extent that it could eventually become problematic if not sufficiently counteracted. So it was that the Imperial Government decided that the best solution was to severely cut back the population manually.
Only Shoobans that were bred by Shooban farmers deemed by the government to be legitimate were to be spared, as following the elimination of the stray genetic strands, these particular breeds would become the standard throughout the Empire. This would help to raise the quality of the animal and keep market prices stable. Effectively, this method would shut down the Shooban Black Market (not affiliated with the Imperial government operated Shooban Black Market, which specializes in bringing the animals to interested buyers in nations with stricter regulations on the import and export of Shoobans).
And so it began unceremoniously as Imperial soldiers and police agents began rounding up thousands of the unlicensed animals, and forcing them onto trucks bound for designated holding centers.
Ironically, though they were far from human, these things enjoyed status as the ultimate animal. They had been bred to serve every need from the enormous ox-Shoobans, enormous, tremendously strong things used for construction and other manual labor, to the hideous, hunched creatures utilized as household servants. The Shooban trade had become a market all of its own, and had proved extremely profitable for the governments and businessmen involved in it. Freighters full of the beasts now crisscrossed the world’s seas to sell them in friendly ports for hefty profits, and commercial and government owned breeding farms covered the world’s rural landscapes.
Still, as the population grew, so did the problems associated with the trade. Putting aside those opposed with the trade, there were the problems of the non-bred Shoobans, those that were either bred improperly or those descended from the original genetic line of the things. These still existed to some extent in large cities throughout the Empire, finding refuge primarily in the sewers and subway tunnels. Occasionally packs of the things could be found roaming the northern wilderness, and the locals took sport in hunting them, occasionally eating their trophies.
This demonstrated the extreme Shooban population boom the Empire had witnessed over the last decade, and it was growing to an extent that it could eventually become problematic if not sufficiently counteracted. So it was that the Imperial Government decided that the best solution was to severely cut back the population manually.
Only Shoobans that were bred by Shooban farmers deemed by the government to be legitimate were to be spared, as following the elimination of the stray genetic strands, these particular breeds would become the standard throughout the Empire. This would help to raise the quality of the animal and keep market prices stable. Effectively, this method would shut down the Shooban Black Market (not affiliated with the Imperial government operated Shooban Black Market, which specializes in bringing the animals to interested buyers in nations with stricter regulations on the import and export of Shoobans).
And so it began unceremoniously as Imperial soldiers and police agents began rounding up thousands of the unlicensed animals, and forcing them onto trucks bound for designated holding centers.