No, I mean longterm all of us from BM can fill in the southeastern quadrant between us: fortify borders but be sending colony ships inwards. Tactically weaken those on the outsider, but long-term expansion focusing inwards.
And I've wondered about Kip/KipJaw. Hence why I'm going to knock out Kip ASAP. Building one more Arc on my home planet, then going to spend a few turns building military fleets while other planets construct things.