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V.10

When Leah and Kurt saw the planet's civilization, they were stranded on, they can't help but curse. 

Back in GT, Oda and the rest are trying to figure out how to contact all the undercover shadow units, especially those who were caught in the crossfire in the Ganesh surprised attack. 

Fortunately, they were able to contact some of the missing shadow units, but many more went MIA like Leah and Kurt.  But the shadow units who were in charge of searching and connecting to their missing brothers and sisters never stopped trying. 

Meanwhile, back in GFA, the tension is high as they just lost several squadrons, causing a massive loss in the economy and lives of the soldiers. So huge that even the most hard-ass elder of GFA went quiet.

Even though they care more about the income they received, but this time no one talks about money or profits, for they all lost acquaintances one way or another like commander Markos, one of his grandson was part of the squadron lost to the surprise attack of Ganesh. But he wasn't the worst of the affected, as commander Mikaela lost both sons and grandsons to the attack. 

For a moment, no one spoke in the conference room, the tension is high, and no one jokes around like thier previous conferences. Many of the elders look like they were thinking of something or pondering things. Commander Markos on the other hand was just sitting there, eyes closed and not talking at all.. unlike before where he was the first one to joke around. 

Commander Mikaela on the other hand has dark shadows under her eyes, no one knows how long it has been since she last slept or rested if not for the special solutions they are receiving from the GT commander Mikaela would have long since passed out from exhaustion, and she's not alone as many elders have dark circles around their eyes.

One has to know these elders never really did any hard job ever since they became elders as their only job is to make decisions and let others do all the work while they get all the benefits.

That's how every huge company works, and GFA is one of the biggest companies in the bright Galaxy. Of course, GFA won't admit it, they will tell you that GFA is created to combat humanities threats and to safeguard their way of living. They won't accept that it's all for-profits very much like any business company. 

After a few minutes of silence, the leader of the house, or the elected leader of GFA, broke the silence.. "ehem, i don't have to say what kind of situation we are in right now. Many of us, if not all of us, lost loved one's in these recent attacks from Ganesh. We have been complacent and negligent on how we dealt with the Ganesh, we all treated it like some cash cow. And now this cash cow have decided to fight back for real and we are all caught with our pants down." 

He looks around, no one seems to be paying attention to him. But he knows that's not the case at all... they are all veterans of politics, they all know how to hide their intentions. Despite this, some are failing because of the recent events. But nevertheless, politics was running in all their veins, and being an elder is proof of that. 

Jeremiah Crows have been a politician since he was a teenager, he was a fourth-generation politician. His parents, as well as his siblings, are all in politics, his dad used to be a senator, his mom a governor, and ever since he was young, he shows great promise in politics. He was even in many news articles ever since he was young. Now at age 78, his accomplishment and awards can't even be fitted into a single room. And becoming the president of humanity's greatest organization is his most significant accomplishment to date. 

In truth even though he was the president of GFA, his power is really not that different from the other elders. He can't make a decision by himself nor can he decide by himself what direction the GFA is going, as every major decision needs to be put to the vote. In other words, his position is nothing but a formality. In fact, his position is not a coveted one. And if for some reason, GFA made a mistake, the first one to be blamed would be the president, and every accomplishment has to be attributed to all elders. So in truth, there's not much advantage in being a president, and many elders don't want to be in that position, as that much is clear. When the time to vote for president came, only two elders expressed the willingness to take the position, and when Jeremiah expressed his desire for the position with his reputation, he immediately got 90% of the votes. 

But now, with this crisis, his position as a president comes into play, as stated in the contract. He will receive emergency power to make decisions. Of course, this too will have to be put to the vote. And in order to sway this group of old politicians, he needs to make a show, and it has to be a damn good one to convince them to give him emergency power. The loss of a few of his descendants he can't even remember, as he has a ton of them, is an excellent way to start. 

But alas, after a few minutes of speech, the elders barely have any reaction, even though everyone thinks GFA is of one power, but the truth is far from it, as GFA is a consolidated power coming from many human superpowers, their army included so of course, no power would want their soldiers being used for someone else profits.

The politics in GFA is chaotic as one of the elders describes it, one needs to be the best in what they do in order to get the maximum profits in GFA. Just take a look at the former HFA one wrong move, and the hungry sharks have swallowed them, and HFA was used to be the top human organization in space. And yet in just a few weeks, they have been systematically dismembered by GFA elders. 

No elders in their right mind would give another elder an advantage over anyone else. And Jeremiah thinks that now that many of the elders are grieving and under duress and stressed, they won't think straight, but that is easier said than done. But for Jeremiah, this is worth doing as there is no harm if he failed, but too much to gain should he succeeded. 

His heartfelt speech somehow touched some of the grieving elders, and even though no one is showing it on the surface, some of them are swayed. Especially commander Mikaela, who lost most too much among the elders. As both her beloved sons and grandsons are lost to the attacks. 

And true enough, after his speech and the conference officially started, many of his suggestions received a positive response, and Jeremiah is over the moon with the results. Although there are no official conclusions, he knows it's only a matter of time. 

EDITOR: King of Mortals.