The Bessel Celestial Region was an area centered on the Bessel Civilization, with a radius of two hundred light-years. It encompassed several civilizations, including the Nomu Civilization, and at least several million stars. Since Bessel was the largest civilization there, the entire region was named after it.
This was not the market Anunnaki valued most, so its chief administrator was one of the Anunnaki Corporation's original veterans. He had ranked last among its ten original bosses, with the code name "Ten," and was known as "Firefeather Old Ten."
During the company's old era of internal strife, Old Six had been both powerful and cunning. Because he constantly changed forms and never showed himself as his actual species, people called him "Kaleidoscope Old Six."
Old Six had killed the top boss, Emperor Jun, in an internal showdown, then allied with one faction to fight another, defeating every other boss in succession.
Old Eight, Old Nine, and Old Ten had all been his allies once. But Old Six had cast them aside once they had served their purpose, turning around and taking down Old Eight. Old Nine had fled into the Dark Starry Sky and founded an interstellar pirate organization of his own.
As for Old Ten, he was rather timid. Knowing he could not compete with Old Six, he had voluntarily sold his shares and stepped down to become a chief administrator. By withdrawing before things turned ugly, he had managed to preserve some of his strength.
With that, Old Six had become Anunnaki's sole president. The company had grown ever larger, legitimized itself, and expanded into all kinds of legal and illegal businesses. It was now a major power in the Orion Arm.
Firefeather had no particular feelings about those old struggles. After all, so many years had passed. Under