How would the earlier Imperial deployment change in the northeastern quadrant, with the Corporate Sector cooperating and Hapes neutralised?
Short answerSupply depots and cruiser-style visits remain the proposed approach, subject to whether pacification means suppressing revolt or preventing it.
NotesThe clarification places the scenario in Legends continuity and narrows the area to the northeastern quadrant. A cooperating Corporate Sector and neutralised Hapes remove two earlier uncertainties. Supply depots remain part of the answer. The unresolved question is whether the worlds are already in revolt or only considered at risk of revolt. The proposed patrol visits mix invitations aboard with a conspicuous display of weapons, applying a gunboat-diplomacy analogy to a fictional setting.