...Just as expected!
All that groundwork had been leading up to this!
"If your delegation cannot offer a reasonable solution to this matter, I fear our talks cannot continue."
"Furthermore, we will immediately declare all-out war on your nation. We will never let the humiliation suffered by the Empire's citizens go unanswered."
Xi Yan rested his hand lightly on the table as he spoke.
His tone had grown considerably more earnest, his expression solemn.
None of this actually mattered, and the whole bizarre affair had been staged by Xi Yan himself, but that did not stop him from making a great show of using it as diplomatic leverage.
Faced with Xi Yan's unhinged demeanor, the aliens opposite him fell silent.
The M'tok Ambassador's stone head remained eternally expressionless. "I have no sympathy for you people... If you want war, we'll fight you to the bitter end..."
Ahem!
What war? Did you not want to keep developing?
The Interstellar Human Military Junta was going crazy. That didn't mean you had to go crazy with them!
You might enjoy the fighting now, but when the neighboring Zirick Cooperative and Nier Guardians exploited your weakness, neither side would come out well!
Kabulosius kicked the Stone Person hard beneath the table, then stood up, trying to meet Xi Yan at eye level. "We are deeply sorry for what happened to your citizens, but we will find a way to compensate them."
"I want technology."
Xi Yan leaned back against his chair, putting on an indifferent air. "No energy credits, no resources. Just technology. Any technology will do, as long as it's technology."
He could not keep fleecing the United Nations of Earth alone.
Alien technology worked too. After all, technology was compatible throughout the Stellaris universe!
Five powerful fallen empires held sway across the