Hargreaves sighed, "it's not going to get easier.  What I'm about to tell you is top secret.  Intel is fairly certain that we're not the only nation with cogs."

Maya and Sion were silent, but the shock was plainly visible on both their faces, even Sion's.

"But the Cadmus Reactor is Ascendancy technology!" Solomon blurted out.

"Actually it's not," Hargreaves clarified, "Dr. Stern was a Wildtype, despite what the textbooks say.  But that's beside the point, you need to modify your training simulations.  You're not just up against strikecraft and battlecruisers anymore."

"U-understood, Captain," Maya replied.