They even have a small number of local Transcendents from both the Path of Authority and the Path of Beauty... As long as you're talented, Star Antimony will definitely want you.
It doesn't matter if your heart is here or not, as long as you are here physically. As long as the money, resources, identity, and respect are given properly, you have to work, right?
To take a step back, even if you really don't cooperate—couldn't they just kill you and extract your soul to make into a ghost scholar? At least that's better than staying in other countries and inventing things for them.
Because Star Antimony has always considered itself the inheritor of the Helasal Empire, and the empire was renowned for flourishing in every way and for its inclusiveness that accommodated all paths. Based on this tradition, Star Antimony could not openly express antipathy towards Transcendents of any path.
