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<span class="mu-s">DAMMIT!</span>
You've been had. This “worm” Xeno has got you by the balls, and he knows it!
<span class="mu-s">FUCK!</span>
When you were younger, you could have made this punching bag <span class="mu-i">explode</span>. You're old, and now you're mad too. You feel more and more powerless by the day as time slips away from you, but the universe keeps seeming bigger and more intimating by the moment. You guess you know how Kinja felt when the entire Hegemony fell onto his shoulders and made him the Supreme.
But what can you possible do against something so insurmountable? You were taught that nothing is impossible for the Hegemony- and the Supreme Ruler always leads the charge. But what happens when we finally run into a species greater then our own? Older? More powerful? You've always relied on your body and your strength to carry you through- but against that worm you'd be little more then a rodent.
You should spend some time on something else. Focus on the manageable. You decide to work on science- some extra projects that could use your approval for mass testing and implementation.
The first is a new device, called <span class="mu-s"><span class="mu-i">Levitron</span></span>. The technology has technically been around for over two hundred years now- tractor beams, but only now has energy and antigravity-engines become low impact and miniaturized enough to work. It's essentially a jetpack- a single device strapped to the body that can let the user float, hover, fly- a fun toy and useful for astronauts in space as a logical advancement of the antigravity boot technology that was the standard before you were born.
The second is about the <span class="mu-s"><span class="mu-i">Baalathi</span></span>. With this... worm and your newfound understanding of FTL communication, it may be possible to find new methods of communication with these aliens. While in captivity for a long time, you've never really understood them beyond their gas-exchange “hivemind”. An actual conversation would be a first, and could open doors.
The third and last idea... is just something that popped into your head. <span class="mu-i"><span class="mu-s">Ingar</span></span>. He's a genius, why not see what he is up to? No, better idea, just do whatever he wants. Whatever project he wants approval on- just give it to him. You know his latest works have something to do with <span class="mu-i">quantum entanglement</span> but beyond that, you won't even ask, you'll just give him the funds and let him do his thing.
>Approve the Levitron for mass production
>Open communication with the captive Baalathi
>Give Ingar whatever he wants for his pet projects
