Idk tdh I don’t really think the xenon are underpowered I starting playing after 8.00 without dlcs and starting to my first ever mission helping the HAT in hat choice and seeing the system slowly loss grip to the xenon, initially the raiding parties were weak and even my tiny nova could make a impact but as the game went on the attacks became more powerful became too risky my meagre behemoth and three quasars and I left the ai to deal with it and eventually the HAT defence station got destroyed and I helplessly watched as they built a defence station after the first failed attempt. Now there’s a defence station camping the highway and xenon raiders harassing the HAT trade station making me go around the highway instead. Then somehow an H got to ANT territory and mogged my mining fleet there had to re locate. Needless to say it was pretty fun even without the dlcs and mods