Yeah. Whole bunch of people got snatched up, dragged all over the world. Wasn't fun.

[ Ephemera shrugs. He's struggling to see the bigger picture here, the point behind all the work that's been thrown into this thing, but it happened. He was there. He saw the gates activate. ]

Apparently people like us are connected to the tech on this planet. They're called gates. Needed us to activate them. Reminded me of slipspace engines. Touch one and you can end up just about anywhere on the planet.