User blog comment:NovaTopaz/Srikrirn Civil War: Factions/@comment-14850713-20161210053911/@comment-24882568-20161218181436

Umm...

I don't know if this was made apparent enough, but they aren't the kind of species to contemplate if there is other life out there, and actively try to find other examples of it. They much rather prefer making sure their own species doesn't get wiped out of existence by a stray astroid/planetoid, if anything dealing with even their own solar system. So efforts like that are next to none... There is plenty of radio transmissions, sure, but none targeted to other races, and almost none getting through the cloud of dust the system has. Hell, they hadn't left their home planet until shortly before Yevata showed up. IE they either don't care about anything other than their tiny corner of the universe, or want to expand but is waiting for the right time to do so(USF, for the most part, as they are the only faction who wants to do so that has the capabilities to do so. The only reason they even got the colony ships out is because the SRD agreed to a temporary ceasefire to allow construction of the ships with the USF(and so they could have their citizens and some government officials to get on a ship or 2) to be done without the whole thing just getting sabotaged.). I might be able to allow you to find them, but eh... It'd have to be before the thing, otherwise you may as well head into the system(both systems are known to everyone now, as of that post with the things...).

Fine with the backstory thing, but keep the things above in mind.