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Over the past <span class="mu-s">10 years</span> or so, some members of the free Urgi group called the Accord, have been allowed to move into and occupy the border zones between Hegemony space and the newly incorporating independent zone.
Due to the war between the Esaal and the Aristocrats finally coming to a close, the Urgi independents have finally begun consolidating power. While Threemind makes no direct mention of it; the territory may have been a bit of a target for a more aggressive and expansionist Hegemony, but currently with your hands full, near the end of your reign, and the groups of Urgi within being a bit more stable then they could be, conquering the zone simply wasn't in the cards...
The Urgi seem used to living in space. Culturally, it's quite a shock to see people who view spacer life as the default, and excursions on planets being rare or only done as necessity. For your races, habitable planets are the best and most appropriate way to support large populations. The Urgi simply spread out; lower density but less demand. Clans of loosely related broods and social groups based on business and ideology maintain order instead of a strong central power. The Swall, especially, seem highly interested in learning more about them. The Urgi living in the border zones send back useful scientific data from the independent region; not just starship data and broadcasts from other galactic powers, but also useful demographic data and more. Simply being there is useful to you anyway; they act as a nice buffer against the more unsavory elements in space, increasing your security. But not all of the Urgi are trustworthy. They are not a group of one mind, like the Esaal may be, so there is a chance pirates could have been invited as well.
Unfortunately, due to the Hegemony's history, it seems even the members of the Urgi very positive towards the Hegemony do not have any interest in incorporating themselves as a vassal state or submitting to Hegemonic control. It seems that the genocides, the atrocities, and more have warned away that possibility. You look to your Vetucker and Swall citizens, loyal as far as you can tell, and think that this may be the limits for what people may live under the Hegemonic symbol. To most of the galaxy, both of those races are still extinct; ancient broadcasts of Hegemonic victory over the inferiors bouncing past the light of dead stars. Oh well. Perhaps for their sake, it's for the best.
