What are the Saar Up To?
2026 / 01 / 12
Greetings, Keleres.
Hopefully you found Zi Krik’s report on the Sword Fleet of the Hacan useful. I’ve sent you another excerpt to review; this one from Among the Jorun Field and Krik’s time visiting the Clan of Saar. I think she brings up something we may need to study more closely.
-Tribunii Harka Leeds
Excerpt from Among the Jorun Asteroids, by Zi Krik
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After I infiltrated the Jorun Asteroid Field by hopping a ride aboard the Unified Triumph, I spent some months sneaking aboard one ship or station after another, visiting hundreds of outposts, enclaves, and proper cities. In my travels, I learned an interesting paradox that I think you, dear reader, will appreciate.
The Clan of Saar has no navy.
The Clan of Saar also has the largest navy in the galaxy.
For those of you wondering what I’m talking about, the Saar have a saying among themselves. “Always look to the left side of your tools.” It basically means that most tools (and starships) have a second, martial use. It also means that every Saar has to be ready to fight to defend their people when called.
Take the ship I came in on, the Unified Triumph. On the one hand, it is simply a Strength in Solidarity–class bulk freighter, one of thousands built by the Clan to facilitate their expansive interstellar trade and mining operations. A cunning observer may even spot the ship’s assault cannon and autocannon batteries. But what most pirates don’t see, at least not until it’s too late, are the certain cargo holds packed full of missile racks.
Another great example of this is the Scavenger Zeta Suit. These are salvage and mining mechs, able to work in zero-G and hostile environments. But it turns out seismic hammers and beam drills make great weapons in a scrap. And the Saar know it, too. They make holovid series of bands of Zeta-jocks hopping around the galaxy and bringing down the enemies of the Clan.
So anyone who wants to attack the Saar has to remember that every salvage crew is actually a self-supporting mechanized battalion. Gotta be enough to give any military commander nightmares.
But the most interesting thing I learned about while in the Jorun Asteroid Field is something the Saar are keeping secret from the rest of the galaxy. In fact, I didn’t learn too much about it at all, and the Council of Captains is working really hard to keep it a secret. But based on spacedock records, diverted ship components, weapon requisitions, and the disappearance of thousands of stasis pods, I figured out the Saar have been building something deep in their asteroid home. Whatever it is, it’s big and it’s got to be heavily armed. But the pods are the really interesting part. Between you and me, dear reader, I think the Saar may be building themselves an intergalactic colonization vessel, with enough guns to make sure nobody can stop them from doing it.
And that’s what I would like to know. Certainly it’s the Council of Captains’ business if they want to build some sort of colony expedition, but the rest of the Galactic Council would certainly like to know if they’re planning on settling Andromeda in the next few centuries. Plus, I think Krik missed an obvious possibility here. Instead of colonization, what if the Saar are building an evacuation ship? And if that’s the case, what are they running from that we don’t know about?
Leeds
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