The Children Shall Rule

The Children Shall Rule was the third serial of season 1 of Category War. It was notable for featuring the first Alliance-allied villain, Ardent Kul

## Synopsis

"Well then, Govenara Kul; your people are being slaughtered and your planet is being ransacked in an interdimensional war. But at least you had a celebration about you instead of doing anything about it! Would like a cookie with milk while your planet goes up in flames?"

Golbasto: An Earth colony in the late 26th century. After the fallout of a major war, it has gone largely unmonitored by the Earth Empire.

The planet seems to have a stable government, however, this is a farce. The planet is actually ruled by a violent and childish dictator. And is under attack by the Alliance.

Can the Resistance stop the invasion of Golbasto or will they be stuck up in red tape?

## Plot

### Parler of Fools (1)

On the recently constructed main base of the Resistance, RCARS, a being sits in front of an odd device. This being is Investigator Rog'tor - an Inter Ophiuchian/Xex hybrid who is a member of the Resistance. He is eavesdropping on Alliance comms when he hears about orders to invade a planet called "Golbasto" due to its deposits of vanadium and zirconium - even if the planet is occupied by human colonists. Rog'tor leaves to tell the Resistance about this invasion.

Arriving on the planet using the flagship of the Resistance - named the Vanguard - the Resistance find that the planet is an Earth colony. They decide to go directly to the government and inform them about the situation - however, they find that there is a line of people stretching for several miles consisting of people wanting to complain about the government.

The Resistance, however, is able to bypass this line by claiming official government business and very quickly find the leader of the colony from all of the signs and cardboard cutouts pointing to him. Poseidon and Areex attempt to inform him about the coming invasion, however, the leader - Govenara Ardent Kul - refuses to listen to them for fear that it will ruin his birthday celebration. Poseidon eventually gets angry at Kul and yells at him - leading to Kul having them chased out by dogs and an order to execute them on sight being posted on the public forum.

### Government of Children (2)

The Resistance - on the run from Kul's men - are eventually found by a group of revolutionaries led by a man named Jauffrey Standing. It's revealed that the revolutionaries have been planning to overthrow Kul's government ever since the public executions started - 15 years ago. Most of the leaders were killed in public executions. It's then revealed that the Earth Empire is largely oblivious to this fact due to Kul running a "government".

A plan to infiltrate the Governmental Palace is started - with it beginning several hours later, at dawn. The revolutionaries disguise themselves using masks of former Emperors and Empresses and manage to enter into the building due to the largely faulty computer systems believing them to actually be the (mostly deceased) rulers.

They find themselves in the room which holds the "government" - which is just a room filled with the children of the first colonists of Golbasto. Kul bursts in - and is held by the revolutionaries. They reveal that they are going to reveal the many atrocities committed by him to the Empire.

They walk Kul outside to the palace's balcony to see his lands for one last time before he's sent to a prison colony. That's when a Pillar warship hovers into view.

### Victory of the Tyrants (3)

It's revealed that Kul made deals with the Alliance to remain in power - even if he's essentially a puppet leader. A group of Pillar soldiers led by Admiral Quartz enters into the room. A short skirmish begins with between the revolutionaries - with some of the revolutionaries being killed or injured.

Kul restarts his rule - allowing the Alliance to ratify laws which allow them to "deport" random citizens into slavery for the Alliance. Eventually. the Pillar soldiers leave. Jauffrey - along with Ank and Hydrium - is brought to Kul by a group of his personal guard. Kul pulls out a gun and places it to Jauffrey's head - intending to execute him. Jauffrey, however, is able to grab the gun. This leads to a short scuffle which ends with Jauffrey shooting Kul. He dies of blood loss several seconds later. The guards attempt to kill them but Ank is able to knock them out by shocking them.

Ank, Jauffrey, and Hydrium then re-group with Poseidon and Areex - with the group making for the defenses stored within the Palace. As the Pillar warship enters into Golbasto's atmosphere. The defenses fire on the warship - taking its dimensional warpers, subspace comms, and part of its weaponry offline. However, the ship leaves Golbasto's atmosphere - immediately running into a Resistance warship.

A short battle begins - with the Pillar warship being destroyed. Admiral Quartz warps out at the last second.

In the aftermath, Jauffrey is appointed leader of Golbasto after Kul's atrocities are reported to the Earth Empire. Ankarstian suggests that Standing could join the Resistance but he reveals that he wants to stay out of the war. The Resistance leaves Golbasto shortly afterwards.

## Cast

* Poseidon - Chris Barrie
* Ankarstian - Lesley Dunlop
* A - John Scott Martin
* Hydrium - Jeff Rawle
* Ardent Kul - Peter Bathurst
* Jauffrey Standing - Bernard Horsfall
* Admiral Quartz - David Gooderson

*rest to be added*

## References

* The Earth Empire is the main governing force over human colonies during the 26th century
* Kul has no opposition from the Earth Empire due to them still picking up the pieces from an interstellar war (almost certainly the Dalek v.s. Human war from Doctor Who: Frontier in Space)
* RCARS is the main base of the Resistance.

## Notes

* The Children Shall Rule was written mostly as political satire
* The name "Golbasto" was previously used in Doctor Who: The Mega, however, in this case it was used for a fictional country instead of a planet

## Continuity

* The Earth Empire would have a larger role in *The Curse of Tau Ceti*
* Rog'tor would re-appear in *The Vault* and *Tempest in a Storm*

Sephulchre, Decay, **The Children Shall Rule**, Operation: Earth, Deathdays, The Loop, Reach, Genesis, Parasite, The Relics of Sutekh, Nova Six, Siege

**Seasons 4 and 5**
The Final Sanction, Sultanate, Hunters, Legacy of the Dead, Art, The Vault, The Curse of Tau Ceti, The Great Interstellar Train Robbery, The Shoal, Ice Screams, Hephaestus, The War Makers

**Season 6**
The Wall, The Water Monsters, War and the Daleks, Song of Death, The Maze, The Raid

**Seasons 7-9**
Planet of the Evil Ones, The Evolutionary Episode, Liberation, The Labyrinth of Karakarat, The Corruptor, The Woodworks, The Dark One, The Core, The Obsidian Archipelago, Breath, The Wheel of Metal, Death in the Light, Diamond Dogs, Hotel Hell, Legacy

**Season 10**
Planet of Bones, Men of the Earth, The Eight Soldiers, The Orb of Cestala, The Palace of Death, The Time Storm, Angel of Time, The Flight of Luxury, The Fine Game of Nil, The Haunting of the Epsilon Zone, The Horrid Circus, The Last Day at Eridan, Town of the Damned, The Jester's Trial, Concealment, Death Masks, The Last City on Earth