Report:Senator Marx on Malign

A brief outside-the-senate video has been circulating the news channels in the wake of Darth Malign's message. In it, a reporter asks Senator Marx her opinion on his condemnation and invitation to the free peoples of the galaxy.

Not all news agencies cut her initial response, which is to roll her eyes and laugh, but a few do.

"Darth Malign is a Sith Lord, Steefin," Marx replies plainly to one reporter in particular, halting in her steps to speak to the gathered press. "Their kind deal only in lies, deception, and manipulation. This exactly is what they do - they search for weakness in people, in the galaxy as a whole, and attempt to exploit it for their own gain - not the galaxy's, not the peoples', their own. I only wish noone was desperate enough to willingly buy in to his schlock, but I do recognize that he wouldn't be a danger if noone was."

Sobering, the Senator runs a hand back over her hair to smooth it down in the breeze. "The lives of innocents were at stake, and the men and women holding them hostage had no intention of speaking to Captain Draelis and his men. They were there to kill, and needed to be stopped at any cost to prevent a greater loss of innocent life. I stand by my support of Draelis and his marines."

Glancing to one of the cameras, Marx frowns. "Initially, I made this plea only to the people of Dac - but in light of Darth Malign's ministrations, I extend this invitation to all New Republic worlds, and those who would wish to become such. Talk to us. We are a free democracy. You have a voice. If you are unhappy, tell us, and we will do everything we can to answer each and every one of your concerns. Don't let monsters like the Sith manipulate you into servitude. Your government should serve you - not the other way around." After a beat pause, she adds a bit more sharply, "And I'd hardly call his track record one worth putting into office democratically."

The reporters begin to ask more, but Marx - with genuine apology on her face - takes her leave to attend a meeting of the senate.