"Did you hear that planet Baiji has come under attack?"
"You mean the planet that was the center of attention a while back after discovering the new power ore?"
"Yes, yes, yes! I heard it's a terrorist attack."
"So be it. It's no big deal."
For many folks, Baiji was a faraway planet, and what happened there didn't affect their daily lives. In addition, this was not the first terrorist attack in the history of mankind. They didn't pay much attention. As for the handful of folks who followed political and military news, even they went about life as usual when they learned about the attack from their friends. At most it was a fallback conversation topic during social gatherings, and they would make a perfunctory donation to the military on Memorial Day. That was it.
But this time, things were different.
