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You decide to continue shipments to <span class="mu-i">Xin</span>- you aren't happy about what has happened, but nobody is directly to blame. The colonization efforts on the planet and your ambassador are more important then a few low ranking Jaxtians and underdeveloped Haazar...
As it turns out, Ingar's brilliance did turn out in your favor. The killswitch he used and the technology it was based on is being figured out now- the <span class="mu-i">quantum entanglement</span> communication technology. By using an array of entangled particles, it is possible to send messages instantly, at any distance, in the physical universe. While no law of physics is technically violated, it IS FTL communication, and without needing any Hyperwave generators or sensors. Technically, this means that you can send messages to ships and starbases without needing to use Hyperspace at all- bypassing the place where worms and other parties could detect or intercept your messages. <span class="mu-i"><span class="mu-s">Secret communication</span></span> is extremely important to any military or scientific state- especially one as authoritarian as your own. You immediately begin commissioning all new ships and starbases outfitted with these communicators, though you will still need to rely on “public” hyperspace messages for things like communicating with other space empires.
You also decide to ask your worm about diplomacy, or the chance for foreign aid. He reveals he spent his time in discussion hiding the fact your species was undergoing a crisis at all; he “put up a curtain” so to speak. Because of the lack of interstellar messages sent by Xin or Jaxt, it was easy for it to pretend business was going as usual. This helped prevent a hostile power from taking advantage of your position- though asking for aid now would be a bit suspicious. You guess you can't get angry at the worm- it was acting as you would have wished during a sudden communication blackout...
<span class="mu-b">”Welcome back to Jaxt Prime, Kimnan.”</span>
“Oh, thank you your lordship! It feels nice to be back home. And I must thank you for your reinstatement of my golden band- and for the new artificial arm! You really are too kind.”
<span class="mu-b">”Think nothing of it- I should be thanking you for taking time out of your retirement to help train Kimnan II. Because of all this nonsense happening here, we have had no time to train him in Hyperspace. I need you in top shape.”</span>
“Yes your Justice- I am happy to help! Come Kimnan- err, other Kimnan? Little Kimnan. Let's go get you acquainted with a HCDFV's cockpit.”