The king then forcefully calmed down his astonishment and asked with interest.
"What about the arc? What are its capabilities"
The businessman explained.
"The arc is mainly used for evacuation; it can host up to 500.000 people, it can fly, it can submerge and with future modifications it can even be used for interstellar travel, though it also has defensive and offensive capabilities too, including force fields and ark-powered weapons"
T"Chaka then thought for a moment and asked.
"Can we make modifications?"
"Of course, the Arc will be yours, so naturally you could do whatever you want with it" answered the businessman with a smile.
"So, you only wish for us to sell Vibranium to the Human Empire, in exchange for this technology, is that correct?"
"Yes, that is correct, and if you agree to form an alliance with us, we could also share future technologies with Wakanda while also giving you access to the Human Empire's Digital Store"
After thinking for a while, the king then got up from his seat and walked towards the businessman while extending his hand for a handshake.
"I T'Chaka agree" said the king while shaking hands with the businessman.
Somewhere in China.
In an elegant and patriotic office full of Chinese antiques, stood a man of Asian origin, he was the current president of China.
He seemed to be waiting with a defeated expression.
A voice broke the grim silence.
"You have failed to prove your competence, you have put your people in danger due to your selfish ambitions and desire for authority"
"We warned you, that they will be multiple threats that you cannot defeat alone, yet you chose to stay divided" said a man.
"Why should you Americans be the ones to rule Humanity? Why not Japan, Italy or Asia" asked the Chinese president.
"Humanity is not being ruled by America; it is being ruled by SHIELD"
"SHIELD does not favour a single country and values all nations equally"
"The current leader of humanity and director of SHIELD is German; the people of the human empire do not care about the homeland of their ruler, but about his competence and fairness" said Eldrin, and continued with a stone-cold voice.
"Now, what will be your decision, Mr.President"
The president gave a helpless smile and asnwered.
"I, on behalf of all of China, agree to become part of the human empire"
Eldrin said with a nod.
"A wise decision"
"Arcs will be sent for innovation and reconstruction of the nation, The process will start in a couple of days"
"And prepare a port big enough to host several arcs, if you could" said Eldrin, while disappearing.
Similar events happened to the rest of the divided nations; those who were more resistant were replaced after the people were given the power to vote, others who were more reasonable joined the Human Empire of their own will, and just like that, all humanity was finally united under one banner.
Erskine's house
Inside a heavily guarded futuristic villa, was a man sitting on his couch watching a Super Soldier World fighting Entertainment match.
It was Andre the Giant Vs Hulk Hogan, even before taking the super soldier serum, they were complete beasts, but now after becoming super soldiers, they were another kind of monsters.
Andre the Giant's height grew from 2.24 meters to 2.50 meters, he might as well be more of a lore-accurate giant than a human.
Hulk Hogan's height grew from 2.01 meters to 2.20 meters, and both their strength has long since surpassed the super soldier level, approaching normal Spartan level strength.
"TAKE HIM DOWN ANDRE" shouted Dr.Abrahams with the bottle of red wine in his hands almost falling.
Ding!
Tch!
Dr.Abrahams clicked his tongue in annoyance while asking Adam.
"Who is it Adam?"
"It is Mr.Eldrin Sir" answered Adam.
"Let him in" said Dr.Abrahams.
A man walked in, it was none other than Eldrin.
"You really have to get a phone, you're too old-fashioned" said Dr.Abrahams while shaking his head.
He then asked Seriously.
"Have they agreed?"
Eldrin then asnwered with a smile.
"Of course, they didn't exactly have a choice; it was either accepting or risking getting annihilated by unknown threats"
Dr. Abrahams became thoughtful for a while.
But Eldrin knew what he was thinking and asked.
"Is it gonna start already? Preparations for the interstellar age I mean"
Dr.Abrahams then nodded and said.
"It's necessary for humanity to expand and colonize other planets in case something were to happen to Earth"
"Not only that, but with the ever-growing population resources will be even more needed, Earth alone cannot sustain the whole humanity."
"Preparations have to start now"
In a gigantic underground facility, several Arcs were being modified by hundreds of thousands constructions machines controlled by AI.
In terms of appearance alone, they weren't that much different, but in terms of capabilities, they could now travel to space, they also have spacecraft propulsion that allows them to reach incredible speeds and are powered by giant arc reactors vastly superior to normal ones.
"Space Arc number 1 is now operational" Announced a Mechanical voice.