Hearing that left her feeling tense. Ragnosian tech on this side of the galaxy? That meant someone had been using the Class-2 SlipGates. Council had ordered starships to keep a watch on every star system with a Gate in it, but their resources were finite. There were Gates in Dead Space that they couldn't monitor, for instance.
Larani approached the ring of consoles in the middle of the room.
Gripping the edges of one in both hands, she stood with her head hanging. “Do we have any indication of how the Sons of Savard got this technology?” she asked. “Is there any reason to think the Ragnosians are sponsoring them?”
“That's outside my purview.”
“Yeah…I suppose it is,” Larani muttered. “All right. Let's focus on what we can control. Do you have an effective countermeasure?”
Atero stood w
