"The Human Federation had always known that the Aeldari used a different mode of transportation, but we never knew exactly what it was. It was not until after the Second Nebula War, when they acknowledged the Human Federation's status amid the flames of war, that my father was fortunate enough to be invited as a guest by the queen of their Imperium. But when he returned, his face was filled with nothing but shock and doubt. He doubted that the Aeldari alone could ever have built such a vast Webway transportation system."
As Oedmeir adjusted the ship's condition, mapping out compartments and functions within the almost solid warship, Rebecca worked alongside her.
Yet she did not forget to describe to Lin Fan just how immense the Webway system was as a cosmic engineering project.
"We discovered a Webway gate beneath Terra long ago. We just never figured out how it worked for a very long time. Otherwise, where do you think all those legends and stories about elves came from? Visitors from the Aeldari Empire must have wandered around Terra a few times."
"However, forcibly opening a Webway passage is extremely difficult. It consumes an especially enormous amount of resources and energy. Opening it from within is easy, but opening it from outside is difficult. I think that was meant to better isolate certain predators within the Warp... like The Emperor said... those gods and things like that!"
"Damn... this is exhausting..." Oedmeir shook out her slightly sore hands. Processing such an enormous warship alone was no small task, even for a Man of Gold.
Listening to Oedmeir's fragmented recollections, Lin Fan also came to understand the sheer scale of the Webway system.
As a legacy left behind by the Old Ones, no one knew how those mighty beings capable