The Tau Empire's Eastern Fringe.
Recently, multiple regions had suffered repeated attacks from humans.
Fortunately, these homefront worlds lay along the frontier established after the Tau Empire's Celestial Expansion. The races inhabiting them had not fully integrated into the Tau Empire's order. Most still harbored divided loyalties toward the Tau Empire; even after being conquered, they remained inwardly resistant to everything the Tau Empire stood for.
It was fine to let the humans attack them a little.
That way, those people would see clearly who was more reliable in this universe.
It would also speed up their embrace of the Tau Empire.
Leiqi World was one such homefront world—an enclave outside the Tau Empire, not an Ethereal Caste world directly controlled by the Tau Empire. Its relationship with the Tau Empire was closer to that of a half-ally.
Leiqi World had always resisted the Tau Empire, but after suffering Gamma World's attack, it swiftly moved closer to the Tau Empire and threw itself into its embrace, even voluntarily requesting that Tau Empire troops be stationed there.
This development greatly excited the Tau Empire commander in charge of the region.
A single human raid had brought gains far greater than the losses.
They even hoped the other side would come a few more times.
After all, they would only loot a wave and leave.
Even if they were allowed to loot freely, how much could they really take?
On the contrary, it would promote the integration of other races and strengthen their own power.
"Fortunately, humans can only raid our resource ships. They will not destroy everything we have, nor can they enslave us. As long as we disperse our resources, they will not be able to take much. And the Tau have already relocated near the homeworlds of the Second