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The Freeholds Congress was reorganized into the tighter Freeholds Union. Peace was negotiated with the dethek that saw the kyn giving the dethek FTL travel and seceding control of several star systems near to the Zzkon system (uninhabited by the kyn anyway, save for the odd research station) in exchange for favorable trade agreements for FTL resources, a trade that was ultimately much more favorable to the dethek than the kyn (something the Freeholds Union knew full well; they were essentially paying a weregild).
Despite its rocky, bloody start, the Accords that ended the Kyn-Dethek First Contact War became the basis of one of the longest unbroken treaties in known space. The kyn and dethek explored known space together, making contact with other species and nations. Both were minor powers in the scheme of things, with the kyn regarded as the junior partner due to lower industry and resources.
But the kyn might actually be a sleeping giant. Centuries of settling worlds and creating huge reserves of prey species have comfortably offset the downsides of being obligate carnivores; the kyn have in fact experienced a population explosion. Their close bond with the dethek means that the kyn have an essentially bottomless supply of resources, and their ships are built by the finest shipwrights in known space. Offloading industry to the dethek has allowed kyn scientists to focus on advancing their technology by surprising leaps and bounds; most notably the kyn are the ONLY species in known space who have cracked how to build an genuine "stealth" vessel that can get as lose as just a thousand kilometers to a target and still remain undetected.
They still have some societal problems holding them back. But if the kyn ever make a go at stellar imperialism, it's quite possible that they'd be able to give any of the Great Powers a serious run for their money.
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The Freeholds Congress was reorganized into the tighter Freeholds Union. Peace was negotiated with the dethek that saw the kyn giving the dethek FTL travel and seceding control of several star systems near to the Zzkon system (uninhabited by the kyn anyway, save for the odd research station) in exchange for favorable trade agreements for FTL resources, a trade that was ultimately much more favorable to the dethek than the kyn (something the Freeholds Union knew full well; they were essentially paying a weregild).
Despite its rocky, bloody start, the Accords that ended the Kyn-Dethek First Contact War became the basis of one of the longest unbroken treaties in known space. The kyn and dethek explored known space together, making contact with other species and nations. Both were minor powers in the scheme of things, with the kyn regarded as the junior partner due to lower industry and resources.
But the kyn might actually be a sleeping giant. Centuries of settling worlds and creating huge reserves of prey species have comfortably offset the downsides of being obligate carnivores; the kyn have in fact experienced a population explosion. Their close bond with the dethek means that the kyn have an essentially bottomless supply of resources, and their ships are built by the finest shipwrights in known space. Offloading industry to the dethek has allowed kyn scientists to focus on advancing their technology by surprising leaps and bounds; most notably the kyn are the ONLY species in known space who have cracked how to build an genuine "stealth" vessel that can get as lose as just a thousand kilometers to a target and still remain undetected.
They still have some societal problems holding them back. But if the kyn ever make a go at stellar imperialism, it's quite possible that they'd be able to give any of the Great Powers a serious run for their money.
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