Year One of the Fourth Empire, June 10.
The Fourth Empire issued a notice announcing that it agreed to peace talks. The notice was very simple. In essence, for the happiness and safety of the people of the galaxy, the war could not continue; after a ceasefire was reached, the Fourth Empire would devote all its energy to improving the well-being of its citizens.
After that, the two sides agreed that the peace talks would begin on June 30, and that the venue would be Planet Kira.
Not only would the venue be Planet Kira, but the specific negotiating site was chosen to be the very coordinates on Planet Kira that had been struck by the Death Star's superlaser!
That location was still burning with raging flames, the ground boiling with magma. If no outside force intervened, this lava zone, more than a thousand kilometers across, would continue burning for decades.
After selecting this location, the Fourth Empire immediately began highly efficient restoration work, with cooling expected to be completed within fifteen days.
Choosing Planet Kira as the venue for the negotiations carried a very clear political meaning—demonstration of force.
Because after a series of campaigns, Planet Kira had already become the symbolic planet of this war between the Fourth Empire and the Galactic Empire.
This war had begun on Planet Kira and ended on Planet Kira—from the initial Planet Kira Campaign, where the Fourth Empire annihilated an entire main fleet of the Galactic Empire and destroyed more than 1,100 Star Destroyers, including the Executor-class Super Star Destroyer Lusankya.
Finally, it came to the Death Star's surprise attack on Planet Kira, where the two sides fought fiercely for two straight days, ending ultimately with the destruction of the Death Star.
In other words, here on Planet Kira, the Galactic Empire