Earth, United Nations.
"That concludes our discussion of the aftermath of the war against the Gemini Civilization. Next, the representative from Eagle Country has some intelligence concerning the Twin Stars to share with the member nations." The secretary-general of the United Nations glanced at the meeting agenda and spoke into his microphone.
The national representatives froze. Wasn't this clearly supposed to be the Ghost Captain's line? Why had the speaker changed?
Had Eagle Country's MI6 expanded its operations into outer space? Which James Bond was that badass?
The representative from Eagle Country switched on his microphone and gave an awkward cough. "Ahem! Everyone, not long ago, our intelligence services discovered that a small number of extremists had used a domestic radio telescope to transmit a message toward distant Callisto..."
An uproar swept through the room.
Extremists? Transmitting a message toward Callisto? That was the main battlefield against the Twin Stars!
What... were they trying to do?!
Earth, Duke John's residence.
"Heh! Klein, what a rare visitor! It's been quite some time since you last came here, hasn't it?" John looked at his old friend with a mocking smile.
"Yes. After all our years of friendship, I still wanted to see you in person." A trace of pity lingered in Klein's eyes.
"Friendship? Klein, don't you think it's a little late to talk to me about friendship now?" John sneered.
The Klein Family was barely holding on under his relentless attacks and suppression. As the man who had orchestrated it all, John knew that better than anyone.
What? Having regrets now? Now you remember our years of friendship? Where was that before?
Satisfaction swelled inside him, along with the intoxicating thrill of conquest!
This was the allure of power!
With it, everything in the world had to grovel at his