Life
"Have the control centers on all five planets charge Midpoint Station? But that means we only get one chance, doesn't it?" Madam Proxima asked. "Midpoint Station must be capable of operating independently. Otherwise, it couldn't have dragged those five planets to Corellia in the first place."
Tang Xiao nodded. "Exactly. That's what I mean. Midpoint Station can operate independently, but not right now. It has been drifting in space for a hundred thousand years. Its energy core, 'Lightpoint,' has kept the gravity systems and basic life-support systems running all this time. That alone is a miracle. But to restore it to full operation, we need to use the energy reserves stored in the control systems on those five planets to activate Lightpoint."
"Big Brother, you said before... Midpoint Station was built by the Kilik Swarm? But why would a species possessing such a terrifying weapon suddenly perish, leaving behind so few records even now?" Dryden Vos asked.
Tang Xiao glanced at him and said blandly, "Don't ask about anything more. Knowing won't do you any good. You only need to know that Midpoint Station was built by the Kilik Swarm. That's enough."
He then turned to Madam Proxima. "Start making plans. Infiltrate Sacorria from the opposite direction, then get ahead of them in locating and studying Midpoint Station. When the Sacorrian Triad needs to activate Midpoint Station to turn the situation around, we must hold the control center on at least one planet. Only then will we have a chance—and a bargaining chip—to obtain what we need. If we succeed, you will become forces to be reckoned with in an independent Corellian Sector!"
"How much time do we have to prepare?" Madam Proxima looked convinced.
"At least thirty years," Tang Xiao said.
"Thirty years? Are you kidding? I'll be