Quote Originally Posted by Theodric View Post
Through acts of piracy, yes. Though the Scions already turn a blind eye to acts of piracy conducted by the pirates occupying The Ruby Sea. They were never interested in finding a peaceful solution - they just wanted to get to their destination as quickly as possible and saw the conflict as an inconvenience in the fact of their goals.
Acts of piracy used to horde resource to breed an army with which to engage in open war.