A chance to possibly persuade Bai E.
He understands better than anyone the severe test the Alliance is currently facing.
The Bug Race fleet that crushed the joint fleet did not remain in place.
And it's far more than what most Alliance member states understand—
They are not just a threat, but in a surprise action that caught everyone off guard, they brazenly devoured a colonial planet at the edge of an Alliance member state!
Billions of people, countless basic infrastructures, the efforts of several generations, turned into cosmic dust in just a few days.
The news has been temporarily suppressed by the top levels of the Alliance, not fully disclosed to avoid triggering panic and chaos throughout the Stellar District.
But all senior officials who know the inside story are already anxious.
Panic spreads like a plague in the shadow of the highest council.
