The ceremony began.
When all the guests had arrived, a high ranking army veteran came up on the stage to give a speech.
He said the basic things like how far the planet had come in its development and talked about some of their goals for the future. He then spoke about Varian's betrayal and how although he's s death had been regretful, it was necessary as no one is free from the law.
After that, he started placing heavy emphasis on why people shouldn't betray the civilization. Things like the civilization is the one that brought them up and that they owe everything to it, and everyone who dares betray the civilization would be killed like the previous commander.
After that, the veteran went down and a few military officers as well as powerful beings in the room went out to give out speeches, the Patriarch included.