@Everyone, IC post is up. The post ended up getting absurdly long, so I posted the internal politicky exposition stuff now, and I'll post the dashing rogue stuff later. [@TheSovereignGrave] We could push it back as far as 100 years if you like. I suppose the Commonwealth is less of a single, sudden threat like the Sauru'u, and more of a lingering danger, a constant reminder to the Rimworlders that there's safety in numbers. [@Arawak] Ok, I'll bear that in mind, just thought I'd use an established neutral location for my dashing rogue trader character.