1098 There is Only Winning

In the research labs above Rae 5, Uncle Lu and Ranarth were immersed in a deeply theological conversation, after an unknown relic recovered after the last battle at the Rift in space on the other side of the Anomaly had turned out to be a bit of antique human technology related to the manipulation of the layers of space.

They had managed to access some of the data stored in it, and it had been enough to determine that there was indeed a way to access the layer of space that the Gods were hiding in, using Cathedral Ship technology, which could be made compatible with human technology.

That meant that they could take the battle to the enemy, without relying on the Darklings or the Arisen, which was a huge step forward for humanity, but the presence of the Gods had so warped that layer of space that the operation of nearly all known weapons and technology was somewhere between ineffective and suicidal due to instability.