Harry Seldon's decision at the time seemed utterly insane to everyone, myself included. The Vasari had not been awake for long, and immediately after awakening, they had come into sharp conflict with Planet Kaal's native inhabitants, leading to several armed clashes.
After learning more about the Vasari, I came to understand that the root of their conflict with Planet Kaal's natives was their slave system. The Vasari basically regarded members of all other species as slaves. If there was any distinction, it was that they were relatively more tolerant toward those aboard their mothership and their descendants.
To the Vasari, we refugees who had escaped from the former universe were upper-class people on the same level as themselves. Every species in this galaxy, however, was a target for conquest—a slave. From that perspective, the Vasari might be even more thorough and extreme than we were in defending the Fourth Civilization.
Therefore, Harry Seldon's intention was likely to sell all the people on those industrial planets, including Planet Bomis Core, outright to the Vasari as slaves. I could not judge whether Grand Duke Tang Xiao had influenced this decision, though it certainly looked like his way of doing things—because compared with the natives of Planet Bomis Core, the Vasari were clearly more valuable.
After the Vasari took over the industrial zone in the Hoth Sector, the industrial zone centered on their current homeworld, Planet Kaal, became somewhat mysterious. The Vasari never reported their progress to either me or Harry Seldon. Their only direct superior was Tang Xiao himself. Moreover, their technological style was completely different from ours, as were their requirements for raw materials, making it difficult to learn much about their situation directly.
In an earlier report Grand Duke Tang Xiao gave me, the Vasari had only completed the development