The Federation had never established a definitive diplomatic protocol for interacting with lower-level civilizations. This glaring oversight remained one of Jason's biggest headaches.
In this particular case, the native inhabitants of their target planet likely possessed nuclear weapons, which posed a legitimate threat to humanity. Deciding how to approach them had become a highly complex dilemma.
The Federation's top officials had convened multiple times, but every meeting ended in a stalemate. Everyone had their own theories, leading to endless arguments.
The council was deeply split between hawks and doves. They had proposed a few strategies, but none were particularly reliable, leaving Jason deeply unsatisfied.
The first proposed strategy was a scorched-earth approach: simply exterminate the indigenous population from orbit and seize the planet!
