Ves immediately recognized that the possibility for the Larkinson Clan to earn the right to govern the Karlach System as its fief was a giant piece of bait.
He had to give it to the federal president. That bastard Yenames Clive knew exactly what to give in order to placate an angry clan leader and his men!
There were hardly any star systems that attracted pioneers more than port systems. Their natural advantages in relation to human FTL drive technology meant that each of them became such attractive destinations for trade and transit that they inevitably grew into enormous cash cows!
And this was just one of the benefits to ruling over a port system!
It wasn't just the gigantic amount of revenue that made port systems so attractive.