The Snail Duders that had recently declared independence and had resisted the onslaught of the Mafia-451 had finally gotten round to the creation of a constitution. They left behind their militant interventionist ideals, instead adopting a pacifist stance on these matters. Nothing good could ever come from conflict they believed, only strife and the inevitable destruction of all things valuable in life...
The Assembly, to be quite frank, did not have this stance right now...
The Compact of the Snuggly Ducks, represented by president Bu'S va'Bir, called a Celestial Axis federal meeting. The heads of the other 3 member states then gathered with him: president Papa Zito of the Scummer Interplanetary Assembly, presiding speaker Cireas of the Postie People's Union, and chairman Bunram Hjolmir of the Urist Commerce League. The Snuggly Ducks wanted to discuss matters of war. The Moderation Collective had recently finished integrating the Mt'd into their nation, stripping the last vestiges or free will from the populace as they became drones of the hive. Their military alliance with the Correct Path was also causing notable concern. The Druthean Enforcers were a major concern and the Ducks simply didn't believe we could fight them should the Collective and the Path stand in our way. We best cripple them, together, now.
The Ducks naturally voted in favour, calling the counsel. The Urist Commerce League did likewise, neighbouring both of these threats to their sovereignty. The Postie's saw no reason to veto the vote, and thus the decision fell to us. The Assembly voted in favour. We should strike first, and then prepare ourselves from the real war yet to come. The Celestial Axis was going to war.
With war now upon us work on the Strategic Coordination Center was rapidly accelerated. Within two years we had developed an even more powerful comms-system as well as a virtual reality training ground which allowed us to fine-tune all our plans in simulated assaults and defences. It was a marvel of modern science. Our ring world complex had also completed its third ring in the same system as the SCC. Should the worst befall our peoples we would hold out in this system until the bitter end. 2 trillion Scummers could live upon the 18 habitats we had created, enough to house our entire populace and future generations.
The Druthean Enforcers also put an end to a number of the conflicts they had started shortly after our federal war declaration. The Council of Storm-Z was forced into surrender, as as such had to hand over their sovereignty to the Enforcers. The same fate befell those of the Nameless McMenno Host, whose fleets and armies were not enough to retain sovereignty despite their prior status as a regional superpower and threat.
The next victim they laid their sights upon was Mafia Universe. The M'u neighboured both Storm-Z and the Nameless and as such would be forced into war against them. Those two combined with the Enforcer fleets spelled doom for the M'u, and we predicted it was only a matter of time before the fell under the control of the awakened empire.
Meanwhile two of our fleets (the almighty Centurion fleet was left behind to guard our territories) were sent to Moderation Collective lands along with the Federal fleet which we commanded. The Urist Commerce league aided us by attacking the Collective from the other front. It was up to the Snuggly Duck's to keep those of the Correct Path at bay.
The Collective however was not prepared for our secret weapon...
...the Peace Planet.
This planetoid war machine rained destruction upon all skittle defences as well as fleets. They could not touch it, and as such we made rapid advances throughout their territories. Our armies of genetically enhanced Scummers were deployed to seize control of any planets left unguarded as the push proceeded. Bloody battles were fought upon these planets costing the lives of millions of Scummers as well as Moderator drones, which to our shock indeed included Mt'd drones. At times planetary bombardments were necessary to weaken particular military bastions. These came at a cost however: civilian life. This was unavoidable, and the drones have no free will or emotion anyway.
The Moderation Collective inevitably fell, leaving only the Correct Path. Utilising a natural wormhole within the Collective's occupied territory the Peace Planet was warped into the heart of their lands where it single-handedly took on their main fleet. Unlike any other battle this one left the Peace Planet actually damaged. Their guns eventually overwhelmed the gargantuan shields and were now striking upon the plated armour of the planet. No weaponry or systems were damaged however, and eventually the Correct Path's core fleet was reduced to a singular Titan-class vessel which in a suicide run fired up its engines to attempt to collide with the Peace Planet, all the while firing its Taychon laser.
It was an admirable choice to make... it failed however. The ship was solo-fired upon with the Omega Eraser Beam. Nothing of the ship remained.
The bloc shortly afterwards surrendered, and signed over half their territories and planets to Axis' members' control. Roughly 57 million had died within the span of 4 years, not counting the deceased drones of the Collective. But the threat to our galaxy had successfully been neutralised. Now all we had to do was prepare for the bigger war to come...