Dear cousin [member="Itash Mecetti"],
I do believe that billions of people would, in fact, have to have a reason to agree to such a thing, which would allow this - otherwise it is a direct declaration of war, and you would be confronting civilians and military personnel alike who don't want to be occupied by any foreign military force. People have a thing called sovereignty, and nationality. It may change frequently in some places, but those same places get tired of being used, and proclaim independence.
While the Tapani Federation is currently a Galactic Alliance member-state, for example, it and its military would never allow a foreign military invasion force to suddenly occupy and use it for war, even temporarily, unless something quite, quite severe had happened, and it was decided by a supermajority in at least two of Tapani Federation's multi-system, multi-cultural, and multi-species bodies of government and legislature, not to mention the agreement of our head of state and government. Why? We agreed to be there. We will not threaten the kindness the Galactic Alliance has had in allowing us to continue our form of government, and the level of autonomy that they have given us. The fallout could permanently damage the Tapani Federation for millennia. We are one of the oldest civilizations in existence. Our history is long and storied, and, even as an empire, the forms of government you see today within the Federation existed. We would not jeopardize our existence simply because of a temporary chance to "get back" at an organization that has, so far, been nothing but understanding with us.
Pirates will not be the downfall of our legacy, nor our greatness, nor our future. We have always been and will always be a Tapani nation. We have been granted autonomy over every government that has come to rule us, from the pre-darkness Galactic Empire to the modern Galactic Alliance. Though, understandably, you have been exiled for a reason, yes?
Regards,
Ivlyn Mecetti
Duchess of Ark'ghou
Head of the Ark'ghou Mecetti Branch
Representative of the Mecrosa Order
(OOCly Tapani Federation subfaction leader)