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The long-awaited 3307 election for prime minister took place on May 27 with no further delays. Opinion polls indicated that Prime Minister Mahon would win reelection comfortably, but noted that Councillor Kaine had amassed broad support for her policies. Mahon demonstrated the resilience of his own popularity by triumphing over Kaine in a public, pre-election initiative to gather materials for an expansion plan to construct two new Alliance starports, Enterprise Market in LHS 2522 and Prosperity Core in Sharru Sector FW-W c1-19. Kaine's competing initiative involved gathering materials to bolster manufacturing within the Alliance and boost supplies of rare commodities, but was unsuccessful.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/60a65e74b2a27b068a3888c6 GalNet: Alliance Election Candidates Announce Community Drives]</ref><ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/60af994351e04a6d1a37ca75 GalNet: Tritium Mining Marks Alliance Election Day]</ref><ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/60b8b6e2ac5b1b054d5cb25b GalNet: Tritium Mining Campaign Boosts Alliance Expansion]</ref> Edmund Mahon's historic election to a second term was officially confirmed on May 28; the announcement of results was delayed after some councillors insisted on additional checks. Mahon won a plurality of the Alliance Assembly's votes, and it was observed that from the Assembly's point of view, he likely represented stability and measured leadership in a time of ongoing galactic turmoil.<ref name="Mahon Wins">[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/60afaebfcbb0c3468a3add9e GalNet: Mahon Wins Alliance Election]</ref> However, controversy ensnared Mahon's expansion programme on June 25 when Councillor Kaine revealed evidence that the Prime Minister had possibly made a backroom deal with [[Sirius Corporation]] to help complete the two new starports.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/60d5e28a4b81bd6b3040ec99 GalNet: New Alliance Starports Become Operational]</ref> | The long-awaited 3307 election for prime minister took place on May 27 with no further delays. Opinion polls indicated that Prime Minister Mahon would win reelection comfortably, but noted that Councillor Kaine had amassed broad support for her policies. Mahon demonstrated the resilience of his own popularity by triumphing over Kaine in a public, pre-election initiative to gather materials for an expansion plan to construct two new Alliance starports, Enterprise Market in LHS 2522 and Prosperity Core in Sharru Sector FW-W c1-19. Kaine's competing initiative involved gathering materials to bolster manufacturing within the Alliance and boost supplies of rare commodities, but was unsuccessful.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/60a65e74b2a27b068a3888c6 GalNet: Alliance Election Candidates Announce Community Drives]</ref><ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/60af994351e04a6d1a37ca75 GalNet: Tritium Mining Marks Alliance Election Day]</ref><ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/60b8b6e2ac5b1b054d5cb25b GalNet: Tritium Mining Campaign Boosts Alliance Expansion]</ref> Edmund Mahon's historic election to a second term was officially confirmed on May 28; the announcement of results was delayed after some councillors insisted on additional checks. Mahon won a plurality of the Alliance Assembly's votes, and it was observed that from the Assembly's point of view, he likely represented stability and measured leadership in a time of ongoing galactic turmoil.<ref name="Mahon Wins">[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/60afaebfcbb0c3468a3add9e GalNet: Mahon Wins Alliance Election]</ref> However, controversy ensnared Mahon's expansion programme on June 25 when Councillor Kaine revealed evidence that the Prime Minister had possibly made a backroom deal with [[Sirius Corporation]] to help complete the two new starports.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/60d5e28a4b81bd6b3040ec99 GalNet: New Alliance Starports Become Operational]</ref> | ||
