Alright, I've made my intro post. Hopefully, the Pearl Fleet will run into someone. 

For those of you wondering: Yes, the Alarai are heavily based off of Imperial China in system and theme. The "Flag Fleets" are in fact references to the Banner Armies used by the Qing Dynasty and the great "Pearl Fleet" is a spaceborne version of China's great "Treasure Fleets" that once sailed across the world centuries before The Age of exploration would begin in Europe. The Pearl Fleet is a massive envoy fleet launched for the Alarai to try and discover new races as well as to map as many systems and stars as they could. 

If any of you would like, I would really appreciate it if someone made contact with the Pearl Fleet. I'm really sorry if I end up disturbing any plots or preplanned events and I'm willing to edit my post if there is anything wrong.