The bridge lights were dimmed, casting long shadows across the determined faces of the crew. In the center of the main display, a complex, shimmering frequency map rotated slowly. Sira, now unbound but under the watchful eyes of both Marc and a very alert Kaelis, pointed a slender finger at a specific, pulsing harmonic node.
"This is it," she said, her voice quieter now, stripped of its earlier arrogance. "The resonant frequency of the Echo Vault. It's not a place you can chart. You have to... tune yourselves to it. It will feel like your mind is unraveling. You have to hold on."
Reia studied the data, her brow furrowed. "The energy required to initiate the harmonic alignment is massive. It'll be another beacon, bigger than anything we've done before. Every power that's looking for us will know exactly where we are the moment we start."
