To keep his attention off the beauty beside him and stop Little Xi Yan from rising in fury, ready to erupt-as the saying went, his wrath made lords tremble, while his repose brought peace to the world-Xi Yan decisively changed the subject by addressing Beta. "Say, Beta."
"Hmm?"
"Do you know anything about this L-Gate and the L-Cluster?"
(Since Stellaris says little about the history of its many ancient civilizations, a separate timeline is being established here.)
"The L-Gate..." Beta pondered for a moment. "You mean those gates that differ from ordinary gateways and give off a faint green glow? The records say they were a masterpiece of the Dessanu civilization. Their L-Gate network was renowned throughout the galaxy back then."
Xi Yan was a little surprised. "So the Cybrex and the Dessanu existed in the same era? That really was an age when great powers rose together."
"Yes. It was once a glorious age, with countless great civilizations competing on the same stage. Such magnificent splendor... sadly, nothing like it has ever been seen again." Beta reminisced about the grandeur of those days.
"In my rather poorly preserved database, the few surviving passages still recount the history of those you call the Precursors."
The Precursors?
Spotting a clue, Xi Yan hurriedly rattled off a whole list of names.
"Do you know the Vultaum Star Council, the Yuth Empire, the First League, the Irassian Concordat, Baal, the Zroni, the Innest Trade Consortium, and the Akkano Convention?"
"W-what?"
Xi Yan rapidly listed a string of Precursor civilizations, leaving Beta stunned.
"Xi Yan... how do you know about all of these?"
"Well, that's, uh... hmm... I had a great psionic awakening and read the world's memories from a million years ago. Anyway, don't worry about it."
"Could you have Zroni ancestry?" Beta