"No, they hire mercenaries and keep track of the wormholes in their personal space. It wouldn't be cheap for another fleet to make it through to intervene if they wanted to." Ah, Komarr. Sometimes he wonders why he feels so closely aligned with his home planet. "Unfortunately I think you're right. I'm afraid it's a matter of time before we experience our first raid."

And he'd get to see first-hand how the guerilla warfare in this invasion happened instead of reading about it.