Blackstone Code

Humans are strange creatures.

When Lynch had no scandals, many people claimed he liked men, calling him a degenerate—hardly a flattering label.

While women were still fighting for their rights—regardless of the results—some of their efforts were gaining recognition, and society was gradually becoming more tolerant.

For women, this was undoubtedly the best era in history.

But for people with unconventional sexual orientations, this era in the Federation was the worst.

They were branded with all kinds of names—heretics, degenerates, and worse.

In certain obscure interpretations of scripture, there’s a passage that goes something like this:

The Devil corrupts mankind through sorcery, blurring the lines between male and female, hoping to end human reproduction…

In short, same-sex unions can’t produce children, which supposedly leads to humanity’s extinction—part of the Devil’s grand scheme.