Quoted By:
<span class="mu-s">Year 202 of the Resurrection Era</span>
As the war in Aristocrat space dies down; the rest of the Hegemony adapts to your recent decisions.
The <span class="mu-s">Accord</span>, after becoming your protectorate-state, has given you your desired benefits. While giving you whatever recovered weapons from both the Aristocrat and Esaal may seem like a one-way trade, especially given the small state's lack of military power who could perhaps recover and repurpoe them for their own use; it actually ends up as a benefit to them. Without the security and research to properly understand and disarm the leftover weapons, not to mention the difficulty of storing and recovering them, it is spun as you doing them a service. In the end, it benefits the Hegemony much more then the Accord, given their civilians and scientists are the ones suffering most of the losses and risk while you simply collect whatever they have stockpiled up. Hopefully this research is worth it.
The full gene census is more concerning to the Urgi general population; who find it a bit concerning. Even though no official source links this census to the Hegemony (the true collector of the information) the Accord explains it as a way to back up their own species safety in the worst case scenario; especially since some Aristocrat bioweapons can permanently alter DNA. Plus, this will allow to see any differences that grow within Urgi subpopulations, especially on planets vs the ones still primarily living in space. It is accepted with a bit more resistance.
To better adjust and take advantage of the growing Galactic Underground, you've decided to implment a very limited and security-first policy; allowing the independants of other species to come into the Hegemony at only one place. You've chosen the planet of <span class="mu-s">Skik IV</span> as your “Foreign Port”. As it has both a conveniant central location, a weedy biosphere resistant to tampering, and was traditionally a place of commerce and international relations of the former HVS; these features would make it ideal. Forbid ever putting such a port in the core Hegemonic worlds; the ways and methods of getting there are heavily controlled and monitored, meaning little in the way of crime or piracy will be possible. As of now, only a few wealthy travellers or the curious will come, but soon it will become a rich and wealthy world; designed to benefit as much as possible from the free travel and association of the new Galaxy while still allowing you to retain your national identity as a no-nonsense state. After all, your people bled for these habitable worlds, these asteroid mines, and this great and pure culture. You will not allow an <span class="mu-i">alien</span> to gain from it who sacrificed nothing.
Speaking of which...
