Pilots out in the darkest depths of lawless space know that not everything matches the cozy little categories that their colleagues back in CONCORD-policed space expect. This applies to conflicts as much as it does to the places and objects they find in their travels.
One such type of object occasionally shows up on their scanners. At its small size, ships generally need to engage their sensor boosters to lock onto it, even at relatively short ranges. Human eyes have difficulty keeping it in focus as it seems to slip in and out of reality. This object (occasionally called a “quantum olive”) has intrigued researchers since its initial discovery in the Curse region. Perhaps it represents some natural phenomenon, or perhaps the remnants of a Jovian experiment, or perhaps an even older culture. Perhaps some ancient non-human intelligence built it and let it float away once the artifact no longer held its interest, as a child with a suddenly-boring plaything. In truth, no one knows. Or anyone who does know hasn’t said publicly, at any rate…
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