What was the Human Federation's glory?
To devote oneself to humanity's cause and future-that was glory!
What was the Human Federation's courage?
To commit the fleet without fear, even against a powerful enemy-that was courage!
What was the Human Federation's ambition?
To sweep away every enemy, every ill-intentioned alien, and every traitor-that was its ambition!
"The Interstellar Human Military Junta, our brother nation of eighty years, will take care of our families! Now, every citizen of the Human Federation is fearless!"
"We stake the Human Federation's future and everything we have! We will make the alien species and the traitors pay with their lives!"
"Humanity's mission flows through our veins! Our glory will never fade!"
The Human Federation's entire fleet assembled at the border. Massive battleships were deployed throughout the star system, truly blotting out the sky.
Even the star's radiance disappeared beneath the overlapping layers of indicator lights on the battleships. The fleet seemed to have become a vast net, ready to bind and strangle any invading enemy.
Xi Yan did not understand the Human Federation's approach. In his view, its best option was to use the resources it had accumulated over years of development to keep the Great Khan bogged down, then surrender when it could no longer hold out, draining as much of the Great Khan's strength as possible.
But the United Nations of Earth would never surrender. They could surrender to the Interstellar Human Military Junta, or even to the United Nations of Earth, but never to a barbaric alien who had risen from the Marauders.
This was the Human Federation's pride, and Xi Yan respected the will of the United Nations of Earth.
When the United Nations of Earth proposed sending most of its population to the Interstellar Human Military Junta, Xi Yan had already