Developments in the Situation

Because they believed the Orange Star Civilization's information had also come from the Precursor's Rhomboid Crystal, humanity mistakenly assumed that the Orange Star Civilization knew of the Pioneer Small Universe here as well. After they laid their cards on the table with the Orange Star Civilization, that misjudgment indirectly let the Orange Star Civilization learn the exact details of the so-called secret of the starry sky.

Just as the Dynamic Image Civilization had been predisposed to believe that humanity had a powerful Star Alliance behind it, humanity had never expected to suffer such a hidden loss over information.

The Orange Star Civilization, having learned the truth, kept quiet about it. After all, it was an unexpected windfall.

When humanity first laid its cards on the table, they had assumed humanity had also obtained the information from the Buke Class. Quite a few Orange Star People had even been angry at the Buke Class for betting on both sides. Yet the more they listened, the more something felt wrong, because they discovered that humanity directly knew a Small Universe was hidden in the starry sky.

Then, after they launched a barrage of information that was half truth and half falsehood, humanity indeed said things like, "Stop pretending. We all got the information from the Precursor's Drift Bottle, so claiming it does us no good." Only then did they realize that the other side's information was the genuine article.

With this understanding, coupled with the pressure brought by the Trade Market's backing, the Orange Star Civilization agreed after a round of discussions to join the Star Alliance and send a declaration to the Dynamic Image Civilization in the Star Alliance's name.

As it happened, because they had encountered Human Civilization here, the Orange Star Civilization had kept its focus on humanity all