The Galaxy Never Expected Humanity Until the Void Arrived part 02 of 02

300 years ago, when the Galactic Council ruled over 47 species across 12,000 star systems, they discovered something strange. The council scientists laughed, noting humanity as species number 891, a violent and short-lived civilization that would likely destroy itself before ever leaving its own solar system. Now centuries later, Commander Zethor of the Valerian fleet stood inside the shining halls of the council's central chamber on Nexus Prime. The darkness spoke, not through sound or radio, but directly into the minds of every intelligent being in the chamber. We fused our minds with our technology, with our artificial intelligences, even with the fabric of space and time itself.