See this is where I hope something like a Xaos Storm over Aekos might help as it would send the clear message: “The new regime has its own WMD’s and will use them if pressed”. Much like in our cold war that might stop open aggression and an invasion, I expect it won’t deter any low-level support to various (would-be) rebels and rabble-rousers, including the Laconniers if they still exist by then so long as they can reasonably claim plausible deniability. Through the kind of “third party” actors they’re willing to cut loose if need be. “It was a rogue merchant, we promise and we don’t care of you put him and his helpers to work on the canal for the rest of their lives”
Of course the same goes the other way, resources permitting.
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