A Core Ship From The Start
Chapter 1421 - 961: Walking on This Road (Happy New Year Everyone, and a Request for Votes Meow)

Chapter 1421: Chapter 961: Walking on This Road (Happy New Year Everyone, and a Request for Votes Meow)

After this, the relationship between the Tribunal and the Star Union changed somewhat. Of course, many in the Star Union think that the Tribunal’s actions are too radical, not to mention that many people’s families live on the Star Alliance Homeworld, so they believe the actions of the Tribunal are unforgivable.

But the Tribunal is no pushover either. Zhenjiling relies on its own platform to engage in verbal battle against many, successfully garnering the support of some of the Star Union’s population despite being at a great disadvantage.

Of course, this is also related to the current overall political state of the Star Union.

As everyone knows, the first negotiation between the Star Union and the Divine Assembly was not friendly. At that time, the Star Alliance Fleet discovered the Mass Effect Portal; out of curiosity or perhaps recklessness, they wanted to click on it to see where it led. However, they were discovered by the Tuggy Fleet. At that time, the Divine Assembly had already established a system, firmly refusing the activation of the Mass Effect Portal, resulting in the Tuggy Fleet issuing a warning to the Star Alliance Fleet.

For the Star Union at that time, who is this random alien to tell me what to do? What I do in my own Star Territory is none of your business.

Thus, an argument escalated and led to the outbreak of war between the Star Union and the Tuggy, where both sides fought fiercely for a long time until the other two races of the Shenbao Council intervened for mediation. Considering that the opposition was stronger, the Star Union had no choice but to concede and join the Divine Assembly —— during this phase, many people within the Star Union were anti-alien, since they initially met the Tuggy in battle and fought until the bitter end without a decisive victory, and the intervention by the Ashali and the Salarian further fueled the sentiment that "those who are not of our race must have different hearts."

However, after joining the Shenbao Council, in order to prove to other alien Races that Humans were the "good kids," the Star Union had no choice but to choose a second path, which was coexistence with the aliens —— this was also out of necessity since the aliens were numerous and powerful, making it impossible for the Star Union to benefit from a confrontation, so they had to adopt a path of peaceful coexistence and a thriving family.

During this time, human supremacy and hostility towards aliens were largely suppressed by the Star Union government. Cerberus is a prime example of this. It was even classified as a Terrorist Organization by the Star Union and subjected to a series of crackdowns.

However, after the emergence of the Tribunal and the end of the Reapers’ war, the human supremacy faction within the Star Union that had been suppressed started stirring again. After all, the emergence of the Tribunal and the History they proclaimed allowed humanity to claim the rule over the Universe "since time immemorial". Moreover, with other Races nearly wiped out by the Reapers, some people once again proposed ideas and suggestions about human supremacy.

After all, the Shenbao Council was now merely a name without power, and the remaining aliens may struggle to restore the glory of their civilizations for hundreds of years. In this Star Territory, Humans had become the de facto rulers. So why can’t we make rules based on our own ideas? Why should we still follow the thinking of the Divine Assembly Council?

This debate was initially like boiling a frog in warm water, but the war between the Tribunal and the Dark Spirit Clan suddenly intensified this topic. Indeed, there are many who oppose the Tribunal, but there are also quite a few Star Union residents who support it, most of whom belong to the "human supremacy" faction.

Many people denounced the Tribunal for exterminating an Alien Race at the expense of sacrificing the human home planet. However, many people also support the actions of the Tribunal, and their rationale is simple —— look at the previous war between the Star Union and Tuggy, alien attacks on human Colonies were not one or two isolated incidents, and the Divine Assembly Council has always turned a deaf ear. So don’t act as if human planets have never been attacked by aliens. Take Bliss Territory as an example, it has been attacked so many times! At that time, why didn’t you oppose it? Why didn’t you protest?

Indeed, for Star Union residents born on the home planet, the Star Alliance Homeworld is indeed their longed-for homeland. However, for many residents born on Colonies or other planets, the status of the Star Alliance Homeworld might not be more important than the Colonial Planets they were born on. Therefore, when those people denounce the Tribunal, these Star Union residents only see a blatant double standard —— when our planet was attacked by aliens, you always talked about the impact and didn’t allow us to protest or demonstrate, saying it was for the greater good.

Now, when it’s your own planet getting blown up, you can’t handle it? Can we then return to you the words you said to us back then? Since you felt that for the sake of the big picture of the Divine Assembly Council, suppressing our anger was justifiable, then conversely, we feel that for the sake of the human bigger picture, sacrificing the Star Alliance Homeworld is not too big a deal, is it?

Since you don’t care about me, why should I care about you?

Thus, soon, the wheel of fortune turned, and the Homeworld faction in the Star Union instead became the minority —— this was quite normal, as the Star Union already had a large number of Colonial Planets, and the residents there would naturally only consider their own planets rather than the Homeworld. Moreover, the Homeworld had already been devastated by the Tribunal, leaving no remnants and all its inhabitants dead. Therefore, the Homeworld faction also consequently lost its influence and power, and quickly, the Colonial faction began to dominate and after a series of elections, took control again.