For some time now, Emrys had become concerned about the military buildup of the Silber Enclave. They seemed to have an unprecedented rate of production. And he was beginning to have a sneaking suspicion that Erich had broken a serious taboo. The only way a civilization could advance from quite literally nothing to such a flourishing state, and all in the span of ten years. As if a hyper-advanced AI was running everything.
The development of artificial intelligence was severely limited across the Milky Way Galaxy, and the reason for this was actually not entirely known. The Great Powers of the Galaxy had all placed heavy restrictions on artificial intelligence, to the point where it was almost considered blasphemy to advance them beyond a basic state.