"I understand," Osenia nodded.
She didn't ask why they had to go to these lengths.
She knew the reason; it was a matter of legitimacy.
No matter what, the Alliance still wasn't a Star Domain Government. It was already against the rules to pay taxes directly to a higher authority bypassing the Star Domain Government, and keeping the Imperial Tax for themselves would be even more out of line. However, after the taxes were paid, having the Space Domain Government redistribute them as special funding was a relatively better approach.
Before ending the communication, Osenia said to Gu Hang, "Governor, this cannot be a long-term solution. Furyflame has caused us too much trouble with things like this. I look forward to the day you become the true master of Dragonhawk."
"Very soon."
...
As Osenia said, the Imperial Tax was not the first problem Furyflame sought to create.
Over the past two years, they had used similar tactics to cause numerous troubles for the Alliance.
