"We will never give up... never submit... we will make our stance clear through war-with our fleets, we will protect our empires; with steel and electricity, we will defend the dignity of our species. We will never surrender. We swear to fight to the death..."
-August 20, Cosmic Era 2260, at the Sea of Stars Community
At ten in the morning, delegations from thirteen nations and five city-states belonging to the Sea of Stars Community held a joint vote. The motion for war ultimately passed on both counts: fifteen votes to three, and 300K diplomatic weight to 100K.
The thirteen sovereign nations of the Sea of Stars Community were as follows:
[Interstellar Human Military Junta]
[Zirick Cooperative]
[Nier Guardians]
[Human Federation]
[United Nations of Earth]
[Xindari Triumvirate]
[Minamar Specialized Industries]
[Seteran Covenant]
[Swivel Table Knight High Lordship]
[Voor Technocracy]
[Flower of Gaia]
[Ardenian Radicals]
[Jian Ascendancy]
Along with five neutral city-states:
[Curator Enclave]
[Artist Collective]
[Salvager City-State]
[Shroudwalker Enclave]
[Caravaneer Coalition]
Together, these eighteen members of the Sea of Stars Community signed the Joint Declaration of War and issued a manifesto, declaring war on the XT-489 Extermination Unit with [Eliminate the Threat] as their casus belli.
At the same time, the Sea of Stars Community's provisional joint-war regulations took effect. Wartime interstellar law replaced the existing interstellar law until the war ended.
Once the vote passed, thunderous applause filled the Sea of Stars Community's virtual assembly hall. Everyone, including countless viewers of every species watching the live broadcast, celebrated the Sea of Stars Community's first joint war.
Xi Yan, leader of the Interstellar Human Military Junta, which held the Sea of Stars Community's rotating chairmanship, addressed the Milky Way Galaxy on the Community's behalf. He elaborated on its role as the builder and guardian of a new order in the