The sounds of water dripping could be heard echoing through the night, it was nothing more than another sound that blended itself into the world and became lost amongst the rest of the noise.
The last war had ruined everything and now the people were resorting to eating corpses to survive, it didn't matter who the bodies belonged to anymore, as no one cared enough to ask who had fought on what side.
Entire families were busy cleaning their children to make them more appealing to the slavers who should be returning soon, the men, women, and children were more than eager to make themselves useful to them.
Everyone agreed that it was better to live a life in servitude than to pass another moment in this hellish place.
So it was no mystery that everyone quickly exited their homes when the sound of something entering the filled the air with its roar.
The people watched as one ship after another arrived, it was as if they were predators that were prepared to fight for their meal and yet when the ships landed their crews found themselves being welcomed by everyone.
The strange creatures that looked like elves but grunted and moved in a way that was less than flattering were confused when the people began to eagerly offer their sons and daughters to them.
Yet to everyone's surprise the slavers were allowing everyone to enter the ships, it didn't matter how old, frail, or sick the Dark elves were they were being allowed to escape their world and go with their new masters.
The only ones who chose not to leave were those who were the rulers of the world and those who served directly underneath them.
To them, the planet was a paradise and so they didn't see a reason to leave.
Still, they ordered the creature that had come to their world to pay for what they were taking and the Humans agreed.
It wasn't that they could just kill the Dark Elves, but what was the point of doing so?
The rulers of the world would realize that everyone who served them was gone and would have to learn to do everything that they were once too proud to do on their own.
And in the end, there were only three possibilities that that would happen. One the rulers would die and the Union would simply come back and take all of the gold and then everything else.
The second option was that the dark elves that were left would have no choice but to focus on surviving the mess of a world that they lived in and when the Union returned if it ever did.
They would once again offer themselves into servitude just so they could escape the place.
As for the Dark Elves that arrived at the main fleet, they were more than eager to join in the feat of the flesh and begin their lifetime of service.
Star Killer watched as the Dark Elves eagerly celebrated with the men, he could see the creature's eyes glowing whenever they passed an area of his ship that was a little too dark.
The fantasy games and videos that he had seen over the years didn't do the creatures justice, they were perhaps even more seductive than the Asari.
The way that the creatures moved was completely unnatural and a person just had to see one of them walk to be nearly overwhelmed with lust.
It was as if all that the creatures needed to control someone's mind was to have a person look at them.
Star Killer had his help screen scan his mind and body for any signs of mental manipulation, but his help screen showed that there weren't any.
The dark Elves were just irresistible to him and by the looks of it, his crew agreed.
He leaned back on his command chair and allowed his mind to wonder briefly if the Dark Elves had been an easy target, then the Twi'lek's had been even easier.
The reason was that unlike the Dark Elves, who had aggressively rushed into the ships the Twi'leks had tried to hide from them and failed miserably.
They had tried to defend themselves, but he couldn't even call that a resistance, at least the Asari had made his men work for what they had got and the Dark Elves' overly eager actions had taken his men by surprise.
The Twi'leks however, weren't even a fight, granted he and his friends had flooded the planet with soldiers, so whatever resistance the planet's population could have put up crumbled instantly.
He let out a breath and listened to the door beside him open, he didn't react to the three alien women who walked onto the bridge.
They were barely dressed and judging by the few clothes that they were wearing, he knew that his men had chosen what they believed he would like.
They weren't wrong, but he hadn't joined them in the fun last night for a reason and he had no intention to do so at the moment either.
"Captain." a purple-skinned Asari said to him.
"Leave he ordered her and her companions who flinched the moment that he spoke to them.
"Are we not your liking?" the Dark Elf said to him, her worried voice forcing him to turn and look at her and her companions.
They were quite a sight, Blue, Purple, and Grey colors that were on three gorgeous alien women that he would be more than happy to enjoy himself with.
But he wasn't Stupid, there was a reason why he was able to get Star Killer Base when so many others had failed to do so and that reason was that he wasn't easily distracted.
There was still a large chunk of the crew that didn't have any females and if they had bothered to make one-third of the crew female then they would have been dead by now.
The men had seen their friends and coworkers enjoy the fruits of their labor, and were eagerly awaiting their turn.
"I don't like being distracted while I'm working go and have some fun." he said to them, but he made sure to keep his voice low and soft enough that he didn't seem annoyed with their presence.
He watched as the dark elf walked closer to him and knelt in front of him, her gold eyes seemed to force him to keep his eyes on her.
"Master let me serve you, let me prove myself.' she said to him with a friendly and innocent smile that kept his attention on her even more than before.
A shock of pain forced his mind out of whatever trance he was in, he briefly glanced at his help screen and couldn't believe his eyes because the thing said that there was nothing containing him.
He had programmed his help screen to send a shock of pain to anyone who was being manipulated by hormones, gas, or telepathy and just to be safe he allowed it to shock him if something was out of the ordinary.
Needless to say, he had made the right decision, but what he didn't expect was that his help screen said that he was just overly attracted to the woman in front of him.
"I'm working leave, you will get more companions soon." he said to her before he turned and looked at the two remaining aliens who hadn't moved from their spot.
"All of you belong to me and the Union, if you don't want to join in the festivities why don't you go explore our new home." he said to them and watched as both women stepped back in fear.
'Are we, not enough?" the Twi'lek said to him with a voice that sounded as if she could break down crying at any moment.
"When will it be enough?' the Asari added her voice was just as broken as the Twi'leks.
"Soon." he said to them before he turned and looked into the dark elves' gold eyes again "Soon.' he said to her before he gently touched her chin and told he to leave.
He didn't bother to look at the women as they left, because his target was already on screen.
He could see the defense fleet around the planet and its nearby moon or were they moons, it was hard to tell because of all of the destroyed ships that were floating around.
He watched as the planet briefly glowed green as its inhabitants activated the shield that protected it and he could already see the radiation of the ships that would soon be arriving.
"This one is going to put up a fight"' he said to himself before he pressed the button that was next to his right thumb and sent the ship into high alert.
It was time to finish gathering what they needed so they could focus on what was important.
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Some Lore
The Union is seen by most none Human Species as one of the worst or the worst things that anyone can find themselves dealing with.
And for the most part, they are, if you are an alien and you either have something the Union wants or are something that they want good luck fighting the Union and keeping them away.
With that being said that's only if your species is already prospering.
For Humans the Union is one of the best things that can happen because even if a human-controlled planet doesn't join them they are still willing to trade or simply leave those planets and their territories alone.
And if you are an alien that caught their attention and are willing to do anything to get off the planet, becoming one of the Union's servant races is something that you would jump at the chance for.
And while you can never officially be equal to the Humans in the Union, the reality of your situation is completely different, because even if you hate the Union where else would you go?
So every race that's in the Union has a reason to keep the group together.
So it's not out of the ordinary to see Aliens giving orders to Humans.