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The Consortium put up a decent fight, at least for a bunch of spineless capitalists. While it is true they were never any match for the Hegemony, they still pulled out a few tricks and managed to do some decent damage, though you still won the day.
Because you defeated the THIRD AND FINAL WAVE, the Consortium have no choice but to GIVE UP THE STAND for good. Not only does this mean that your mining outpost is safe and rightfully now known to be owned by the Hegemony, but more importantly, it shows you cannot simply be bullied into submission. The cost of their defeat is too great, both in terms of resources and reputation, to do anything but accept a defeat at the hands of the Hegemony. Not only have you won the mining outpost, but you have also now gained more STATUS among the neighboring great powers in space.
Proving you can protect yourself from the Consortium has proven to all the great powers that you are a MAJOR PLAYER in your region of the Galaxy. What this means is, despite their best efforts, the Worms BLACKLISTING of your nation and people are now finally over. The Esaal outposts once dealing exclusively with pirates and traders now have open requests for small-scale defense contracts and weapon testing buddies. The Galactic Society of Aristocrats have opened their palace doors and galaxy-renowned theaters for visiting by your own aristocracy, should they have transport and class enough for the dress codes. Even the Consortium's own culture, despite being against the interests of its ruling class, have begun to see the Hegemony as an independent and sovereign state with its own unique culture and economic potential.
The Consortium still exists of course, they will pick themselves up and dust themselves off in due time, and will likely be able to rebuild the shattered fleet in a matter of decades. However, they won't be able to FORGET THIS LOSS easily. Damage control and excuses for the Consortium's council government inability to procure the Stand for its high-status mining corporations have put a permanent damper on the trust and eagerness to engage with its military fleet, while also setting back their economic engine by a considerable amount. They know they now will not be able to keep up with your own military and the gulf between your technologies and fleets will only widen. At the same time, your own spies still being active within their borders while you have successfully countered all of their own espionage means the cats have been DEFANGED and will NO LONGER attempt high-aggression spy missions or expansion attacks against the HEGEMONY.
ONE RIVAL NATION HUMBLED
