The IGF. Kael leaned back in his seat. The Inter-Galactic Federation was the closest thing this sector had to a world government. They didn't rule directly—too many planets, too many cultures, too many power centers for centralized control—but they held leverage. Economic sanctions. Trade restrictions. Military intervention when necessary.
They kept the big clans and families in check. The Vorn family, the Du Lac family, the Morrison family—all of them answered to IGF authority eventually. And the three great empires...
Kael couldn't even imagine the power required to overshadow the Vorn dynasty, which had ruled for four centuries. But the three great empires did. And the IGF held power over them too.
The hierarchy in this cosmic web is insane.
