Jack of Harts

The history of what exactly the New England Federation did during The War has been carefully suppressed. They certainly do not teach it in their schools. AIs are bad after all, and their official position is that they do not avail themselves of the services of Rogue AIs. And only a Rogue AI would enjoy the kind of destruction they were sent to visit upon the Shang. The Federation government has also never admitted to sending the AI drones out in the first place. They have roundly rejected the suggestion in fact. In this case, they are actually telling the truth. The Federation government did not send Rogue AIs to devastate the Shang homeworlds. The Great Families did. And the more you understand the difference between those two, the more understanding of how the Federation works you will get.