While the Asuran Cabal, and the Ennead Theocracy began their attempts to make contact with the two halves of the Elven race, more specifically their emissaries. Erich was sitting in a three way call with Daelia and Lunaria. The two women seemed to be at the very least restraining their urge to talk over one another which was good thing from Erich's perspective.
Erich had been thinking about a particular issue for a very long time. And had long since continued in the efforts of his predecessors. In fact, ecalating the level of espionage in that particular area of space that the rest of the galaxy seemed entirely uninterested in.
I'm talking of course about the Confedertion of Human Worlds, better known as one of three human governments, one which currently occupied Earth. A world which both the Germanic Star-Empire and the Heavenly Domain laid claim to.