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Of course, creating the Threemind will be very difficult, and it will take a long time. Making a vow to create it would be unthinkably ambitious, as it will probably take longer then your reign to actually complete, so instead you set the <span class="mu-i">Threemind as a long term empire goal</span>.
To help you in this effort- the captive <span class="mu-i">Haazar</span> population is put to work. Bluey hand picks a group of the most loyal and useful Haazar he can to help teach your scientists their technology and, in the meanwhile, assures you it will work wonders for the Hegemony. Of course, there is a small security risk of the Haazar being able to mess with your computer system- but the entire point of the Threemind is redundancy and safety. Even if the Haazar are able to control one mind, the other two will be able to overcome it. You also begin the construction of something very special just underneath the surface of Max's outer atmosphere- the station that will one day be quantum entangled across the whole galaxy with one powerful mind...
It's time to take stock of your Galactic neighborhood. Your worm advisor has collected useful data and arranged mapping software to be presented to you. You now see more clearly what is going on- as it turns out, you're a small fish in a big pond. Around you is unclaimed “no mans land”- your own star cluster, as well as the star clusters where the first Baalathi signals and later the Haazar originated from. Beyond those are larger space empires- the closest being the Esaal and another faction... the Consortium.
<span class="mu-b">”You want me to meet them!? I'm not even wearing my robes yet!”</span>
“Come now, little Emperor, these guys are important...”
The Consortium is a collection of alien races which have come together under one trade and economic federation- with a joint military force for combined threats. Unlike the little alien species you've encountered here and there- these are a conglomerate of many species over a large territory. They are large and powerful; and every race is headed by a worm advisor, which keeps them connected together.
<span class="mu-s">”I am a designated speaker for the Consortium. May your ventures be profitable, Supreme Ruler of Jaxt.”</span>
