I'm certain that most won't be happy about it, but the alternative is that the Empire simply burns everything to the ground and then colonizes the area in whatever configuration it want
I cant speak for everyone, or any of the Darkans, but I'd like to think there are more than a few Makarians who would prefer that to surrendering and submitted to Cagilan. I know Ender would rather die then let anyone tell him what he does with his own city.
We're a feisty group up north.
