Lunar War (110)
Even though this was merely an informal diplomatic dinner, there was no shortage of private talks and hushed whispers between the seats.
There were no media outlets here, and all information was confidential. Yet because of the notorious loose lips of politicians in certain countries with vote-based representative systems, no officials other than civil servants had been invited to this banquet. Every diplomat, diplomat's wife, negotiation aide, and embassy military attaché was working to gain a little more leverage at the negotiating table afterward, because this nation, which had only recently unified the Balkan Peninsula, had offered terms no country could refuse. More eye-catching than the ancient castle, luxurious dining hall, delicious food and wine, or advanced mechanical attendants was the image projected by the high-resolution holographic projector in the center of the hall.
The image had been enhanced with lighting and algorithms, removing buildings obscured by the lightless environment. At a glance, it looked like an ordinary, even somewhat barren planet. But as the view drew closer and the resolution improved, traces of black artificial objects buried within the craters began to emerge—many embassy military attachés focused their attention on the hologram, particularly the objects resembling vehicles and aircraft outside the artificial structures amid the crater ranges. Though they knew Latveria would not provide images containing classified information, those soldiers still gleaned quite useful intelligence, such as Latveria's achievements in Voidcraft research.
"After the Battle of New York and the Battle of London, NATO governments collected numerous alien warship wrecks and extraterrestrial biological specimens through S.H.I.E.L.D. Under the agreement, the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council were all entitled to a certain proportion of the samples. Yet as far as I know, the research into alien materials conducted by NASA, the Pentagon, and various