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You think back on the ages of Hegemony history. Out of all the Supreme Rulers... you need to emulate Kinja the most. His skill with people, and a Dulioan, ironically enough. But also strength- the ability to end the chaos- like Agori. You need to channel both of them now; the will to lead the people with a strong hand, a manipulator, and a warrior...
That night, a great silence falls over the Hegemony. The death of the Supreme Ruler is a solemn thing, but its the context that matters. This is the closest the Hegemony has ever had to civil war- but by ending the coup, Cijan decided to <span class="mu-i">retain</span> the power of the office of Supreme Ruler. The unmendable split of opinion, the political bickering, it has reached its melting point. The pressure is strongest against the economists who the public are so naming Mercantiles- one step below Capitalists, whose both Acting-Supreme and the daughter of the Acting-Supreme are directly responsible for the violence and attempted coercion, and then assassination, of Cijan Anak, the Supreme Ruler. Despite the fact their brightest daughter had the power of the Supreme for but a moment in time...
All over the Hegemony, people are fed up. Those in the higher levels of the economist faction; some high level security officers, statisticians, enforcers, and many state philosophers are facing enormous pressure from all sides. The decision is made silently- with a white flower. Kima's flower. They mark themselves with a white flower and, in a great silent procession, leave. Along with them, the entire remaining Dulioan family. Loading onto starships- the golden age cultists have left the Hegemony- going to the neutral and untouchable Hazaar-Vassal-States to seek out their golden age elsewhere. The economist political party is <span class="mu-i">done</span> with- the Supremacists, however, must be appeased as well. Dissolved into the background as part of the rest of the Hegemony.
