There was no progress on Lilian's mother planet. Although the interstellar civilizations were greedy for that fleet, they did not dare to deceive the lost empire.
The situation in the Milky Way was still evolving, and the strange movements of the Voyager were becoming more and more known.
Unlike the Watcher, there was a civilization nearby in the territory of the Voyager.
This civilization was called the Khur Alliance. Although it sounded very serious, the old foxes in the Milky Way preferred to call it a criminal enterprise.
Yes, this was a megacorp similar to Craybow, and the difference between them was obvious. This enterprise mainly earned income from industries in the gray area.
Every civilization more or less had some dark places. Although these places were still under the control of the government in the beginning, if criminal enterprises were involved, the situation would be different.