A neural thread is form of telepathic message capable of traveling at far faster than lightspeed over increadible distances. The only beings known to be capable of "receiving" a neural thread are empaths, although others may possess that ability as well. The only neural thread known to have been sent contained the text "THE SECRET TO ULTIMATE POWER LIES IN THE ALIMBIC CLUSTER"- it is unknown if information other than text can be included in these threads. Although that message was somehow "traced" to the above cluster (either through specific origin information included with the message itself or because the nature of a neural thread allows its origin to be traced by the receiver), it is unknown exactly what entity sent it: both the Alimbic Elders and Gorea resided in the Cluster and posse