Galaxy Domination Guide

All eyes were on Yosi Ha'er, who finally broke his long silence and spoke, "Thank you very much for your opinions, which represent the thoughts of the civilizations within the Bi Star Cluster. The Star Alliance will take them seriously. However, while you are entitled to your opinions, the Star Alliance also has the right to act according to its own vision. Firstly, although you are civilizations native to the Bi Star Cluster, none of you individually, or even collectively, can claim to represent the entirety of the Bi Star Cluster. The Bi Star Cluster is not your territory. Planets that you have not occupied are unrelated to you. You cannot claim ownership simply because they are located a few light-years away from you."

Well, since these planets do not belong to any of your civilizations, this means the planets are unowned. According to the most universal principle in the universe, discovery and occupation equate to ownership, so planets discovered and occupied by the Star Alliance in the Bi Star Cluster rightfully belong to the Star Alliance.

As for the non-interference principle of the Galactic High Governance Council, considering that the Star Alliance is not a member of the Galactic Council, there is no obligation for the Star Alliance to follow such principles. We engage with local intelligent life with an attitude of fairness, mutual assistance, and development, and to date, we have not launched any proactive attacks against any species within the Bi Star Cluster. If these species wish to join the Star Alliance, we are willing to welcome them into our big family."

I reiterate that the Star Alliance only recognizes the sovereignty of the civilizations in the Bi Star Cluster over star systems effectively occupied by their planets, and respects these boundaries with no intention of invading. Beyond that, the unclaimed territories of the Bi Star Cluster are a fair ground of opportunity, and any civilization establishing effective occupation there is acting within its rights. Find your next read at My Virtual Library Empire

Your civilizations have the right to reject the Star Alliance's sovereignty over these planets and star systems. We do not mind having some disagreements with you on this issue. However, the Star Alliance will never give up its territory, and any acts of aggression against Star Alliance territory will be met with a forceful response and a hundredfold punishment.

I hope that our meeting today can yield positive results, allowing for a reasonable division of powers within the Bi Star Cluster to facilitate future interactions among us and help maintain peace and stability in the Bi Star Cluster."

Despite his polite demeanor, Yosi Ha'er's tone was extremely firm.

After hearing his words, Pan Muzhuo felt somewhat intimidated. Behind Yosi Ha'er was the Star Alliance, a civilization nearing high-ranking status, which was full of confidence. Even if the twelve civilizations had reached a consensus, they were still unable to truly shake the Star Alliance.

There are over three hundred member star systems in the Bi Star Cluster. The dozen or so civilizations here occupy about half of these star systems. Like his own Pan Star Civilization, which has four habitable planets in different star systems, in addition to the ten resource planets scattered across multiple star systems. According to the Star Alliance's division method, Pan Star Civilization actually occupies the most areas within the Bi Star Cluster, with eight star systems under their influence.

On the other hand, besides Yujie Star and another habitable planet, Melody Star, the Star Alliance only controls two resource planets, and therefore their sphere of influence in the Bi Star Cluster is limited to just four star systems. This was quite normal because Bai Zhongqi had ordered the prioritization of controlling habitable planets. Besides the Bi Star Cluster, the Star Alliance's actions elsewhere were also significant.

Pan Muzhuo knew that forcing the Star Alliance to concede would be difficult. The best strategy was to negotiate an agreement that the Star Alliance could accept.

"Ambassador Yosi Ha'er, if we follow the division of influence proposed by the Star Alliance, the Bi Star Cluster still has half of its areas in a state of vacancy. So, will the occupation of these ownerless star systems also be based on a single planet as a base, controlling the entire star system?"

Yosi Ha'er cunningly blinked and said, "That would certainly be inappropriate. Apart from the currently established boundaries, any future occupation of any planet by any civilization will be limited to that planet and should not expand to the entire star system."

Pan Muzhuo stared at Yosi Ha'er, seething with anger, cursing him for being shameless in his heart.

Although the Star Alliance had not blocked other civilizations from continuing to expand, what remained were mostly resource planets. One-third of the civilizations in the Bi Star Cluster were not centered around habitable planets (habitable with respect to the Primate Clan), so they might still be able to occupy planets suitable for their development. However, for civilizations like Pan Star and Dai Zan, which also required habitable planets, the potential of additional occupied planets wasn't as great as that of habitable ones.

Moreover, the Star Alliance had been very shrewd; if these civilizations wanted to occupy other planets, they would have acted already. Colonizing a planet was incredibly difficult, and maintaining the continued operation, management, and defense of resource planets was not an easy task. Civilizations like Pan Star could continue to occupy new planets, but first, they did not have much need; second, the expense was not worthwhile; and third, even if they wanted to, the Star Alliance could act much faster. If Pan Star occupied one, the Star Alliance could occupy ten.

Diplomat Dai Zan said discontentedly, "Sir, such a proposal is far from fair. The Star Alliance has a significant competitive advantage."

Yosi Ha'er did not yield an inch and retorted, "In such competition, absolute fairness does not exist. Should the Star Alliance suppress its own civilization level and technology to match yours, and then pursue our colonial development? That's unrealistic, and would that even be fair? If we don't use our advantages and strengths, that would be unfair to us."

He then raised his voice slightly and continued, "I want to remind you all that the willingness of the Star Alliance to sit down and talk does not mean that we are equals in some respects. The High Council of your Galactic Council also adheres to the same principle: Lower Civilizations follow High Level Civilizations. So, please do not be unreasonable."

His words caused a slight fear and resentment among the diplomats of the twelve civilizations. But what Yosi Ha'er said was correct; it wasn't just the principle of the Galactic Council, but strength was the fundamental factor determining interactions between civilizations.

"With an open attitude, we are willing to communicate and exchange with other civilizations, listen to everyone's voices, and we are willing to consider cooperation to a reasonable extent," Yosi Ha'er said with a smiling face, but his words carried weight.

Pan Muzhuo sighed. He knew they wouldn't find any room to maneuver here.