Or they might decide to co-operate.
OMG…do you know why Delve produces so much? Of course you don’t. Because Goons, et. al. have cramed 30,000 pilots into pretty much one region. What determines total productivity. People*their productive capacity. Increase the number of people and total productivity goes up. Your entire premise just blew away in smoke…so why do this?
The issue isn’t that Delve is super resource rich, just that Goons/the Imperium are really good at developing institutions and a culture that allows them to krab like crazy.
A reference for you,