(Bonus update for the great author certification of "Staying healthy by slacking off")
"This is the Sea of Stars Community Times, bringing you the latest news. One hour has now passed since the Sea of Stars Most Holy Human Empire formally declared war on the Starfish Republic. Reliable reports have confirmed that large numbers of human fleets have been observed crossing their borders. Their target is the Non-Aligned Organization in Southern the Milky Way."
"The nearest news ship is heading to the scene, and our correspondent will bring you live updates. Does the Human Empire intend to take on all of Southern the Milky Way alone? Is its military already powerful enough to fear nothing? Stay tuned to the Sea of Stars Community Times. We will answer these questions in our follow-up coverage."
"Breaking news! We have spotted an enormous human vessel on the front lines! Our correspondent suspects this is the secret weapon the humans have been developing in recent years. Let's go live to our frontline correspondent..."
"Fuck!"
The Starfish president cursed furiously as he watched the news.
If even the Sea of Stars Community Times had reported it, how could they, the country directly involved, not know?
"Why? Where exactly did things go wrong? How did it come to this?"
They simply could not understand how the mighty Starfish had fallen so far, step by step.
All that could be said was that various factors, combined with a single spark, had brought about this final outcome.
The crisis ascension veteran's move had been vicious. The Synth rebellion had directly destroyed half of the Starfish's strength, not only devastating their capacity to wage war in a short time, but also forcing them to withdraw from North the Milky Way, giving the two Awakened Empires an opening.
The fierce