These can be attacked without any (immediate) repercussions. They have formed their own small hiveminds and seek to join the sleeper again once it has awakened again. – There are four systems around the sleeper that are held by 'scrambled drones' large groups of drones that have completely broken away from the ancient hivemind.
And it is always looking for some helping hands/talons/fins/tentacles/any other acceptable equivalent
– There is a science station above its capital – a research AI has taken up residence and it can tell you more about the sleeper. You can not engage with it diplomatically and it will attack anybody who dares to enter its borders. It can only barely hold onto its many drones. – At the start of the game, the sleeper is… well, asleep. – Like all fallen empires, the sleeper starts with a massive tech advantage, fleets and fully developed worlds.
