Steele wants to bring the Great Empire to its knees

"I must protest! To offer the Great Empire safe haven in Federation space is suicide!" Steele said. "The Great Empire would become the trash of the universes! If we dismantled the Fleet, we would be defenseless against an aggressive enemy with a foothold on our territory! The opportunity here is to bring them to their knees, perhaps even find a way to get the Constitutional Unity of Galaxies to cooperate in this, since the Great Empire has antagonized them as well. Then, we will be in a far better position to dictate terms!"