Hegemon Rob was invited to Planet Bob by a Spider. Hegemon Rob landed on Planet Bob on 1/3/2008 2:56:56 PM and was met with numerous raids. Spider later invited Hegemon Rob to join Old Guard. It became clear that Hegemon Rob was more war hawkish than the rest of Old Guard, and parted amicably. Old Guard allowed Hegemon Rob to stay in the Old Guard Protectorate alliance affiliation.