"Yeah, I suppose," Israfil said, a little deflated.  "D-do you suppose...I-I don't mean to sound treasonous, but do you suppose things would be better for us...Wildtypes, I mean...in another empire...like FAS?"

"Hmm," Tera thought for a bit, "How about this one then?"  She pulled out a board and set it on a table.  Though it was technically a 'board game', everything was more or less handled electronically to save the trouble of remembering rules, performing calculations, and loosing small pieces. "It's non-combative, mostly about resource management."