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Chapter 518 Negotiation
Davis's words were basically an open threat.

Obviously, he had already had a deep understanding of the situation here before coming to the Rubion galaxy, so he was well aware of the dilemma currently faced by the autonomous government.

The only remaining advantage of the Rubion Galaxy Autonomous Government is probably the nearly full combat fleet in their hands and the so-called "legitimacy" - in theory, they are still the legitimate government of the Rubion Galaxy.

However, because they controlled a number of industrial zones and military-industrial enterprises, their lead in military strength over other forces began to decline steadily after the Atlas Group began to deliver preparations to the Renaissance Alliance, and is now approaching zero.

If the Atlas Group intervenes more deeply and even starts to provide warships to the Renaissance Alliance, the autonomous government's only military advantage will disappear.

With the combat effectiveness and expansion capabilities currently demonstrated by the Renaissance Alliance's combat forces, Davis believes that without external intervention, it is only a matter of time before the Rubion Galaxy Autonomous Government completely loses Rubion V.

As for the fleet they have.
Davis even suspected that the Atlas Group would directly intervene militarily at an appropriate time, and by that time the autonomous government's fleet would basically be given away for nothing.

Even the main fleet of the Federal Navy would suffer losses at the hands of Atlas, not to mention the garrison fleets of these autonomous governments.

By that time, the Rubion galaxy can basically be said to be completely out of federal rule.

This is why, after receiving the request for help from the Rubion Galaxy Autonomous Government, the President and the Minister of Defense finally decided to entrust him, the Secretary of State, to make a personal trip in order to exert "extreme pressure" on the autonomous government.

While suppressing the armed rebellion in the Rubion galaxy, the federal government made it a reality to formally intervene in the rebellions in various galaxies, and took the opportunity to begin to reclaim some of the rights of the autonomous governments of various galaxies.

Before, even if President Brandon and his men had ten thousand guts, they would not dare to do something that might anger all the galaxy's autonomous governments.

But then was before and now is now.

The situation today is different from the past. It is the autonomous governments of various galaxies that need help from the federal government. If the latter does not provide them with assistance, the result will be as Davis just said.

The federal government could just wait until these autonomous governments were overthrown, and then legitimately send troops to quell the rebellion. Although this might cost more and take more time, there would be no worries.
To be honest, President Brandon actually prefers to take this "extreme" approach. In his opinion, this will greatly undermine the power of the opposition party and even allow the current ruling "Federal Democratic Party" to occupy an absolute dominant position in the future.

So he can't wait for the galaxies controlled by the opposition to completely get out of control.
However, Defense Secretary Miller and Marshal Trafalgar, who had just woken up from his sickbed, both strongly opposed this approach at a closed-door meeting, because from their point of view, given the current state of the Federation, the risk of "overturning" by doing so was too great.

Especially the navy fleet, which is the main force in suppressing the rebellion, had already suffered heavy losses in the previous "strategic decisive battle" with the Star Dragon Empire. If the "rebels" in various galaxies are allowed to develop, when these "rebels" become powerful in the future, it will be a real problem whether they can win.
Therefore, in Marshal Trafalgar's opinion, it is better to intervene directly while the "rebels" in various places have not yet fully formed a climate, strangle them in the cradle, and at the same time establish the authority of the autonomous governments of various galaxies, which can barely be regarded as a "killing two birds with one stone" approach.

After the previous strategic decisive battle, the admiral was very angry about the rebellion that broke out within the Federation, and he fainted while pointing at Brandon and cursing him.

After waking up, the first thing he said to Defense Secretary Miller who was guarding his bedside was: "The Federation is now on the edge of the cliff, and one foot has already taken a step out!!!" Although Trafalgar himself has not had direct contact with the Atlas Group, after the Federation suffered losses time and time again at the hands of this private enterprise, he has realized that this rapidly growing global giant is the Federation's biggest enemy.

And it is very likely that he is the Federation's 'gravedigger'.

To be fair, Trafalgar had actually long realized that the current Federation was corrupt and needed to be reborn from the ashes, so he occasionally thought that it might be a good thing for this old government to be crushed by the wheels of history?
But from another perspective, as the Federal Navy Marshal, one of the most powerful people in the Federation, and a self-proclaimed "patriot", he could not accept the demise of the Federation in his hands.
Therefore, between the future of trillions of citizens of the Federation and his own personal honor, the paranoid and proud Marshal Trafalgar chose the latter - he did not want such a big "stain" to exist in his life.

And these are just disputes between the "iron triangle" of the president, the secretary of defense, and the admiral of the navy. If we look at the federal government and the bipartisan members of Congress, the overt and covert struggles arising from the issue of "countering the rebellion" are too numerous to count.

All of the above ultimately led to Secretary of State Davis sitting in a conference room in the Bresk Government Building, the administrative capital of Rubion V.

Naturally, he was unwilling to come to this dangerous area, but the pressure from the Iron Triangle made it impossible for him to resist, which led to him venting his anger on Vega without any hesitation during the negotiations.

However, the subsequent developments seemed somewhat different from his prediction that the 'autonomous government would eventually' surrender.

After the initial panic, Vega quickly calmed down. After staring into Davis' eyes and thinking for a moment, the administrative aide who had just been passive suddenly laughed.

"Mr. Secretary of State was so aggressive from the beginning that he almost scared me."

"What do you mean?" Davis asked with a frown, feeling something was wrong.

Vega: "You have been emphasizing the crisis facing our Rubion system, but you have not mentioned that the federal government is actually walking on the edge of a cliff.
And whether it will fall in the end seems to depend on the "end" of our autonomous governments, right?

If the federal government really is as ‘indifferent’ as you say, and can wait to reap the benefits in the future, why would they send you in person to negotiate with us? "

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Davis remained silent, while Vega opposite him continued:
"If the Rubion system is really occupied by those rebels, I believe the 'rebels' in other systems will definitely be greatly encouraged, not to mention that the Renaissance Alliance has already begun to secretly contact the 'anti-federation' forces in other systems.
This is absolutely unacceptable to the federal government, because the current federation has no way to deal with a large-scale rebellion, so you hope to put out the earliest flame of the Rubion galaxy in order to cool down the overall situation.
Am I right, Mr. Secretary?"

In the first round of negotiations, the Rubion Galaxy Autonomous Government temporarily had the upper hand.

(End of this chapter)