Shadowsun suddenly frowned. She seemed to have heard Wakan mention something interesting just now.
"You are currently researching those... please forgive my inaccurate pronunciation... Warp engines?"
Wakan did not find O'Shaserra's awkward pronunciation amusing. The term itself had been deciphered from Imperium of Man documents.
It was as strange as the "Commissar" in human armies. Who knew what this "Warp Engine" was supposed to be?
(Commissar; Warp engine. This refers to the T'au pronunciation, like how we call coffee "kafei.")
"For the past three hundred and fifty years, we have been studying Warp engines. I must admit that humans are quite advanced in certain technologies, but the inexplicable decorations on them are baffling. We found all sorts of things like sacred oils and holy incense..."
Wakan shook his head as he spoke, seemingly regretful that humans maintained scientific equipment in such mystical ways, as though watching animals in a zoo clumsily use sticks.
"Now, with the help of the Earth-Siowak Research Institute, we have successfully scanned the internal structure of a Warp engine. Although the casing still cannot be dismantled, and the scans contain many garbled regions, we have nevertheless reverse-engineered part of its design and applied it to the new generation of jump engines."
Seeing Wakan's smile, Shadowsun nodded as well. Wakan's mentor had failed to unravel the mysteries of Warp engines before his death. Now, his apprentice could finally make his teacher proud.
Shadowsun also knew of the Earth-Siowak Research Institute.
It could be called the finest technological research institute within the T'au Empire. Though it had only emerged within the last century, its technological achievements had surpassed several long-established Earth Caste research institutes.
Now that the Earth-Siowak Research Institute had deciphered the mysteries of Warp engines, it would surely rise to great prominence and become a holy