The loyalist members of the Trader Emergency Coalition adopt a policy of isolation, focusing on enhanced defenses to ride out the rest of the war.

While many were hopeful that diplomacy would finally end the war, differing opinions on what should be done, along with the depleted power of the controlling factions, has led to a splintering of the groups involved. Includes Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion plus the Forbidden Worlds, Stellar Phenomena, and Soundtrack DLCs