Federation Year 123, Andromeda Galaxy.
It had been exactly two years since Lin Yu had seized the Neutron Battle Star and three Dark Star-class Warships.
The Purple Cloud Empire, along with the Blazing Fire Empire, the second civilization it had secretly established, had unsurprisingly been destroyed by the Federation after losing the Seed Battle Star and the Planet-class Warship.
However, Bern, the Emperor of the Purple Cloud Empire, had not been confirmed dead or captured. He had vanished.
As for postwar arrangements, since the Andromeda Galaxy had always been considered part of the Federation's territory, it naturally would not permit other civilizations to remain there.
Just as with the Milky Way, territory was directly allocated within the galaxy cluster.
However, a problem arose. Of the fifty galaxies currently in the galaxy cluster, after excluding the two occupied by the Federation and their respective satellite galaxies, as well as the territories previously allocated to the civilizations of the Milky Way, only six galaxies remained available for distribution.
Obviously, six galaxies alone could not accommodate the migration of all Andromeda's civilizations.
In the end, with no other choice, the Federation first relocated the civilizations on the rear spiral arm.
After all, nearly one-third of the rear spiral arm had originally been occupied by the Purple Cloud Empire. Adding the territory of the Blazing Fire Empire made it even more extensive.
Therefore, after the Purple Cloud Empire and the Blazing Fire Empire were destroyed, there were far fewer civilizations on the rear spiral arm than on the front spiral arm. They could just be accommodated within the final six galaxies, while also allowing the Federation to monopolize an entire rear spiral arm.
As for the front spiral arm, the Federation would not halt its advance merely because it had occupied a galaxy cluster.