[quote=@Monkeypants]
Well, seeing as serp took the entire core, my idea is pretty much moot..

He would have to do some heavy collab with me if mine and his were to work. 

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I mean not necessarily. He seemed to take a large amount of the expansion region however the core systems such as sol and alpha centurion seem open. Plus let's not forget these successor states will bow before the true empire or die.