The_Cheribim

Chapter 44 has been posted, including a small preview of Chapter 45
          	
          	The full version of Chapter 45 will be posted in early 2026, along with many other chapters.  Chapter 45 will be much longer, too.
          	
          	Thank you, everyone, for joining me on this incredible journey!   Things are about to get interesting...

The_Cheribim

@Heuhehsu And it’ll never slow down until this is all over…
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Heuhehsu

@The_Cheribim We went from murder mystery to full blown invasion
          	  
          	  This rollercoaster isn't slowing down
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Heuhehsu

Something that's been rattling my brain lately is why the Stratocracy wanted to destroy Zootopia and now basically subjugate it like Gadianton said. Did Gadianton not know about the Stratocracian Fleets still surviving? Was he expecting to rule over it like a king along with Cherry, Zootopians as slaves?
          
          
          
          And why did they destroy such a oasis of resources instead of taking over? Did they see through Gadiantons helmet feed what Bell did to his men? Is it something to do with the fact that they were also being deceived, as is Rebecca? 
          
          
          And why did that Stratocrat Soldier Bell found have footage of Zootopia being destroyed? Research? Plans of attack? Maybe a different Zootopia all together?

The_Cheribim

@Heuhehsu We'll find out more in the upcoming chapters, but it's basically out of vengeance, spreading fear, and asserting dominance.  If you go back to Gadianton's death, it's implied he knew something about a fleet - but that's up for interpretation.  Though I wouldn't say he'd expect to be ruling over Zootopia like a King, per se.  More like a colonel
            
            For your second paragraph question, there was a mix of taking over and destroying.  Not solely one.  More about that later.   And also, with the facility being destroyed, there's no way Gadianton's helmet footage would survive.
            
            Lastly, that was another planet being destroyed - not Zootopia itself.  More of a foreshadow, if anything.   Simply a different world that the Stratocracy conquered long ago
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Heuhehsu

Been reading through "Lost In Transit" and it just hit me, wouldn't any of the mammals who escaped from Cherry when he went savage be able to say that he, in fact, didn't go rogue?
          
          
          I know for a fact The Maned Wolf is lying out his ass, but I'm not sure that the rest of the officers would lie about their own.

The_Cheribim

@Heuhehsu well, going rogue vs savage are two different things. Both are aggressive, but one is choosing to be aggressive. And it’s somewhat implied (before his death) that Mr. Tusk didn’t believe the lies about Cheribim, just like Jay Howl never did (including others).
            
            Even with eye witness accounts from a handful of mammals, that’s nothing compared to the millions (possibly billions) of mammals exposed to the footage when it got broadcasted to the entire world. That immense, widespread fear easily trumps the reassurance from a tiny, subset of the population. In that regard, in makes sense to me. 
            
            Also, despite the Maned Wolf being a jerk to Cheribim, you might be surprised by what he actually said to other mammals (though, not technically established… yet) =)
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Heuhehsu

@The_Cheribim I'm mostly talking about Mr Tusk, Jay Howl, mammals who went with Cherry to investigate said missing mammals. Surely, they would've given eye witness accounts to the ZBI or ZPD, or atleast would've said something when the footage got revealed...
            
            
            Nothing about this makes sense and I say this in a very good way, it is genuinely interesting how it maybe leading on to wider conspiracy than usual...
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The_Cheribim

@Heuhehsu Don’t forget that those mammals were exposed to the footage by Dr. Bell, thereby messing with their minds into thinking Cheribim would inevitably go rogue. By that point, they had tragically gone mad
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Heuhehsu

The more and more I think about it, the more I realise that Rebecca HAD to have known Cheribim was innocent in some capacity
          
          
          Like, millions of dollars gone for decrypting that quantum drive and you didn't notice, the fact that they would've seen the other craters the Stratocracian soldiers made.from orbit with satellite imagery, neverminding how it really just doesn't make any sense why Cherry would go off the rails like that
          
          
          In fact, how does she even know about the secret base at all? If she knew it existed, she must've known what it was hiding

The_Cheribim

@TTheReader245 agreed. Although, humanity has done some pretty messed-up things with animals as well. And Dr. Bell saw all that. Probably messed up her mind too
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TTheReader245

@Heuhehsu I still find it messed up how Bell betrayed him like that I mean he saved her life
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The_Cheribim

@Heuhehsu I will say this: safeguarding Zootopia will be the least of her problems.
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