After the Festering Pit of Fu Leng was closed, the Crab Clan endured a spiritual crisis of sorts, having lost the primary focus of its existence. Soon, however, the children of Hida proved as pragmatic as ever, reorganizing around two areas of focus. First, with the growing importance of science and technology, the Kaiu family became an important part of Rokugan’s development, and much greater resources were allocated to them in order to expand their operations, in mining and engineering particularly. Secondly, the opening of space exploration revealed many planets inhabited by strange and often hostile life-forms influenced by the more dangerous Spirit Realms, occasionally including Jigoku. This gave renewed purpose to the Crab, who took to the stars to fight against the most dangerous and inhuman species, as well as establishing gigantic mining and construction operations for weapons and defense development. Long used to hardship and difficult conditions, the Crab adapted very well to exploring strange new environments, and became a force to be reckoned with in the Empire of Emerald Stars. 

    Unsurprisingly, the greatest number of systems controlled by the Crab are at the ‘southern’ border of the Empire, where there are also many barren worlds where unfortunate incidents have happened. The ever paranoid Crab maintain close watch over the area, wary of possibly sinister forces at work. Their core system, unimaginatively named Hida Prime, holds several moons and planets of great mineral value, which have been put to good use for the production of ships and weapons. Kyuden Hida Prime, a gigantic orbital stronghold located above the largest solid planet, is the center of Crab activities in the galaxy, and quite possibly impregnable. It orbits a planet known as Inferno, a place of extremely high temperatures and toxic atmosphere, populated by a variety of creatures which draw their influence from Gaki-do, Toshigoku, and more rarely Jigoku. The Kuni have developed a process which allows them to turn the already massive radiant cannons of Kyuden Hida Prime into orbital jade strikes able to annihilate all traces of corrupted life in a radius measured in miles. The fact that the creatures still keep fighting back is a testament to the danger they represent, but the surrounding moons are so rich with rare minerals that the Crab would never give up the place. Secondary systems include Hida Secundus, virtually identical to Hida prime if smaller in size, and Hiruma prime, which holds the busiest Crab spaceport in the northern section of the galaxy.