With an expanding red giant at its center, the UEE happily ceded this Perry Line system to the Xi’An. Today, it is best known for the officially-sanctioned piracy that occurs here. Accepting that crime will always exist, the Xi’An Empire authorizes select criminal gangs to operate under certain conditions. That does not mean it is a lawless system. Unauthorized criminals caught operating here will incur the wrath of both the Xi’An government and the system’s sanctioned gangs.