[b]Mars Hostage Crisis[/b]
"You should have done cultural research." Said the guard, still speaking for Dmitri. "We understand you are just trying to help, but you speak of this preservation like you will take over our entire nation for centuries, then release it, but still control every single aspect with your legacy. However, if you leave us be and only preserve the genetic code of our species, then a lot of trouble could be avoided. Of course, if you refuse to allow only our genes to be preserved, then look at our history, you shall see rebellions with freedom as the goal, protesters in the streets crying for freedom, message boards, blogs, forums, all dedicated to the hope of freedom. Terragens want freedom, it is written into our DNA, and billions have died for it over the years. However, where there is a wish for freedom, there will one day be freedom, even if that freedom comes in death. It matters not that you are literal gods, infinitely more powerful than us, we will still fight for freedom. Be the fight on the battlefield or in the reception halls of Lakfakalle, we will still fight for our freedom. Even if the battles reach the asteroid remnants of the birthworld Terra, we will still fight! Even when there are too few Terragens left to ensure enough genetic diversity to keep the species alive, we will still fight! When Terragens are nothing more than a downplayed footnote in the history books, we will still live on, fighting for freedom in the hearts and the minds of billions across the universe who share our wish for freedom! And then do you know what will happen? It will come. Be it in a day, or trillions of years, it will come. That is the future if you take away our freedom to choose. We cannot speak for the Equestrians or Aeternals, and we cannot say if they too will present you with a similar compromise, but we can say that this is where we stand, and it is hard to sway a people as stubborn as us."
When the guard finished speaking, Dmitri spoke himself
"We don't want war, but we shall fight for our freedom. Go ahead, tear my neck to shreds and kill me, its what you came here for anyways. We may fail to see in the long term, but you fail to see the peaceful way to do things. If you could see that way, then we would have likely already accepted your help."

Meanwhile, the Empress and Boskop representative have begun trying to stealthily escape the building with the help of a few Human Cooperative guards. The two were hastily armed, the Empress with a rapid-fire railgun and the Boskop representative with a laser pistol. Funnily enough, they've decided to escape through the vents in classic action movie style. In this case, it is actually warranted, as there is a secret escape route leading to an airlock that opens outside of the pressurized dome city. The tiny group of five set out through the cramped and smelly vents, and they wished that the vents weren't universally considered the dumbest thing to use in an escape.