Since the antimatter atrocities in the 23rd century that lead to the formation of the Confederation, all inhabited worlds watch the skies nervously. Back in history when your enemies where next door neighbours there was a natural inhibition to using weapons of mass destruction. It seems the further away people live from their enemies, the more readily they will resort to exterminative solutions.

The Omutan’s genocidal attack on the Garrisans has lead to an intensification of military spending which could cripple the economies of many small colony worlds. However, no government can allow a compromise in defence of its people so long as its enemies have the potential for the use of the absolute and terrible destructive power of the matter annihilation bomb.

President Raymond Flost, 2577 election campaign.