Ah, History... a great book written by the winners my friend! A known fact that it repeats, the human race will never learn!
Of course, empires rise and fall, but it is our duty to do the best with what we are given. I see no reason for not creating one just because one day it will fall.
Things tend to have a begining and an end. Like this message...
Bernard :dry:
If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God? - from 'Nightfall' by I. Asimov The Outcasts consider Siniestre Nube a sacred place for several reasons. Early explorers discovered a jumphole within the depths of the cloud that leads to a strange world of ringed stars and strange craft. All ships in the burrial ground are placed facing that hole to honor the Alien Spirits. - An Outcast rumor