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The focus for the Hegemony in the short term will be the rebuilding of the industrial infrastructure and military capability- the colonies will have to make due on their own until then.
While a <span class="mu-s">vow</span> wouldn't be unthinkable, a vow to rebuild would be an incomplete, short term goal that doesn't carry much weight. <span class="mu-s"><span class="mu-i">Vows may only be done on long term, difficult, dramatic goals that you wouldn't do automatically anyways.</span></span> So the goals of “I will unlock fusion power by the end of my reign” or “I will eradicate all of the Baalathi scum from the universe” are loafty goals worthy of vows, but “I will rebuild the Hegemony” is not.
Besides, Eoba II is still just a kid. The decentralized Hegemony officials and psychologists have examined him closely and, despite his traumatic experiences and very young age of ascension, he is a <span class="mu-i">psychology healthy</span> young man. More stress and strain will only further chance of him developing incorrectly. As of now, balancing his development and training with rulership and the hands-on experience it brings is the Hegemon's top priority.
Of course- the rebuilding effort is not going easy. The effort focused on your industrial side means that most essential factories and metalworks on Schoon are back in order after a few months of effort. However, the Alavis disaster has not been ended totally. While the Alavis at home has been “turned off”, any infected core or drone continues to carry her murderous intentions. Copies of her mind stuffed in MK2 service drones and ships have fled to all corners of your solar system, constantly attacking and seeking vulnerabilities. Whenever the temporary master system is busy in its calculations, she attacks, requiring all of the master system's strength to fight off. Ingar was a genius in AI, and while your new AI's are just as good; it means you can't just “upgrade” your current equipment to deal with Alavis. It's exhausting.
But a second, totally unexpected crisis strikes at the same time. Alien ships have been spotted over Schoon- no doubt striking when your are vulnerable. There are no signs of FTL hyperwave distortions, so these aliens must either be so advanced they can hide their warp drives or...
The ships are actually quite weak. Basic scans seem to reveal they have no way near the energy of a fusion ship- closer to your old fission vessels. They have less total energy stored, but release it faster- exactly the same as the bioenergy batteries the <span class="mu-i">Haazar</span> use.
