And the Conduit was greatly diminished, and it Rusted slowly in the dark, and its builders were scattered to the four corners of the Network, and all seemed to be lost for those who would stand against the Great Homogeneous Mind of the Federation. But lo! From its corpse there formed a New Coalition, a team to Continue the legacy of the Conduit, and their works pushed back the Synapses of the Great Mind, and illuminated the darkest corners of the Specification, for the betterment of the Network at large. ◈