To peel the curtain back on the Ascendancy side of things -
The survivors of the CIS government (military, presidium, KO) relocated to the Expanse. We didn't want to infringe/yank characters away from planets that they've worked on (i.e. pulling Svana away from Naboo).
Gameplan is to form IC relationships with planets that were part of the CIS. Trade, treaties,
etc. that would result in hanging out in threads like usual. In Naboo's case, we'd do our best to help with rebuilding, though we're piecing things together at the same time.
I didn't know where Ee'everwest/Sal-Soren/Naboo was overall before we made the decision to go minor. Figured we'd hash that out as you guys resumed plotting and go from there!