Ronan had to die! He was a hero—many Kree acknowledged that—but the Xandarians did not. In the hearts of the Xandarians, Ronan was a cruel, vicious, inhuman war criminal.
He might have been a Kree hero, but he was not a Xandarian hero, much less Earth's. He had a competitive and adversarial relationship with Daisy, and he shared a blood feud with the Xandarians she now led. Leaving someone like him alone would be troublesome.
Daisy's original intention had merely been to help resist the Brood and do her part. Yet somehow, as she kept helping, she had become the leader of a faction—and the most determined resistance faction at that. Fate truly worked in mysterious ways...
According to Proxima Midnight's report, the Brood had already made her their number one threat!
The Brood viewed her as something like a guardian of the universe and was gathering a massive army to eliminate her. Daisy could not simply sit back; she wanted to consolidate the forces under her command.
A merger between Xandar and Kree was unlikely. The Kree's main ethnic group was far too dominant, while Xandar was much weaker than before. A merger between the two nations would only amount to a large country swallowing a small one, which did not fit her plans.
Even if they successfully merged, there would still be many problems. For example, what would the country be called? What would its citizens call themselves when they went out? Kree-darians? Mountain folk? Neither would do.
She could only treat them like two companies with completely separate finances, serving as the ruler of both nations and bringing about harmony between them.
Now that she was on the Kree side, she had to consider Kree's interests.
It was necessary to turn Xandar from Shi'ar's ally into Kree's