As a Senior General, Ishar also attended this high-level meeting.
Watching the scene before her, she knew that Twin Stars sending troops was now all but inevitable, and she could not help marveling.
What a Black Steward! What an All Things Unity Society!
This Black Steward had maneuvered Twin Stars to perfection!
Clearly, he understood all too well the dire situation Twin Stars currently faced.
They had just suffered a crushing defeat. Even if that was largely because the Wulf Empire was absurdly powerful and the gap between the two sides was simply too great, ordinary citizens would not think that deeply. They would only see it as a strategic failure by Congress's leadership and the military's decision-makers.
Even the Vector Engine, a civilization's prized strategic asset, had been traded away under pressure. It was practically a disguised payment of "protection money."
How could the proud Twin Stars people, who had never suffered a major setback in a war against outsiders, possibly accept that?
The families of the many soldiers killed in battle, along with the countless people left homeless by the fall of the Gallente Region, would also resent the leadership.
Public support -10!
Twin Stars currently operated under something resembling a two-party parliamentary system. Such a disastrous defeat during Kruze's tenure had damaged his prestige and would undoubtedly make it much harder for him to remain in power.
The military faced the same predicament.
If the troops branded their leaders incompetent, afraid to fight, and desperate for peace, morale would undoubtedly take a severe hit.
Military morale -10!
So both the Speaker's faction and the military faction needed an opportunity to turn this unfavorable situation around!
Sometimes public opinion meant nothing, but sometimes it could not be ignored.
Black Steward had undoubtedly provided precisely