“What?” the Supreme Leader had demanded to know, and Doctor Bae had no answer.

For a month he poured over the data. He knew the Ring was built by nanomachines that rained down with the extrasolar meteor. He even knew when the ring would complete. But he had no idea to what end. “What?”

He knew the Ring was charged with an extremely powerful electromagnetic field, but the circuit was not complete. He knew that when it was, the release of energy would be immeasurable. It was, to his mind, like watching a lightning bolt in very slow motion.

“What?”

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