[quote=@Genni]
If it doesn't get settled soon we might end up with a bunch of pirates building a free port out there to start preying on our naval trade routes, and that certainly wouldn't make the Laurensi very happy.
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You could always have a legion of golems smash said free port to bits. You'd only have to foot the bill for a wacky experiment that will most likely explode.