Preconceptions had always been a common failing among intelligent beings.
At the Sea of Stars Community's emergency online meeting, Dessanu Empire Will addressed so many civilizations for the first time. It felt prickly all over, deeply out of its element.
Heaven help it, this was the first time since becoming conscious that it had presented its views before so many intelligent beings!
Empire Will timidly approached the podium, forcing its nanites to remain stable.
"On behalf of the Dessanu Concordat of the L-Cluster, I issue a diplomatic condemnation of Minamar Specialized Industries."
Empire Will quickly began reading from the script in its hands.
Xi Yan had written it specifically for it. Empire Will itself had no idea how to use diplomatic jargon when communicating with other civilizations.
Thank you, human friend.
The other civilizations present, however, were rather baffled.
What was going on? They suddenly called an emergency meeting, summoned us here, and now we're watching this mysterious nation that only recently joined announce a diplomatic condemnation of Minamar Specialized Industries?
What did Minamar Specialized Industries do?
Representatives from several empires immediately cast puzzled looks at the representatives of Minamar Specialized Industries in the audience.
The representatives of Minamar Specialized Industries were already drenched in sweat.
Of course they knew what their empire had done.
But wasn't the timing a little too convenient?
Only half a day ago, one of their main fleets had been smashed. Then they immediately discovered that the Human Federation had declared war on them, and now they had been summoned to a meeting to be condemned?
Could all that really happen within half a day?
But now wasn't the time to think it through. Everyone was looking at us!
The representatives of Minamar Specialized Industries struggled for ages without coming up with an answer. Remembering