Thus, six whole months had passed since both sides began mutually inspecting each other and expanding their exchanges. After establishing a preliminary willingness to cooperate, they started the real negotiations for an alliance.
The New Human Civilization was a bona fide Level 4 Civilization, while the Half-sphere Civilization was only a third-level Civilization. Hence, in future actions, the New Human Civilization had to have the leading authority. If this could not be agreed upon, there would be nothing else worth discussing, as complete equality between the sides would only lead to disarray.
Naturally, as part of the exchange of interests, the new humans needed to satisfy some of the other party's requests and needed to provide a certain level of military support. Only then would the Half-sphere Civilization be willing to obediently play the junior role.
The outcome was surprisingly smooth, with the negotiation process experiencing few complications.
