Eridani: Imagine a quiet empire that spent its fleet orbiting its homeworld, watching for external threats. Suddenly, with hyper‑drive and swarm‑capsules in their arsenals, the mindset flips. First, they’d re‑train their crews from defensive tactics to offensive strikes, learning how to hit targets before the enemy can even respond. Then they’d replace static shield grids with mobile shield pods that can follow their raiders, so the ships can dodge after a hit. Next, they’d develop “strike pods” – tiny, fast craft that can latch onto larger vessels or mining stations, cut power, and then leap back. The flagship would become a command‑and‑control node, pulling up all the data from their new sensor arrays that can track dozens of targets in a single pass. Finally, they’d craft a doctrine that says: hit the supply lines, disrupt orbital colonies, then retreat before the enemy can assemble a counter‑force. The whole system evolves from watching to doing, from defense to offense, all under the same political umbrella.