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"big dumb object" - there's probably already a trope for this. Described in scientific and science fiction circles, objects such as Dyson Spheres, the Monolith in "2001: A Space Odyssey", the "whale caller" in Star Trek IV, etc. There is an article on Wikipedia covering this topic.
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