Solitary

The call left a bad taste in Khan's mouth. He would have never expected Raymond to be the last person he would talk to before escaping the network's coverage, but the matter featured a silver lining.

Khan had swamped his scientists with experimental projects that would typically require years or decades even to start. Each of them was bound to be revolutionary but also involved some piece of conflicting alien technology, pushing the difficulty level past what humankind usually dealt with.

The projects weren't even a few, and Khan had somehow managed to increase their number after killing the Great Old One. The development of magic items was on hold since he was away, but much was still ongoing between Baoway, Coravis, and Nott Station.