1967, The Fearful Chiss Territory
After Brent and the others left, the Nuruodo family said to Admiral Qiyala, "Send them the intelligence on Mongal-Mongal. That should keep them settled for a while."
"All of it?" Admiral Qiyala asked coldly. She seemed openly hostile toward the Nuruodo family.
Both factions were primarily backed by military power, and there was an extremely sharp conflict between Admiral Qiyala's Illyz family and the Nuruodo family. Incidentally, the reason Mitth'raw'nuruodo Thrawn had been expelled from Chiss territory was a conspiracy by the Illyz family.
"How much you give them is for you to decide," the Nuruodo family replied just as coldly. "Just don't forget that the threat of Mongal-Mongal is Chiss territory's foremost priority."
"Give them everything! It is our duty to strike Mongal-Mongal!" the Illyz family said from the side, seizing the chance to compete with the Nuruodo family over this righteous cause.
"Yes." Admiral Qiyala nodded to the Illyz family, then gave a military salute to the nine people around her in the cabinet before turning and leaving as well.
After she left, only the nine of them remained in the lavish hall.
"We should immediately deploy every fleet we have and wipe them all out! We absolutely cannot let them build a stargate here!" the Chaf family shouted, slamming a hand on the table.
"Do you know what will happen if we do that? Idiot." The Illyz family turned to look at the Chaf family. "Once contact is cut off and the Duchy of Dawn confirms that its Exploration Fleet has gone missing, they can simply send another Exploration Fleet and build a stargate somewhere we don't know about! When their fleet arrives afterward, we may not even know what happened!"
"Rather than letting them build the stargate elsewhere, it would be