`You dock with the station while the other Courier ships are still busy cleaning up the battlefield and salvaging as much Korath equipment as possible. The station is eerily quiet now that almost everyone has evacuated. The only person you meet is Novak.`
			`	"I'm glad you're okay" he says, "that was one of the most terrifying battles I've seen. I would've joined in myself, but someone had to stay behind and engage the self-destruct in case the station got boarded."`
			`	"You don't want it to fall back into Korath hands?" you ask.`
			`	"Of course not. Did you see what ships they just brought in? That must've been almost their entire homeworld fleet. There must be something about this station extremely attractive to them, and if its so important that they're willing to sacrifice a major part of their fleet for it, we can't let them have it."`
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				`	"Any idea what that may be?"`

			`He thinks about your question for a second, and continues, "All those things that Chris pointed out, it must be no coincidence. A triple star system, immense solar activity, disappearing hyperspace links... Whatever the Sestor drones were doing here must've required unimaginable amounts of energy."`
			`	Suddenly you hear a voice from one of hallways leading to ship docking ports, "Exactly, and I think I just figured it out."`
			` 	It's Chris. He explains to you and Novak that instead of going on the freighter, he took his lab equipment onboard a Starling and stayed cloacked throughout the entire duration of the battle.`
			`	"I consider myself an optimist" he says, "but when I saw the reports from our scouts about the size of the Korath fleets, I was convinced that we'd lose. For a long time now have I suspected that what the Kor Sestor were developing here was a weapon. From the small bits of text we were able to translate, we found out that they were working on 'a device to channel energy into enemy territory', something like a long-range EMP, probably to interfere with the Mereti core systems. I hoped to rush my research and get it working before the Korath attacked, but I was too slow. But, thanks to <last>'s help, they were defeated the good old way."`
			`	"So, this weapon" says Novak, "that's what the Korath want?"`
			`	"I don't think so" Chris responds, "all evidence points to the fact that this 'device' was developed long after the Korath left their drones. I think what they want is this station and the triple star system, they could build many manufacturing plants and the stars would cover all their power requirements."`
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				`	"Do you know where this device is?"`

			`Chris gets silent for a second and then looks around, "I think we're standing in it."`
			`	"The... station?" asks Novak.`
			`	Chris nods in agreement, "Yes, the station. When we started the modification of the station to support human inhabitants, I noticed a lot of details that just seemed... off. For example, the outer hull seems to be one big superconductor. Every time a solar flare hits us, there are strange energy buildups in the power grid, as if the energy of the star was being channeled by the station itself."`
			`	"Channeled where?" you ask.`
			`	"Right now, nowhere" Chris responds, "the system isn't fully operational. In fact, it seems to be badly damaged, likely from the last test that disrupted the hyperspace link."`
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				`	"Didn't you say that this 'entity' severed the link?"`

			`"That's what we thought. We were never certain, but what I learned in the few hours I spent studying the Sestor records while the battle was going on completely changed my standing theory."`
			`	Chris then pulls out his tablet and starts frantically drawing something.`
			`	"This is how I think it happened" he explains, "this system was controlled by the Kor Sestor, but it was attacked by the Kor Mereti. The Sestor, not wanting the Mereti to gain access to the technology of this station, activated the weapon prematurely, when it wasn't fully completed. Their intent was to use it to tap into the energy output of the triple star system and redirect it towards the Mereti planets, stations, and factories. To do that, it would form a temporary hyperspace link between Meliter and its target and then send the full force three stars through it in a uniform beam."`
			`	He looks out of the window at the three suns of this system, and continues, "But, as I said, the weapon wasn't ready. It misfired. Instead of sending the power to the Mereti space, it sent it in a random direction. Now, I'm going to speculate, but I think it established a link with a star system in some other, distant galaxy."`
			`	"How distant?" asks Novak.`
			`	"Well, I looked at the power logs from the event, and if my calculations are correct, the length of the link was somewhere between seventy billion or a hundred billion light years. That means that for a short time Meliter was linked with a star system outside of our observable universe."`
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				`	"That sounds impossible."`

			`Chris turns to you and continues, "That's because it is impossible, <last>. Even the full power of three stars shouldn't be able to sustain a link that distant. The only possible explanation is that the link was somehow amplified. But that's where my knowledge ends. Maybe it intersected a black hole, or a supernova. But once it was established, it allowed that 'entity' to traverse it. And whatever the entity was, it made the Sestor drones engage safety protocols and start evacuating the system. The weapon shut down before they all could run away, and once the link was cut, the residual power was enough to permanently disrupt the original link leading to the Sestor space."`
			`	"So where is this 'entity' now?" asks Novak, "Did it return through the link?"`
			`	"There was no time for it to return" Chris continues, "as soon as it entered Meliter, it engaged in a fight and the link collapsed mere seconds later. In fact, I think it never left this system. Or at least its proximity."`
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				`	"You've been in this system for years, I'm sure you'd notice it."`

			`"During the battle, my ship's sensors started to pick up unusual energy bursts coming from deep space at the very edge of this system. As far as we know, the only things out there are a bunch of asteroids on extremely elliptical orbits."`
			`	Novak sits down on a nearby bench, takes a deep breath, and says, "Chris. Are you saying that this... thing, this entity or ship or whatever it is..."`
			`	"I'm afraid so, sir" says Chris, "we woke that thing up. The energy burst signature matches almost perfectly with the one in the old Sestor records, albeit much weaker. It was probably hibernating, and now entered a wake-up sequence."`
			`	A few seconds of silence follow. Finally, Novak looks at Chris and asks "How long before it gets here?"`
			`	"If its movement speed is consistent with the data from the records, I think we have only a few weeks before it manages to adjust its orbit. It doesn't appear to be equipped with a hyperdrive, so we should have enough time to evacuate."`
			`	You notice that many Courier ships docked back with the station and the atrium is becomming filled with people again. After a moment of contemplating the situation, Novak uses his radio to connect to the station's loudspeakers.`
			`	"Okay people, pack it up again, we got a code red, incoming hostile, this time we can't fight them off" he then puts down his radio, looks at you, and continues, "Captain <last>, once again we can use your help. There will be a few transport ship captains waiting for you in the spaceport. I'd really appreciate if you could help escort them to our backup outpost on Earth. I'll stay here with Chris to see if we can figure out a way to defend the station."`