C275 Father's Love and Affection
Empera was a clone that Beth had created on another world line in order to revive Gorian. At the same time, it was also the container that she used to cultivate the World Extinguishing Tide.
According to the original plan, if Empera failed to revive Gorian, he would become the mother nest of the Nano Tide and release Nano cells that could devour the entire planet