[Leader Xi Yan gained a new trait: Orator] [Orator Level I: When delivering a speech in any form, this leader grants 10% of the audience the {Diehard Loyalist} trait for 20 years, and grants the entire audience the {Fanatic} trait for one year] [Diehard Loyalist: Governing ethics attraction +114%; for every population unit with this trait, planetary stability +1; job resource consumption -10%] [Fanatic: Population units with this trait produce +50% resources and consume -50% resources, unaffected by stability and happiness]
An advanced sapient species existed on the Gaia world Amat Eiro II. The scientists aboard Research Ship One had named these intelligent plant life-forms the "Amatiero Plant People."
The plant people had developed a relatively advanced sublight civilization on this Gaia world, which had belonged to humanity since time immemorial.
This plant civilization made widespread use of bioenergy, and its level of development approached that of human civilization during the First Industrial Revolution. However, the inherent limitations of biotechnology meant they still lacked spaceflight capabilities.
Without FTL technology, they were natives through and through!
The colonists aboard the Hyacinth had thought so too, until their first landing on Amat Eiro II dealt them a rude awakening.
Although the Amatiero Plant People's civilization lacked advanced technology, their biological weapons were extremely powerful.
And although the Hyacinth's colonists came from a more advanced civilization, they numbered no more than 250,000. They gained an advantage at first, but as more and more plant people joined the fighting, they ultimately failed to withstand the counterattack and were driven back to the Hyacinth.
Humiliation!
But things were different now. The marshal's mighty troops had arrived, and preparations for the summer counteroffensive could begin!
They could never repay the marshal's kindness~~~
Just as Xi Yan was roaring, "Long live humanity!", a shrill