In the Federation, there was always a group of people who took the research funding allocated to them by the Federal Government and used it for research whose purpose was impossible to discern.
For example, some of them had discovered through research that deterrence often took effect before a bullet was fired from the barrel. To put it simply, when two sides faced off militarily, both would exercise considerable restraint and feel a certain amount of fear. They would voluntarily consider making compromises and choices that wronged themselves in order to avoid being harmed.
But once one side launched an attack—for example, drawing a blade from its sheath and swinging it, or pulling the trigger and firing a bullet—
Most people's taut nerves would short-circuit in that instant, and many would change their emotions, or even their personalities.
They would become unafraid of death. Even if they suffered serious injuries, they would still make sure their opponents paid.
This had happened countless times, from gang melees in the streets to hunters encountering a lone wolf in the jungle. Until they truly faced life and death, fear was most people's instinct.
But when they truly had to face death, people would become enraged. In their anger, they would forget fear and death, thinking only of defeating their opponents.
The same phenomenon applied when it was magnified from an individual to a group, or to an entire country.
The Federation's fleet was hovering near Gefra Main Island. As soon as the news came out, the nobles who had been clamoring to use force to remove the Emperor fell silent.
Once war broke out... there would be many things they could no longer choose.
Before war broke out, they could still feel deep fear. Thus, they compromised.
Launching a coup without using force