“Can you answer some broad technology questions for us now?” she asked. “If we win, we’ll learn what we want, anyway. And if we lose, whatever you tell us will do us no good. Unless we can use it in the afterlife,” she added. “You make some valid points,” said Seeker. “What would you like to know?” “I’m most curious about your means of propulsion,” she said. “Your drive. It was able to operate nonstop for over a million years.” “Due to relativistic time dilation effects, it didn’t operate for nearly this long. But it is true that it was built to operate efficiently for millions of years, yes.”
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