Humans Abandon Peace Talks The Galactic Council Faces the Consequen

Your latest proposal is, as always, unacceptable, he declared, humanity will surrender the Epsilon sector, reduce your fleet by 40%, and pay reparations for defending yourselves against what were clearly our misunderstandings. Williams didn't move, she didn't even blink, behind her the other human delegates went completely silent. Have spent those two centuries studying every single one of your wars, every tactic, every weakness, every assumption. Surely you don't mean, I mean, Vesher said quietly, that we've made the worst mistake of our existence. The peace that came after word lasted forever because the council finally understood humanity's greatest strength wasn't their power to destroy.