Nah, you're not out of your depth. Derleth is an AI, and the humans and AI fought until the humans blotted out the sun. They thought since the machines ran off solar power, they'd die out, but they adapted. They started using human beings as batteries, plugging us into their Matrix to keep people from fighting back.
It's gonna take you about a week to start feeling better. I'm gonna track down which ship you're on — unless you know that and wanna help me along there — and find you, okay?