What triggers the rebels?

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Those pirate ships that start marauding your system when your empire gets big, is there something that triggers them, or is it just size?  Any trick for keeping them away?  They're an annoyance mostly, but they're like fleas on a dog, they itch and you can't seem to get rid of them.

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

The TEC factions can research an "Insurgency" (I forget what it's actually called but something to that effect) tech at tier 8 of the civilian tree.  Once they have that, all of their opponents will start seeing these random attacks on their planets.

Typically, they're small and can be handled with almost any kind of basic defense but they do force you to put some kind of defense on your backwater planets.