>>5212657On <span class="mu-s">Vetuck II</span>. the Vetuck aliens have still not become a totally unified or one-world government, mostly because of their lack of technology. The choice to let them unify and conquer themselves was one done by Eoba II to save time earlier in his reign, but it is something that would be done slowly. Still, the original religious culture that once controlled there is all but destroyed now, replaced by a sort of cautious pessimism and preparing for the return of the "Star King". As the Vetuck aliens don't live as long as Jaxtians, all who saw and met Eoba II during his first visit are dead, and their descendants also old, making the stories pass into legend and myth. If left alone long enough, it will probably become a foundation for a new religious belief or culture, but the <span class="mu-i">observation station</span> orbiting Vetuck II has plans to reintroduce themselves to the Vetuck aliens and begin granting more advanced technology along with Hegemony citizenship- but that will depend on the orders from the Supreme Ruler when that happens.
As for the <span class="mu-i"><span class="mu-s">Baalathi</span></span>, they exclusively live on the gas giants Nan-I and Nan-II, beneath the cloud layer where your Tritium gatherers operate. Of course, with the ability to fully speak to the Baalathi now unlocked, the strange aliens don't seem especially restless or aggressive in any way. Since Nan-I and Nan-II are not Argon depleted, the Baalathi there are totally peaceful and are not building up technology. However, their use in the empire is questionable; though a few ships travelling through that system have reported using their magnetic language to essentially request minor repairs and ship cleaning to the Baalathi and, after sinking through the cloud layer, the aliens do so without complaint. If this is an intentional act to show submission to the Jaxtians or if the Baalathi are so mindless individually that shouting a word like CLEAN in their language makes them obey it without thought it is hard to exactly tell.
Because you decided to not introduce the Baalathi to Max, your Argon-Rich gas giant in your home system, the fully power of a highly intelligent scientist breed of Baalathi has not been unlocked. In the meantime, they're little more then ambient wildlife.
