The relationship between local governments and the military had always been rather ambiguous.
Because if local governments wanted to develop, they needed the military to protect them.
Of course, the local governments here referred to the various Administrative Stars.
Because in this era, trade was transported across interstellar space.
And only the military could guarantee the safety of interstellar transport!
Because the vast majority of local governments could not afford to maintain a large number of local fleets themselves!
The Alliance's armed forces were divided into two parts. One was the armed forces of the Alliance central government's military.
The other was the armed forces of the various local governments.
It was somewhat like America's Department of Defense and National Guard back on Earth.
The armed forces of the Alliance's local governments primarily answered to their respective local governments.
But more than eighty percent of local governments still had to rely on the armed forces of the Alliance central government's Military Department to ensure their security.
Thus, relations between local governments and the military had always been quite harmonious. At the very least, local legislatures would not openly fall out with the military.
Because that would put the local governments at a severe disadvantage.
This was the first time in centuries that local governments had personally stepped in to target the central government's armed forces.
The members of the March Star Planetary Council all voiced their positions.
"The Alliance Military is committing a crime! Over the past six months, our planet's fiscal growth rate has reached 450 percent!"
"If these pirates succeed in their robbery, our planet's development will be interrupted!"
"This is absolutely unforgivable! This is a crime against every citizen of March Star!"
"At the same time, we are concerned about the Military Department's internal evaluation system!"
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