Seikai no Senki:Danshou2 Preface

Young people, you should know. Old people, should remember. Before we settled our ships in this system, we lived in vagrancy, feeding on the joys of trade. Our ships were the thin thread that connected the human worlds scattered among the stars. Now, a new door to the universe has been opened before us. We must monopolize this universe. For this is the only way to bring true peace to all mankind. Our ideas will not be understood by other people. Much blood may be shed in battle against those who do not understand. But I know that at the end of bloodshed, true peace will be established. We, the Aves, will unite the worlds of mankind and we will enjoy peace and prosperity. Hereby, I, Dunei, acknowledge with sadness that our wandering has ended forever, and proclaim the founding of the Humankind Empire of Abh.

―—Dounei in the Declaration of Establishment