Some other stuff I've been pondering: "Watch your six" ... It's US military jargon; I'm not sure if it originated in the Navy or Air Force. The idea is to give relative directions by laying out the horizon as though it were a clock: directly ahead is 12 o'clock, straight right is 3 o'clock, straight left is 9 o'clock, and so directly behind you is 6 o'clock.
I think it's understood that 'watch your six' translates to 'watch your back' ... but I thought the clock reference interesting when thinking about navigation. And looking at a clock, 6 is on the bottom or 'below'.
Also, probing a bit more into 'seven veils', as mentioned previously this originates with the Babylonian story of Ishtar. In that she had to pass through seven gates to reach the underworld. The two interesting aspects to the story are - in order to pass through the final gate she had to be 'stripped naked' (in the same way Salomé's ship was 'stripped' perhaps?). So, to pass through the seventh gate, Ishtar had to relinquish the final item of clothing, her thousand-petaled crown, by doing so also relinquishing her godhood.
More similarities with the story of how Lady Kahina left her Imperial tiara in her 'stripped' ship before she disappeared. Thereby also relinquishing her senator-ship and rule over Prism. I think the similarities are clear - and most likely not by coincidence!
How this all relates yet I'm not sure... and sorry if this ground has been covered before. Just trying to follow the scent of information
One final thing that popped out at me is Ishtar had to ask Ereshkigal (Goddess of the Underworld) permission to pass through the gates. There is a system in ED called 'Ereshkigal'. It's nothing much to report on - 5 stars and a gas giant. I'm just flying there for a closer look.
I also found some stuff around each gate being associated with a colour. I thought that this might correspond to the colour of the seven scoopable stars (OBAFGKM theory that was thrown around previously). Unfortunately not all the colours align - but the seventh gate, and seventh star in the set are both red.
Does it mean we are looking for an M-class star system ??