Theory: The Orions control our governments and money supply

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I assume very few of the Orion Empire's worlds know they have masters.

Astute observation and what I've heard of a potential Orion world... I think what you say might be accurate.

If we are ruled by the Orions, I would lose all respect for them.

After all, this world is clearly a mixed harvest. They can't even keep a puny, pre-warp civilization under their control in order and negatively polarized? They must be pretty bad at what they do.