-There was a long, pregnant pause between them as smoke slowly trailed up from Baiken's pipe, hazing up the room as she continued to stare him down, as if determining what, if anything, he'd said was actually believable in any way. She knew there was a time, long ago, when humans had attempted to explore beyond the earth. So that part seemed to float. But the rest of it...-

You expect me to believe you're a *succesful* insurgent against an empire that big? If they're losing to just five guys in a blacktech weapon, that's either one hell of a weapon, or their empire is made of tissue paper.