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'''''Defending Elysium''''' is a non-[[cosmere]] short story written by [[Brandon Sanderson]] published on his [[bws: defending-elysium|website]].{{bws ref|defending-elysium|Defending Elysium announcement|date=2009-12-18}} It is set in the same [[Cytoverse|universe]] as the [[Skyward (series)|Skyward]] series,{{wob ref|11965}} taking place centuries beforehand.{{wob ref|11990}}

Jason is contacted by the Varvax Sonn who explains how the Varvax compel their subjects into submission, including other alien races they have subjugated, as they will with humanity, all in the progress of peace. HuamnityHumanity has not been the one trying to infiltrate the Varvax to gain their technology; on the contrary it is the Varvax who have been trying to infiltrate humanity for, Jason says to Sonn, their weaponry, as it can destroy the Varvax ships with ease. The reason the Varvax and other races progressed so quickly in FTL technology was their sacrifice of technological advancements - their ships are amongst the most powerful, most advanced in the galaxy, and yet were shot down by a single human missile. Jason subtly implies this as a threat to which Sonn calls "disturbing." Jason agrees before severing the communication.