The Orville, on its way back to Earth, soon picked up a delegation at the Earth space station. It consisted of an alien president named Al'ar, a Planetary Union councilor named Balask from the planet alliance, and Admiral Halsey, who was also a member of the Planetary Union Council.
After the three arrived safely at the Orville's hangar bay and met the honor guard assembled by Captain Ed, they spent some time inspecting and discussing the red Genn unit, which stood over twenty meters tall in the raised hangar. Only then did the Orville finally set off for Darakos, the Quill homeworld, with the three delegation members aboard.
On the first night after the delegation came aboard, Admiral Halsey held a meeting with Captain Ed and First Officer Kelly. He showed them a recording of a public election speech that was currently circulating in Quill society.
The candidate giving the speech and rousing the Quill against forming an alliance with the Planetary Union was none other than Janelle, the Quill woman who had tangled with Captain Ed twice before and had even been in a "passionate romance" with him for quite a while.
Of course, Janelle was only the identity the Quill woman had taken on. Her real name was Treya, and her brother had served aboard the warship that Ed and Gordon had once captured to get their hands on that Codex.
As for her brother...
He had naturally been burned to death on the spot by the intense light and ultraviolet radiation. Only Treya and a small number of Quill children had survived. So even though Ed had released her, she still seemed to have every reason to hate humanity and the Planetary Union as much as ever.
Perhaps she was seeking revenge this time. Or perhaps she