Dawn Star Planet, Duchy Palace.
A Vasari in robes, holding a scepter, slowly entered Tang Xiao's office, bowed, and said, "Your Excellency, just moments ago, our Prototype Phase Core No. 1 transmitted a resonance. The Eternity Exploration Fleet should have activated the core of the prototype Stargate and begun construction."
Tang Xiao was processing a mountain of documents. Without looking up, he said, "It seems Shepard and the others have found a suitable planet and are preparing to build a Stargate, using it as our forward base. In that case, you need to complete the connection work as soon as possible and ensure that our Stargate can operate normally."
"This is only a basic Stargate and can only permit one-to-one travel. As far as the phase theories involved are concerned, it is not particularly profound. It is simply the best our current manufacturing processes can achieve," the Vasari said. "In essence, a basic Stargate is merely the stabilization and extension of a hyperspace route. In fact, it is similar to the technology used by the Galactic Republic during the battle that erupted in the Modell Sector three years ago. However, the phase technology of us Vasari is far beyond anything the Galactic Republic can compare with... They can only stabilize existing routes, while we can open up an entirely new route."
Only then did Tang Xiao look up at the Vasari. "High Priest Shadi Li, it is not that I distrust the Vasari's technological capabilities. It is simply that, for us at present, the cost of a Stargate is indeed too high. In fact, if we did not truly need to establish a forward base in the Unknown Regions, I would have been very reluctant to approve its construction. So I must ensure that nothing goes wrong."
High Priest Shadi