[Influence]

Anyhow let's just face the situation from a different perspective. Instead of calling Imperia and Apprime big bad pussies, let's just call Ascendancy soar losers.

If anything happened this round it was yet another huge political defeat for Ascendancy.
At first Ascendancy failed in warring Apprime on their own.
Then Ascendancy failed in backing up their newfound partner after they NAP'd Imperia.
Then Ascendancy failed in building concensus around the universe that it would be in everyones interest to gang up on Apprime.
Then Ascendancy failed in breaking the fairly obvious relation between Apprime and Imperia while they had the chance(be it a slim one).
Then Ascendancy failed in breaking through Imperia's defences hard enough for them to fear Ascendancy, and making them re-evaluate their position.

So now please stop acting like whiny, soar losers. And start reorganising your asses so you won't fail like this again.