Ladon System
Pax Dracon

Just as Teemas was about to grab the emperor's hand there was an unusually powerful electrical spark between them. She ignored it and shook his hand. There was apparently quite a large difference in electrical potential between herself and the emperor.

"The single most important technological breakthrough a civilisation can achieve is the ability to travel faster than light. It is intriguing to see how it can be accomplished in ways so fundamentally different. I am looking forward to discussing the differences and similarities between our two civilisations."

Teemas reached into one of her pockets. She picked up a sphere with the same diameter as her fist. Its weight and the way it reflected the light suggested it was made of an exotic material.

"Emperor, if I may, I would like hand over this small symbol of our new friendship. We call it a Candact Piece. It consists of an almost completely homogeneous atom-level material, but there is a single vacancy defect. It migrates through the material without any outside influence at exactly the same frequency as the pulse radio waves have from our beloved neutron star, Candact - hub of modern Treecuu space flight."