*The voice of the Yzakian representative Pax suddenly appears on the viewscreen.*
"Surprised to see me, Chief Ardwyad? Yes, I know, the Yzakians had withdrawn themselves from the civil war, because were pacifists and refuse to carry any weapon. But we also realise the importance of the Delta Alliance, as we are a founding member, and while the Traquel were on their way to hunt you down, we spent time on keeping order throughout D.A. space, and to give humanitarian aid to the victims that fell during the battles. And there were many at Naederia, all on your behalf, Mr. Ardwyad. I came with Mr. Tash, to be available to provide immediate humanitarian aid to injured people of the Traquel Directorate, and to the Nigillians you attacked."
*He shakes his head.*
"You even attacked your own people, Mr. Ardwyad, what were you thinking? Nevertheless, we appreciate that you took the right decision in the end, by arresting Mentora and ending the war here before it would get any worse than it already was. Yet, D.A. regulations don't allow me to leave you in command of your ship. Therefore, Chief Ardwyad, you are relieved of your function as commanding officer of this or any other ship, until the Alliance Judge Council decides you are fit to resume your commission again. I'm sorry, Mr. Ardwyad. Pax out."

*Pax receives a response from Admiral Montrell, and replies.*

OFF: see Montrell's office on Avalon Station.

>-< Thank you kindly, admiral. We will be expecting your ship. Peace and harmony to you. Pax out. >-<

*Pax reads the reports of the arrival of Mentora and Ardwyad, as well as the dispatching of several shuttles with Yzakians offering humanitarian aid to the homeworld of the Nigillians.*
"Very well, soon the fleet should be able to return to the capital. But one thing must be done first... Send a transmission to Starfleet, Avalon Station. We need to restore our good relations with them, and we could also use their help."
Officer: "Channel open, sir."

>-<
Transmission from: Yzakian Representative Pax of the Delta Alliance
Directed to: Admiralty of Avalon Station, Starfleet
Message:
This is Representative Pax, speaking for the Delta Alliance. We owe you our apologies for having your ship, the U.S.S. Evolution, involved with a civil war that took place in our part of space. But I am happy to inform you that the matters have been settled, and peace and balance have been restored. We feel that you have been disadvantaged by our internal strife, and wish to restore our good relations with you. Therefore, We would like for you to send a ship to our space, so we can begin the rebuilding of our communications. We also received report that you are rebuilding the station of Starphoenix at the planet Dantor, and that meanwhile you lost the station Deep Space 12 to the Na'jigat, for which our condolences. Seeing that DS12 is now gone, Starphoenix Base is the closest located Starfleet station to D.A. space, and I hope that it could become an important crossroads between Starfleet and the D.A. We are also recalling an officer of ours, the Droid Comm One, that had been on your station as exchange officer. He is to take command of the A.S.C. Revox after the former captain, Ardwyad, was relieved of duty. We are currently located at the homeworld of the Nigillians, it should be on your stellar maps. We hope to welcome you soon. Pax out. >-<

OFF: Check the Cartography and the Expansion Fleet map to know which location I mean. The idea is that the Skytoucher is sent to D.A. space, and take Comm One with them.

Representative Pax of the Yzakians reporting in!

*Pax enters the Council and takes his usual place at the Round Table.*
"I heard there are important matters to be discussed. Surely we can handle everything in a peaceful way, without any sign of violence?"

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*Pax grumbles.*
"Yes, yes, i hear where you're going to. But while you may have had good experiences with some of them, we've had some bad ones. Surely you must understand our scepticism."

"Then the solution is simple, their ship may not be allowed to enter our space again. If they do wish so, they'll have to come back with another ship that carries no weapons whatsoever. We cannot be certain that they will not use their weapons against us, if they wish it. They have already broken one of our major regulations by exceeding warp speed limits and damaging subspace. What happened to our strict regulations, where such things were never allowed? Exceeding speed limits, carrying weapons, entering our space without proper passport... We enforce these regulations upon our own citizens, but complete strangers who have caused havoc before, are free to ignore those regulations? If we don't deal with this situation soon, there will be protests against it by the citizens of our different worlds, and if they all start doing the same things Starfleet has been doing, we are dealing with a larger problem than we can handle!"

