Any civilization that knows enough to talk about the “known multiverse” would almost certainly have a mass-energy economy, and thus nothing would be “garbage.”

Just sayin’.

Good point. However, the Baalzars had started to become apathetic. Most had lost the drive and spirit that their forefathers had. The vast knowledge, and their memories of the past, although stored in triple parity redundancy, had started to deteriorate over the eons. It’s sad but true.