The events that followed unfolded just as everyone had expected. Now that the Alliance had torn away the veil, the Commonwealth had few choices left.
So the meeting's next discussion wasn't about what to do, but how to do it. Yet once they reached that point, things actually moved much more efficiently. The cabinet members all said they would handle the lawmakers in their parties and minimize any backlash in Congress.
Then came the diplomatic response. The embassies in the Alliance and the Empire would ask for details and sound out the other side's position. The Commonwealth would also reiterate before the Galactic Civilization Council that "peaceful development" was the mainstream of the universe, and that the Commonwealth had always been a peace-loving nation, and so on. To prevent the world from being destroyed, to safeguard peace across the universe, and to uphold a vision of prosperity filled with love and truth, the Blue Star Commonwealth would strive to the very end for the White Hole and a bright tomorrow, and so on.
...In short, they first needed to take the moral high ground. That was what the president had said.
"Yes, the ringworld belongs to the universe, to the galaxy, but ultimately it belongs to the Commonwealth, to the people of Earth. Rest assured, we won't abandon this greatest legacy of the Enlighteners in history." He added.
Mr. Shauna let out a sigh, and that was all.
It couldn't be helped. President Nixita's public image was that of a shining, upright man—a tough, hard-core hero who would fight to the death to defend the Blue Star Commonwealth. That image was what had made him the most successful elected politician in the Commonwealth's history. If he really offered up the ringworld for the entire universe to share, his political enemies