Deacon Crane sighed for a few moments, then opened his mouth to recite chapter and verse, closed it, thought a bit longer, then spoke a bit more organically.  "The Ragnarok happened two millenia ago.  Our homeworld was swallowed up by Hel, and she gave birth to it in the Mextil cluster in the time of Ragnarok, along with all of the other people of the Cluster, who are the afterbirth of her Great Work."  He said, moving on to the issue of the unpowered structure.  "As for your structure, you'll find that this sector is filled with artifical objects.  It's a starship graveyard, and the starships never seem to come from the same civilization twice.  It makes sense, if you think about it.  This place is ideal for ambushes, and it always has been."