Jas listened for a moment to the incomprehensible sounds being made by the commander next to Pacheco, who had taken it upon him- or herself to begin, before she realized she’d forgotten to turn her comm button to its translation setting. As soon as she made the change, the button relayed the speech in standard English. The commander was reporting on a successful raid on a Shadow trap planet.
From the commander’s description, the world sounded similar to K.67092d, where Jas had first encountered the hostile beings that came from the Void, somewhere outside the known universe. K.67092d had been a barren planet, devoid of complex life forms. Nothing but the strange, hexagonal Shadow traps was of any interest in the place, and that of course made them perfect for attracting the attention of u
