[Empire Log: Criminal Enterprise Branch] [With that battle ending in peace negotiations, no one emerged victorious. Under diplomatic pressure, the Empire had no choice but to let these aliens in, watching helplessly as they established branches on our great colony.] [But our valiant imperial citizens will never submit! Our loyal people will never collude with these aliens. Let them come. The will of the Empire will tear their ambitions apart. We will fight them in every street and alley until the Criminal Enterprise disappears from the colony entirely... This is no short-term undertaking, but the people of our colony will keep working toward it. That day will not be far off.] [Xi Yan's directive: Our great citizens, the entire nation grieves. Our shared loss has brought us closer together! Build the finest colony!]
In the second half of 2206, construction began on the Empire's third colony, in the Kui Su Three System northeast of the Cybrex Alpha System.
Kui Su Three IV was a terrestrial planet with a less-than-pleasant climate. Its habitability for humans was only 70%, barely meeting the minimum threshold.
This rather barren planet had few oceans. All its vegetation clustered near the equator, while the rest was nothing but belts of dark brown rock.
As a result, vast mineral deposits were easily detected, and Xi Yan had begun working on establishing a mining colony two years earlier.
After nearly a year of work, a colossal ark that blotted out the sky was completed. The Interstellar Human Military Junta finally had its own Colony Ship, fulfilling Xi Yan's dream.
This Colony Ship could carry up to three Stellaris population units, or three hundred million people. Xi Yan figured he could not spend unity to select imperial traditions as he could in the game; choosing traditions in