[quote=@Durandal]
[quote=@Commodore Robot]
Interesting in the way only you can make things my friend.
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Indeed. 'You met others of that same faction? Just claim ignorance when we bomb them.'
[/quote]

The funniest thing is that the Abh have absolutely no idea that this happened. They know that an offensive was planned, but they didn't expect planetary bombardment (The Abh only went and destroyed the crust because of the Empress), and they sure as hell don't know that the Empress is MIA. The Abh don't have FTL comms aside from rare wormhole transmitters taken from ancient ruins. Baron Socal used one of these to send the distress call, the Socals thought that space would make them a major player in politics and thus were some of the first to the ruins. It's the only thing of major value that he owns. 

By the way, I'll be adding to my app a bit, then posting it in the dump. It needs a good overhaul, as I usually need to "break in" a species before getting everything in order.