Captain Ed, First Officer Kelly, and the others had made an unprecedented request for Annie to attend the meeting, and of course it was because the Orville was about to receive a delegation of envoys from an alien species called the Gannisans.
The Gannisans' level of technological development was roughly on par with that of the Planetary Union. They had made contact with the Union long ago, and now, with the threat of the Kaylon robots looming and the alliance agreement with the Quellans having fallen through, the Union's leaders desperately needed to unite more forces against the outside threat. They quickly made their decision: Captain Ed and the Orville's crew had to do everything in their power to secure the Gannisans' membership!
The Gannisans were actually much like the Moclans, sharing a number of stubborn views on certain matters. For instance, both were societies with an extremely rigid gender structure?
The only difference between them was this:
The Gannisans were a matriarchal society that allowed men to exist, but nearly all important and respectable jobs were held by women. They stubbornly believed men were unfit for high-ranking positions and couldn't be trusted? The Moclans, on the other hand, were the complete opposite. They excluded everyone except men, didn't allow women to exist at all, and considered women impure, deformed creatures who had to be corrected if discovered?
So, in preparation for the important work ahead—and, more importantly, to accommodate and cater to the Gannisans' views of the Orville and the Planetary Union—Captain Ed, First Officer Kelly, and the others held a heated discussion and unanimously decided to temporarily transform the entire Orville into a ship that conformed to the values of a "matriarchal society"!
In other words, over the next few hours, before the Gannisans arrived and sent their