Kree Empire

Ronan's words made Daisy's expression freeze. Shi'ar did indeed have such a rule. It couldn't be helped; there were too many races within the empire, so in order to be as fair as possible, high-ranking officials would recuse themselves whenever cases involved their own race. Ronan had now expanded that recusal principle to cover the entire Shi'ar Empire.

As for Thanos's daughter and Thanos's father, were they related? In reality, not at all. The God of Time had probably never even met Gamora, but legally, they were related!

Daisy's head began to ache. How had her grandniece Gamora gotten mixed up with Star-Lord again?

Ronan's words put her in a very passive position. He insisted this was Shi'ar law. If they followed Shi'ar law, they had to recuse themselves. If they followed Kree law? Then there was no point discussing it!

Ronan refused to release anyone, much less let her take the Dark Vortex. After ending the call, she couldn't help shooting Yondu a resentful look.

If she hadn't known the inside story, she might even have thought these space pirates were in cahoots with Thanos. Otherwise, there was no explaining how Star-Lord had ended up with Gamora.

Anyone thinking normally would reach that conclusion, and Yondu certainly could too. He hurriedly explained, "That was Peter Quill's personal action. It doesn't represent the Ravagers. We have nothing to do with Thanos!"

From an official standpoint, they were all about the same—both lively social organizations that could be wiped out whenever someone felt like it. At most, Thanos was extremely powerful while Yondu was much weaker. That was the only difference.

But in Yondu's eyes, they had absolutely nothing to do with Thanos. One was the universe's number one terrorist, while the other was just a roughneck with a spaceship. They