Update: League blockade started to assemble while I'm far on fringe of the sector. Decided relation with Indi and Hegey wasn't worth the trouble tac-bombing Kazeron, got back in time riding slip streams to negotiate joining the league (and plan on back stabbing them later).
Running some smuggling between Pirates, Path and League to fund more colonies. The change that makes player filled demand last longer does make quite an impact.
Huh, I wonder if it can be negated with a Cryosleeper.
Will try it out, given IF I find the cryosleeper.