"As you can see, this is the result of nothing else but... weapons!"
*Pax gets up again, and starts walking around the Round Table as he makes his speech.*
"We set up rules and regulations, in this very hall, long ago! And why? To avoid exactly these kind of problems! All members of the Delta Alliance approved the rule, long ago, that no weaponry should be carried by anyone or anything, in Delta Alliance space. Only security vessels are allowed to have weapons installed, and security officers are allowed to carry a hand weapon. It went well, without any problems, for many years. Until Starfleet came along!"
*Pax walks to a viewscreen on the wall, and pushes a button. A Starfleet ship appears on the screen.*
"This, people, is a Starfleet vessel... It is not the Evolution, it is known as the U.S.S. Skytoucher. They were the very first ship of Starfleet we, Yzakians, ever encountered, a few years ago. We welcomed them peacefully, with open arms, and what did they do? They nearly destroyed us!"
*Then another picture appears on screen. The symbol of Starfleet.*
"We received a... formal apology, from Starfleet. They explained that they had not ordered this in any way, and that Goransson, the captain of the Skytoucher at that time, was not to blame. Instead, two of his officers, a certain Mannion and Svensson, caused it, but they... disappeared. Starfleet didn't even look for them! Yes, yes, they gave us some warp cores to provide us with a new power source after the previous one was destroyed by the Skytoucher, but that's where it ended! And that was how they said thank you, for the welcome we gave them!"
*Then the picture switches again, this time to the Evolution. The places where the ship's weaponry is installed, are marked in red on the picture.*
"But our rules still held us together in peace... until Starfleet showed up AGAIN! And what did you all do, people? WHAT DID YOU ALL DO? You let them into our space! And that's not the point really, my problem though is, that you all set aside your very own rules! You should have ordered the Evolution to dismantle any kind of weaponry they had on their ships, and turn in all their hand weapons of all their officers as well! But instead, you allowed them in, with their torpedoes, their phaser banks, their hand phasers... And what do you get?? This exact situation! I think that you are all to blame for this! Weapons are all source of evil!"

"I agree that we should take precautions when it comes to Starfleet ships entering our space, but they should under no circumstances be allowed to have any kind of weapons on board, and we should not resolve this situation with any kind of violence!"

"Now that's exactly what I was talking about! They talk about peace, with a weapon in their hand! And then they're surprised when they find themselves in a hostile situation??"

*Pax looks around, at the queen and the few Council members left.*
"I'm afraid that this has gone too much out of hand. This is not what the Yzakian ideals stand for, and never what we intended the Delta Alliance to become. An orgy of violence and corruption, I call it! The word peace has become unknown to you all! I don't care who it is you support, the Delta Alliance or the Traquel Directorate, you are simply fighting over the power to decide! And what is worse, you will not hesitate to pick up a weapon to get your will done! The Yzakian Empire can no longer support this kind of action or behaviour, and I refuse to be affiliated with such alliance! Forgive me for this decision, Your Highness, but we have no choice but to withdraw. Yzakian borders, as well as the Van'Gu Cluster borders, are now closed to all! You have all profited of our welcome enough, we must tend to ourselves and our ideals of peace now!"
*He turns around and strides toward the exit door. Two Yzakian aides have been standing there. Pax motions them to follow him.*
"Prepare our shuttle, we return to Yzakia right this moment!"
*The door closes behind them, and they are gone.*

*Pax jumps up, interrupting Mentora.*
"I object! We cannot use the methods of violence! We don't even know why they have done what they did! I admit, this is disturbing news, but a peaceful solution MUST be worked out!"

"I agree with the statement that those weapons should be stored in safety and out of sight, HERE at headquarters. No Droid has suffered malfunctions before, after his weapon systems were removed. Droids, being seen as sentient beings, need to learn to adapt to different circumstances just like humanoids do."

"My point exactly. If children become the victim of violence, how can they ever learn peace? If they would not be exposed to weapons, they would never crave for it later in their lives either. These defense Droids were a bad idea. You know that the Yzakians have always opossed it."

*Pax steps forward toward the High Queen and Spock.*
"Your Majesty, it is true that our laws define that we should preserve life whenever we can. All I would like to plead for, is to 'upgrade' the Droid named HK47, for his own protection as well as the protection of those around him. He should be upgraded into a diplomatic Droid, rather than a defense Droid, so that his missions will be peaceful. That way we will preserve his life, and make sure that the lives of others are preserved too."