Retrieval...

There's an ancient legend among my people that speaks of a creature who had great intelligence and power. Almost god-like, this being possessed a terrible weapon. The story tells how she used her weapon for revenge and unleashed carnage upon the galaxy. Handed down over untold time-periods the tale passed into our mythology and spawned countless re-tellings, There was even an opera based on it which was composed of two arias and spoke of two handmaidens. One had the power to control lightning and the other could move through time and they aided the creature in her conquest of the galaxy. The handmaidens stole an artefact of great power and hid it somewhere in a remote quadrant. Many had tried to locate this device but all had failed. Eventually, it was consigned to the realm of fables. However, the opera had a final scene that spoke of one who was to come. Countless time-periods into the future, they would reclaim the lost item and with it would rewrite all history. I spent many of my time-cycles researching the manuscripts and I made a discovery that shocked me to my very core...