On May 2, 832 of the Galactic Common Era, after nearly half a year of open debates and backroom deals—and even a few minor clashes destined to be buried on the reverse side of history—the Galactic Civilization Council, located in the Huaxu System, finally reached a degree of consensus on the situation in the New Continent.
The New Continent Development Treaty, the centerpiece of the negotiations, passed a series of amendments. Its clauses grew increasingly complex and detailed, while its requirements for territorial expansion became ever more stringent.
Of course, we all know that no matter how complicated the clauses are, people can always find loopholes. So, although the Empire and the Commonwealth, the two parties most directly involved in this affair, were deeply dissatisfied with a treaty that had gained over a hundred supplementary provisions, they gritted their teeth and accepted it.
Meanwhile, the Alliance, which had always prided itself on being a beacon of civilization, once again proposed the Indigenous Rights Protection Convention, demanding that all settlers native to the Galaxy afford basic human rights to the indigenous civilizations of the New Continent that possessed civilization and intelligence.
The Empire had always regarded such antics by the Alliance as "hypocritical," and generally sneered at them. This time, though, it finally cast its vote in favor—albeit with great reluctance.
No matter what, as long as the New Continent Military Restrictions Treaty became a scrap of paper, it was all worth it.
In fact, however, it didn't become a complete scrap of paper. Instead, it was given a set of supplementary provisions. The gist was that if an "emergency" arose, nations could send large main fleets to the New Continent. Once the "emergency" was over, however, the fleets would have to return to their home territories in the Galaxy.
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