"Even the old man..." Oedmeir grew even sadder, lowering her head in silence.
Lin Fan did not know what to say either. He could only wait for her to recover on her own. For now, he needed to carefully sort through the information Oedmeir had revealed during their conversation and combine it with what The Emperor had told him.
The Human Federation had gone through several stages. First came the period before the invention of engines, when the Human Federation was much like the current T'au Empire, developing steadily in one corner of the galaxy.
Then they developed Warp engines, and their territory expanded rapidly. At the same time, they began to interact and clash with other advanced races in the galaxy.
Later, the vast empire sustained by Warp engines finally reached its limit, much like Rome, which fought east and west across the Mediterranean.
Faced with worlds at the very edge of their territory, the Human Federation chose to decentralize power, making it easier for fringe worlds to expand and open new frontiers. At that time, politicians still had a place within the Human Federation.
But later, as science and technology advanced, scientists gradually replaced politicians in social standing and became the Human Federation's ruling class.
Some of those scientists might have been born geniuses, while others might have been colonial administrators responsible for communicating with STC templates. Regardless, these scientists established a Federation centered on technological progress and the pursuit of truth. Back then, they had done fairly well.
Until the scientists who held the highest authorization over all technological equipment discovered that something was wrong with the universe. They sought a path to godhood and ascension, hoping to witness the truth, even at the cost of tearing the entire Human Federation apart.
In a high-tech society controlled