How much did the Hallowed know, is what the survivors would ask themselves later. The Derelict was found to be old, very old. 2.3 billion years old, to be exact. And not complete either. As massive as it was, what was discovered was but a portion of a much larger apparatus. Something that after years of scrutiny by the Jadelan Inquest appeared to be less of a transport and more an of engineering device. Something built with the intention of creating artificial constructs at a planetary scale. Power and knowledge that the Jadelan could not refuse to reach for. For in the end, they said, who are the Hallowed but religious fanatics from a distant watery planet?



The old inhabitants of Terra in the Sol system had a saying about curiosity and dying cats. A phrase that meant that some things are better left alone. But Sol is long gone. And so is Terra. And all that is left of that once grandiose galaxy spanning culture are fables and legends. And the Jadelan did not believe in fairy tales. Not then.



But they do now.