Unfettered Hai

"We are all that is left of the original Hai. Unaltered. The conquerors. We were masters of a hundred worlds before human monkeys had learned the use of thumbs."
- Hai on Darkcloak, First Contact: Unfettered
The Unfettered are a renegade group of Hai occupying the northern Hai space. They are aggressive and militaristic, claiming that the bulk of their race has been altered by the Drak to limit their ambition. When they first encounter the player, they are very interested in procuring Jump Drives.
== History ==
Several centuries ago the Hai were invaded by another alien species, the Korath. Many brave Hai rose up to defend their territory in a war which lasted for decades. When it abruptly ended in about 2820, most Hai returned to their previous peaceful life but some preferred the excitement of war and formed their own faction, the Unfettered.
The Unfettered claim that they are the last remaining true Hai, after the Drak altered their race to be more peaceful. They say that they are as the Hai are meant to be, the conquerors. Back when the Hai had a large empire, they took some worlds that the Drak said belonged to the Sheragi. Because of that, the Drak retaliated, and their ships appeared in orbit of all the Hai worlds and released sickness onto them. The victims were left alive, but all their ambition was gone, and they were completely peaceful. The Unfettered say they are the ones that managed to avoid that sickness. The rest of the Hai plainly state that this is propaganda, and claim that the Unfettered Hai are misguided at best and bloodthirsty at worst. The Unfettered's belligerent demands for restitution when the Wanderers defend themselves from unprovoked Unfettered attacks, and the Unfettered warlords threatening the player when the captain tries to be a peace envoy, seemingly corroborate this idea.
== Attributes ==
The Unfettered Hai are just like the regular Hai except for that they are very warlike, and that can lead them to physically be more scarred or to have cybernetic replacements to limbs they have lost in battle. They are extremely aggressive and will often raid the regular Hai in spite of being outnumbered by their peaceful cousins.
== Technology ==
The Unfettered Hai use most of the ships that the regular Hai use, but they also have some unique ships and outfits.
=== Ships ===
Light Freighter
* Aphid
Light Warship
* Lightning Bug
Medium Warship
* Sea Scorpion
Heavy Warship
* Shield Beetle
* Solifuge
Fighter
* Violin Spider
=== Outfits ===
Weapons
* Ionic Blaster Prototype (upcoming)
* Ionic Turret Prototype (upcoming)
* Tripulse Shredder
Systems
* Hai Octopus Jammer
* Value Detector
== Interspecies Relations ==
The Unfettered Hai are generally hostile to other factions.
* Hai: The Unfettered Hai and the mainline Hai have a strange relationship. The Unfettered often raid the Hai for resources, but the Hai often send aid shipments to the Unfettered and many Hai feel indebted to the Unfettered due to their role during the Korath Invasion.
* Humans: Hostile. The Unfettered see mainline humans as primitive apes unworthy of anything but contempt. However, they can become friendly to the player in exchange for a Jump Drive.
* Wanderers: The Wanderers are under attack from the Unfettered Hai.
* Alphas: The Alphas are the primary source of Jump Drives the Unfettered Hai use to raid the Wanderers.
* Korath: They might be hostile to the Korath due to their past relationships.
* Drak: They are probably hostile to the Drak due to their possible tampering of their species.
* Sheragi: According to the Unfettered, the Hai empire fought the Sheragi over territorial disputes. 
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