... Perturbations Of The Reality Field
Imperial technology: ... the Empire has most of the usual sci-fi technology you would expect
... what they lack is enough engineers to build everything
... they are also constantly at war, which hampers progress
... assimilation drugs gradually change the Breeze physically into the conquered species
... transcomps needed for communication between species
... Skoleme moon mashers
... solar sails- Ghostships: ... use dark matter crystals to travel faster than light
A Trojan Horse Inside A Paper Moon
The Memory Moons: ... an orbiting museum consisting of multiple spheres, each the size of Spaceship Earth from Disney
The Ark: ... the memory moon with the dark matter crystal installed