Lightspeed Blocker Online

Kael coughed. “Stopped. It’s gone.”

But as the alarms faded, he noticed something strange. His neural interface was still receiving data from the Blocker’s final transmission. Not a distress call. A message, repeated on a loop, in a language older than human civilization:

Kael’s hands flew over the console. “Can we disable it remotely?” lightspeed blocker

“Before we were ready for what ?”

“Invalid. Theta-Null requires two-factor biological confirmation from a seated Accord council member.” Kael coughed

“I know what happened to them. Do you have a better idea?”

“Emergency deactivation. Protocol Theta-Null.” repeated on a loop

“You see it too,” she said, not a question.