On Terra, the sun hadn't yet risen.
With its population of one trillion, though, the streets were already full, including in front of the Federation Senate.
The Senate's role had always been to hold the Federation together, despite the thousands of systems under its control and the billions of different xeno citizens in the nation. It was considered the most politically important place in the Federation, even more so than the Chancellor's palace. The senate was the Federation's symbol of democracy and tolerance between humans and Xeno.
Today, the Senate was discussing a controversial bill to conscript a portion of the population in anticipation of a possible all-out war with the Orc empire.
In the middle of this discussion, ten humans arrived in front of the Senate building's walls.
They wore long jackets which hid something important on their bodies.
