Fic Updates 51 (Abraham has returned with the mustard)

[batzulger]

They understand more than you might suspect, but yes, empty is EMP, and 'soc' is Special Operations Command augmented personnel that bred true. They were in a rush because Earth was losing. The tech level fell somewhere between the 1890s and 1930s because while they may not have lost all the knowledge, not having the tools or sources for refined (or even certain raw) materials makes it much harder to replicate late 20th to early 23rd-century tech.