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MeanwhileDachia’s toneighbors in the sector- west, the [[Tahora Whai]], eyed theirthe neighboringCahco system. notNot for the exploitable resources expected to be harvested from the world, but for the tangible traffic and immense support a mining colony would require on the hostile world. Ships laden with foodstuffs and equipment were a prize more useful and proven than any hypothetical gold field. In the void of Cacho system, theThe Whai set up several smuggler’s havens and pirate coves, in the system; they often usingused ship husks and deep space asteroids as foundations.

[[Piracy in the Kikorangi|Whai piracy]] in Cacho was a plague on the mining group. Investments in The Dachia Group’s missions were often lost to the pirates and Dachia's surveyors lacked the equipment and timeresources to establish permanent basessites. FundsFeeling werethe shortpressure enough that they couldn’t supply escorts to their freighters. As outsidefrom forces ralliedhellbent their ships toon seizeseizing the Ice World of its resources for themselves, the Mining Corp and several fleets of the Tahora Whai reached a tentative agreement: The Whai who witnessed the treaty agreed to halt all piracy in the system in exchange for salvage rights to the remnants of a suspected upcoming battle between great powers. Whai havens would remain in system, but instead as launch points further into the heart of beacon space. The Dachia Group also provided formal access to the consortium’s Exchange Consulates, often as a means to buy-back lost mining equipment.

Critics of the treaty note that, due to the structure of the Whai at the time, only the signatories and crews loyal to them were beholden to the agreement rather than every Dynaean pirate. Thus, piracy still challenged Cacho, although reduced to a manageable degree. A single surface way-station over a proven uranium mine developed in the lull. The small city of '''Hurion''' carved a pocket of heat out of the ice and provided a jumping off point for further expansion. Mining efforts as a whole still flagged despite the settlement, but now, greater investments as attention was drawn to the world by the machinations of great powers. The astro-political heavyweights would indeed duke it out to decide who would reap the rewards of that investment.

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