> There are plenty of "salvage" stories to tell.
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> And since the Galactic government and the Trading Alliance seem to come from the next neighbourhood across on the far side of the Shee-Yar empire there's probably limited communication or understanding between them and the more well-known "local" races we've seen before; which of course means there's going to be some political friction and some border skirmishes - maybe some gunboat diplomacy.
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They actually don't even border on the Shee-Yar Empire, they're much further away. They had to use Wormhole Anchors to get there. They're from somewhere on the far side of the galaxy. That's the reason they've for the most part been at peace for so long, and able to develop advanced technology - because there's such a large buffer between them and everyone else.
Imagine if Earth were at peace. It's far away from everything, so in a few thousand years, they too might become like the Trading Alliance.
What attracted them to investigate Shee-Yar is that they regularly monitor communications across the galaxy, and noticed that Shee-Yar literally went silent one day.
> > > The Broob, for new breeding grounds
> > Depends how aggressive their tendencies are, and how patient they are. They could simply wait for the salvage operation to leave before moving in, that would be easiest. If they're more aggressive than that they may end up with ships disappearing too.
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> Thay're AG's PV version of the X-men villains the Brood, a ferocious reptilian/inectoid race that lays its eggs inside people to steal the host's genetic potential. They're similar in appearance and character to Sigourney Weaver's Aliens.
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They may the reason the Galactic Government has such strict rules for initial contact and quarantine. Except when the Captain of the crew we're watching violates the rules, generally Company people must obtain permission to leave their Gliders, and then they have to wear environmental suits - even when boarding a foreign spacecraft. That's probably frightening to anyone aboard one of those spacecraft.
> > That doesn't really make them suspects for wiping out a civilization, especially since they were dispatched to investigate the wipeout after it already happened. They had permission from the Company to investigate too.
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> But for the other races not familiar with the company or the galactic government all they see is more of their ships vanishing and this one vessel flying out of the devastation. That's got to lead to a few hasty conclusions.
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The Company ships are almost always cloaked when they're outside Trading Alliance controlled space. The only real connection to what the Trading Alliance ships do and the missing foreign ships is the IOL - because the Galactic Government keeps records (which is why they wanted the Shee-Yar silence investigated) and they have a local branch of the IOL.
As I said in a thread before I started writing this story, this is a culture who's dark side is that they protect their interests and their technology by limiting detection, even if they have to destroy ships in the process.
