EpilogueFrom an observation booth, Serena-Akira looked out over the assembled diplomats and smiled. Seven long years, and I've finally done it.
Below, the emissaries from six Empires had come together to sign the charter for the Galactic Mining and Energy Commission, a joint-powers agency that would possess exclusive rights to mine the galactic core for minerals and energy.
In the year after she had assumed her place as Mitsubi Princess and Regent, her grandmother Empress Fumiko Mitsubi and then her father Emperor Naui Quiahuitl Xiuhtectli had died, making her the Empress of both the Mitsubi and Nahuatl Empires. Thankfully, Keiko had been willing to step in as Serena's Regent in the Mitsubi Empire, and Xochitl Olin as Serena's Regent in the Nahuatl Empire. Then Serena and Augusto had mar
