A hollowed asteroid in the Cinder Marches containing a pre-Synod crystal lattice — an artificial echo of Aura's Resonant Spires, built by unknown hands. The Choir believes it could amplify forbidden frequencies; the Bureau wants it destroyed.
Discovered three decades ago by a Sodality salvage crew, the Lattice is a hollowed-out asteroid in the Pale Reaches containing an enormous crystalline structure of unknown origin. The lattice arrangement mirrors the resonant frequencies of Aura's own spires, but at a scale that suggests it was built to broadcast rather than receive.\n\nThe Dissonant Choir has made multiple attempts to reach the Lattice, believing it could amplify the forbidden frequencies they wield — potentially carrying a single psionic voice across the entire galaxy. The Bureau of Frequency Integrity considers this possibility nightmarish enough to have dispatched three destruction teams, none of which returned.\n\nThe Resonant Order is divided: some elders believe the Lattice is a relic of the Ascended Chord, proof that the nine who transcended left behind a means of communication. Others fear it is something older — something that was listening long before Aura ever sang.