"Monsters lurking in the depths of space, waiting to attack you. What a great way to induce nightmares…" He continued recalibrating his instruments, increasing signal yield. "Why can't we live in a galaxy where the only major threat to your existence is just your neighboring empire?"
The Commander chuckled then finished his cup, "The universe has a way of always staying more interesting." He placed it on the table and leaned back in his seat, "Too bad 'interesting' goes both ways."
The officer sighed, "Now we have to fight organized rebels…"
He smiled and shook his head, starting to doze off a bit, "We basically took over the Council! We're the damn Galactic Empire! We should ask R&D to arm our kinetics with light sabers. Who better to be the dark side than the shadow of the Federation?"
The officer got a good laugh from that, "Come on, Commander. Have you seen our kinetics? They'll just cut their arms off." He continued further calibrations on his monitor. "Though it does have a ring to it. Dark Lord Williams, and his apprentice, Darth Harper."
The commander shook his head to wake himself up, reaching for his cup for one more sip, "Those two can call themselves whatever they want. At least they're not kinetics."