You lean in to the Threemind and ask it to confirm the identity of the message.

"I don't know about this guy, Threes... seems a little suspicious. Is this really the Esaal grand admiral?"
"The broadcast is coming from an Esaal battleship in Esaal space, backed by identification credits coming from the homeplanet. All video feed shows no signs of AI tampering. I'll double check for you however, your Majesty, just in case."

While the Esaal's behavior is a little suspect to you; there does not seem to be any evidence to the contrary. The Aristocrats don't seem to have the same kind of spy network and skin-suit like technologies the Consortium has, or at least not the will to use them. While the worms may have allied with the Esaal, Consortium, and Aristocrats; any tampering on their part would be purely coincidental. After all, you did ask the Esaal for a favor in giving you the Aristocrat battle data; it only makes sense they'd come to collect it.

"...While I unfortunately cannot steer our computer networks towards your request at the present moment, High Admiral, I can give you something equal to greater in exchange. I hope this will be sufficient?"

You have the Threemind double check the transmission and then send over your father's entire expansion fund in Consortium credits. It was always meant to be a temporary measure, since he specifically didn't want to replace your own nation's traditional currency with the Consortium's crypto. While you aren't giving the Esaal exactly what he asked for, your large cash infusion is more then enough to cover that expense if he rented it out to another nation; not that anyone else could build that sort of algorithm in the short term anyway. While not of your own currency, that fund still represented a sizable surplus of money that could have been used for foreign trade and diplomacy; with that bargaining chip gone, you will have to rely more on your own industry to make up the difference for your future costs and projected expansion. It's expensive and costly, but won't cause any serious issues for the Hegemony's budget, as long as you don't go way over-budget for another project, or the war gets extended too long...

"Ah well; it wasn't what we wanted. But at least you tried to keep up your end of the bargain, noble Jaxtians. And even worth more then what we asked for! Not at all like the slippery Consortium capitalists who would have tried to undercut us with poor quality munitions or shit metal alloys in trade! We respect your dedication to keeping your word, Jaxtians. Until next time!"

It seems by paying your way through it, you've patched up the issue with the vote and won't cause any last minute disruptions, as well as not damaging your rather positive relations with the Esaal. Now with that distraction dealt with...