The Second Banner of Star Pact: Bai Fu
Though Fei Ye usually seemed a little dim, she was actually excellent at gathering intelligence.
Who could blame her? She knew so many people.
She had connections, and she was easygoing. Even if she just stood there doing nothing, plenty of people would come over to make friends with her.
That was when Fei Ye's connections came in handy.
All kinds of intelligence poured into her hands like snowflakes, then got compiled and passed on to Bai Fu.
Bai Fu had the AI developed by Xia Shi aboard the ship reorganize the information. At last, she had a preliminary understanding of the situation facing the four factions that had sent her intelligence.
1. The Free Star Systems Alliance had been formed by dozens of small civilizations that had once been suppressed by the Taim Civilization during its expansion. It had been fighting the Taim Civilization openly and covertly for over a thousand years. Both sides had won and lost, but overall, the Taim Civilization had the upper hand. The two were traditional enemies.
2. Everyone knew the Taim Civilization had the support of the Supernova Battle Group, but the Free Star Systems Alliance was also suspected of having the backing of Titan Industries. As for the Rebirth Empire, there were rumors that its ships had appeared in that star region, but their specific purpose was unknown.
3. The Taim Civilization was deeply divided internally, the result of years of accumulated tensions. Those tensions had erupted during the previous Head of State election, when an assassination attempt led to the death of a highly respected candidate. No one yet knew who had sent the assassin, but the incident had made reconciliation impossible.
4. Nilis and Gustav were both leading candidates for the next