How convenient that this appears right after cease-fires have been signed between the major combatants and Niselur.
The timing of this announcement was determined nearly a month in advance by the dev team. It has nothing to do with any in-game events of any kind. Any insinuation of such will be met with extreme disapproval.
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Timothy Collett
"The only thing you can't trade for your heart's desire...is your heart." "You are what you do. Choose again, and change." "One of these days, someone's gonna plug you, and you're going to die saying, 'What did I say? What did I say?'" ~ Miles Naismith Vorkosigan