Unlucky regarded her a moment steadily.

"Where are they now?"

He wordless handed her a datapad, bringing up a galatic map, highlighting the planets Kethrain and Lazers.

"[i]That[/i] where they are now.

"Right there, those two worlds, and on a ten-thousand mile long starship that finally managed to get cloaked we have no idea where is.

"The Shardan, the Lazerblasters... They both [i]already[/i] exceeded the Harbingers in everything but size. Both post-scarity. Both have magic and technology and psionics. And both only the size they are because for different reasons, they CHOOSE not to be bigger.

"It also not seem like co-incidence that both powers are fully or partial technological.

"Shardan are scary enough, but they fundementally peaceful and good-aligned and they an elder race, maybe oldest surviving one, and they get were they are over long time.

"Lazerblasters? 

"Aotrs are AFRAID of Lazerblasters. [i]Liches[/i] are AFRAID of Lazerblasters. 

"Why? Because Lazerblasters got there from essentially nothing in under [i]two decades[/i].

"Make no mistake, Boldness, galaxy and universe as we know it basically only continue to exist as it do because Lazerblasters so new a species that even THEY only starting to understand what they [i]could[/i] do.

"In their case, it so subtle a danger, it took us years to figure it out and not even sure THEY did yet. Lazerblaster technology spiralled up at exponential rate during twenty or so years of their factional war. And, when Manual Fighter faction started decisively winning; when Blastaron faction no longer [i]pushing[/i] them and vice versa? Their technology advancement plateaued. 

"And, few years after that, when we finally realise this? We realise how dangerous they are. As if someone else comes along or war re-starts and [i]pushes[/i] them again? They go right back to exponential growth. 

"And me point at this stage, Blastarons ALREADY made their [i]own entire dimension[/i] - something that has been me goal almost me entire life," Unlucky sounded more than a little bitter, "and Manual Fighters [i]destroyed[/i] it almost as quick. Aotrs have killed gods before, with planning, preparation and lots of resources, as a power. Lazerblasers have, on at least one recorded occasion killed gods, in PERSONAL COMBAT."

"They [i]already[/i] an out-of-context problem, and the only thing stopping them as that THEY not have realised that yet. 

"We think. 

"We [i]hope[/i].

"So this is not hypothetical problem. The glass ceiling right there, where all galaxy can see it, looming threat across us all, which appeared, with no warning, barely four decades ago."