Darkness

He glanced down to the first quadrant on his right, where all fifty Planetary Governors were located. Each Planetary Governor was in a massive room with a glass ceiling so that Prince Flario could look down from above and see exactly what they were up to. All fifty Planetary Governors were in meetings, as they were for most of the day every day, managing their planets and executing Prince Flario's orders.

"Excellent." Prince Flario thought to himself. All fifty Planetary Governors were handpicked by him, chosen for their loyalty, competence and experience.

He shifted his attention to the next quadrant, where all his Army Commanders were located. All two thousand Mothership Commanders were there, seated in their own little command centers where they controlled their million-strong fleet with cutting edge technology which allowed them to project their avatars into the ships where they could walk around as though they were physically there.