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Some of the Haazar, all warrior-types, made use of the confusion to build ships. Alavis seemed to arm them intentionally; sending shipping containers from Schoon filled with basic ship components and Star Dynamos to the asteroid colonies- letting them touch down gently so they could be looted.
The Haazar space pirates <span class="mu-i">attack wherever there are vulnerabilities</span>. They have not attacked Jaxt, since the majority of your military and defenses are stationed there, but instead attack colonies and space station whenever there is an opening. Their primary methods of attack are to release missiles filled with bio-acid, lasers to deal with defenses, and then use tractor beams to lift out valuable goods. It seems these pirates are doing this for loot- mostly stealing radioactive stores, electronics, entire shipments of (blank) AI cores before they are programmed, and tritium gas canisters. There is even rumors they are stealing loyal Jaaxtians still asleep in stasis pods for “implanting fodder” but these are largely unsubstantiated.
Due to the lack of reliable long range communications, Bluey has to show up in person to report what the situation is on the Haazar asteroid base.
“Your Eminence.” He explains. “...It came to a vote, your omnipotence. I had to use every trick I could to keep them- but the <span class="mu-i">majority of Haazar voted not to leave during the period of weaknesses</span>. I convinced them; though they only did it for selfish reasons- better to live here with fusion power then enslaved by somebody like the Esaal or the worms in open space...”
It seems Bluey's high connection to the Haazar and loyalty to the Hegemony has managed to keep your captive population from leaving. The Alavis AI sent seditious videos and communications to the Haazar, driving the idea to leave.
<span class="mu-b">”...That doesn't explain the pirates, Bluey.”</span>
