429 Onward and Outward

Max sat at his desk, scanning all of the inhabited planets that they would be passing on their way to the outer arms of the Galaxy and then cross-referencing them against the trade relations that each of them shared with the Reavers and with Cygnus, who was going to play a large part in the early stages of their plan to unify humanity.

After all, if they were going to build a species-wide mutual defense and trade agreement, they had to have the military might to back it up.

There would be no central government or anything of the sort. They had learned that lesson from human history. Trying to rule over too much territory only led to resentment and bitter civil wars, as well as an unchecked bureaucracy. Instead, they would have a court on Rae 5, where the ambassadors of the allied nations would gather, and those with grievances could come to request assistance or settle their disputes.