"I also support Saine Master's plan to complete two Dominator-class Cosmic War Fleets!" As soon as Saine had finished explaining his decision to the Federation's upper echelon, Hughson, the president of the Icarus Conglomerate, who had been following closely behind Saine every step of the way, immediately chimed in.
Compared with the other Federation higher-ups, Hughson was merely helping Saine manage the Icarus Conglomerate in his stead. Moreover, the conglomerate's most important economic authority had always been managed by Wojin, the Goddess of Wealth under Saine's command.
Hughson was merely the person publicly responsible for handling affairs.
Therefore, he did not truly count as part of the Galente Federation's upper echelon. At best, he had barely squeezed into this circle.
The Federation higher-ups discussing matters with Saine at this moment were either members of parliament, military marshals, or the behind-the-scenes directors of several other major Federation military-industrial conglomerates.
What Hughson had previously mentioned to Saine—his desire to obtain the stellar-level fortress manufacturing technologies of other heavy industry groups—was more or less equivalent to digging into the foundations of two other Federation higher-ups present.
There was even a Federation vice president among them, representing Federation President Jonah.
Saine had always been on good terms with that mustachioed president.
Ever since the Wizard Civilization ended the Galente Federation War, it had regarded Jonah quite favorably. Not only had it protected him from multiple assassination attempts, it had also allowed him to remain seated in the presidency for all these years.
As a result, the Galente Federation's presidential election rules and the constitutionally stipulated presidential term limits were nothing but a joke in the eyes of the Wizard Civilization's upper echelon.
If the Wizard Civilization thought Jonah was a decent man, then he could remain on the presidential throne indefinitely.
If they decided