Milky-Way Requiem Network Energy Network

The Milky Way Requiem Network is a collection of Requiem Nodes scattered throughout the Milky Way galaxy  that permits the transfer of massive amounts of energy through a sequence of interlinked nodes. Requiem Nodes can also be used to move matter through time and space (although this is a by-product of their design and not their primary function).

It is hypothesised by the survivors of the Titan One mission that such networks exist in many galaxies, certainly those which possess an Eon Vault at their centre.

Usage
The network feeds energy outputs when a request is made to it through an interface device. Instructions on building interface devices are contained within the Origin Signal broadcast from Milky Way’s Eon Vault, which orbits the galaxy’s super-massive black hole.

Limitations
The interface devices constructed through the Origin Signal’s instructions carry limitations on what the Requiem Network’s power outage can be used for. Power can only be drawn for use in passive devices. For example, a species would be permitted to utilise the power supply to build an engine capable of accelerating matter beyond the speed of light, but not to build a weapon capable of galaxy wide devastation. If an interface device is built into a non-passive piece of technology it will simply refuse to draw power from the Requiem Network.

The purpose of these limitations is to ensure that one species does not obtain access to power levels that would enable them to construct weaponry that would enable them to destroy other civlisations. It was initially contemplated by the EU that it would be possible to circumvent such restrictions, for example by building a faster-than-light drive and overloading it, effectively turning it into an extremely powerful bomb. However, during such tests the power supplies being drawn upon vanished before an overload could be achieved. It therefore appears that the status of the technology’s use is constantly monitored by the Requiem Network. It is not entirely clear to the EU how the interface device makes this distinction, but it is hypotehesised that some kind of artificial intelligence is examines the device in question when a request is made to draw power.

Technology
Little is known about how the Requiem Networks actually function. In respect of matter, AX-15 theorised that the nodes break down the matter into a signal, and transmit that through gravity waves that permeate time and space, which are received by the node being contacted, and then reconstructs the matter in line with the signal received. AX-15 noted however this would be incredibly difficult and inefficient when considering the massive energy waves transported. Other theories include the creation of wormholes between the two points.

Other Interface Devices
An unknown species constructed an interface device capable of contacting the next Requiem Node in the sequence, allowing access to the node and therefore the ability to move matter between these points. It is theorised such devices were created for the purpose of utilising the Requiem Network as a transport hub, capable of moving the users through time and space across the Milky Way.

However, without advanced knowledge of the interface device it is only possible to move through nodes sequentially, rather than designating a particular destination. Jacob Bishop and AX-15 stumbled across this issue when they were thrown back to the beginning of the Milky Way’s Requiem Network.