Later that year, Mahon encouraged the Assembly to seek a strategic defence contract with Sirius Corp in response to heightened fears of a Thargoid invasion of Alliance space, leading to the Assembly inviting CEO [[Li Yong-Rui]] to Alioth on December 22, 3307 to discuss ways to enhance the Alliance Defence Force.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/61bc613c2e4d052d20620ebc GalNet: New Phase for Alliance-Sirius Partnership]</ref> The Alliance entered into a defence pact with Sirius Corp on January 3, 3308 after the measure was approved by a slim majority in a rare, closed-door, joint session of the Assembly and Council of Admirals. In exchange for priority access to certain undisclosed financial opportunities, the megacorp pledged to support the ADF in anti-xeno operations.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/61bc6344b6a12c41512b7103 GalNet: Alliance and Sirius Agree Defence Pact]</ref> The new pact went into effect on January 10 with the addition of a seventh seat on the Council of Admirals for Admiral [[Nikolas Glass]], a member of the [[Sirius Navy]] who would oversee the Alliance's anti-Thargoid operations.<ref name="Sirius ADF">[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/61dbf8af8471456cbe5cbe02 GalNet: Sirius Navy Unites with Alliance Defence Force]</ref> Additionally, Mahon granted Sirius Corp permission on January 14 to establish a permanent presence in Alliance space by deploying megaships in Alioth and three other Alliance systems, an executive decision that Kaine argued required Assembly approval. Sirius Corp advisors also officially joined the ADF and multiple government departments to streamline cooperation.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/61e172a178eff449466b83a1 GalNet: Sirius Gov Enters the Alioth System]</ref> The defence pact proved timely, as the superpowers agreed to shut down Aegis on January 18, 3308 per the recommendation of the [[Paul Baumann|Baumann Report]], which had found that Aegis was no longer able to effectively carry out its anti-Thargoid responsibilities. Admiral Glass confirmed that the ADF and Sirius Navy would assume Aegis's role in defending the Alliance.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/61e6ba29f6b3cd47d1758763 GalNet: Superpowers Plan to Replace Aegis]</ref> | Later that year, Mahon encouraged the Assembly to seek a strategic defence contract with Sirius Corp in response to heightened fears of a Thargoid invasion of Alliance space, leading to the Assembly inviting CEO [[Li Yong-Rui]] to Alioth on December 22, 3307 to discuss ways to enhance the Alliance Defence Force.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/61bc613c2e4d052d20620ebc GalNet: New Phase for Alliance-Sirius Partnership]</ref> The Alliance entered into a [[Alliance-Sirius strategic defence pact|defence pact]] with Sirius Corp on January 3, 3308 after the measure was approved by a slim majority in a rare, closed-door, joint session of the Assembly and Council of Admirals. In exchange for priority access to certain undisclosed financial opportunities, the megacorp pledged to support the ADF in anti-xeno operations.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/61bc6344b6a12c41512b7103 GalNet: Alliance and Sirius Agree Defence Pact]</ref> The new pact went into effect on January 10 with the addition of a seventh seat on the Council of Admirals for Admiral [[Nikolas Glass]], a member of the [[Sirius Navy]] who would oversee the Alliance's anti-Thargoid operations.<ref name="Sirius ADF">[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/61dbf8af8471456cbe5cbe02 GalNet: Sirius Navy Unites with Alliance Defence Force]</ref> Additionally, Mahon granted Sirius Corp permission on January 14 to establish a permanent presence in Alliance space by deploying megaships in Alioth and three other Alliance systems, an executive decision that Kaine argued required Assembly approval. Sirius Corp advisors also officially joined the ADF and multiple government departments to streamline cooperation.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/61e172a178eff449466b83a1 GalNet: Sirius Gov Enters the Alioth System]</ref> The defence pact proved timely, as the superpowers agreed to shut down Aegis on January 18, 3308 per the recommendation of the [[Paul Baumann|Baumann Report]], which had found that Aegis was no longer able to effectively carry out its anti-Thargoid responsibilities. Admiral Glass confirmed that the ADF and Sirius Navy would assume Aegis's role in defending the Alliance.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/61e6ba29f6b3cd47d1758763 GalNet: Superpowers Plan to Replace Aegis]</ref> In response to a conflict in [[Reorte]] between the local ruling faction and Sirius Corp in early February,<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/61fba223321af45edf642e6f GalNet: Sirius Corporation Ejected from Reorte]</ref> the Alliance reevaluated the implementation of the pact and set a three-month trial period for Sirius to demonstrate its effectiveness, at the end of which the Assembly would decide whether or not to continue the partnership.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/6220d46af8977164f3740377 GalNet: Trial Period Agreed for Alliance-Sirius Pact]</ref> | ||
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