Warp speed travel, phoenix, faster than light, a lot of things fly over his head. But that doesn't mean he's not following the basics. When they got into space, they did it in a way that got notice, and it got notice by people who thankfully didn't feel like conquering or killing.

"It's a good story," Anders says with a small smile. "I'm glad it worked out for you. For Earth. We..."

He exhales and gestures at Kirk. "We now have proof of other worlds. And some of us want to imprison you all, some think you're demons. I don't know what would be a wake-up call for us, but it would have to be so powerful to draw us out of the fear that so thoroughly permeates our culture."

Corypheus will be a temporary unification cause. Oppression and war will return as soon as the big threat is gone.