The South Star Fortress's stargate had grown increasingly unreliable as the Scourge's grip tightened across the realm. It would sometimes flicker out in the middle of activation or refuse to stabilize at all.
Even so, once a week, when the alignment was favorable, the ancient device could still manage to establish a connection. It was no longer a true gate capable of transporting people across space, but it remained functional enough to carry voices and images between what remained of Tartarus's surviving strongholds.
Today was one of those days.
"It's time," King Valder Pardera said.
