The Republic of The White Star has revealed the threat of Witherania to the public and has sent a fleet, armed with E.M.Ps and other anti-tech weapons to deal with the AI scum (R.W.S is very paranoid towards AI after a major incident involving one) They've also sent fighter-bombers of their own to help with the missile strikes Using E.M.Ps and other signal or field based weapons should give them a bit of advantage over anything that is heavily tech relaint.
This is unrelated to Many Worlds