In physics there is a deep connection between conserved quantities and symmetries. A symmetry is a kind of transformation that leaves the system that you are considering unchanged. Perhaps the system you are considering can be viewed from any angle, so-called rotational symmetry. Well, this turns out to lead to conservation of angular momentum.
Some conserved quantities are local, meaning that they can be computed at any given spot (such as the amount of energy) and the only way that it changes is when there's a current of that quantity flowing away or into that local spot.
There's some conserved quantities that can only be computed globally, taking into account all of space in a given system. They're called topological invariants, as you can deform space and bend it around, the quantity will remain constant. Think of the number of holes in a surface - as long as you continuously deform the surface and not tear it, the number of holes remains constant. I am sure you have seen somewhere the animation of a donut deforming into a coffee cup.
It turns out that also for wormholes in space there is a conserved quantity. It is not obvious in our own cluster, since wormholes appear and disappear at random. But in Anoikis systems, there are special types of wormholes whose number remain constant. They are called statics. In Seclusion, there is always one wormhole to highsec space in our cluster, and one wormhole to a class-1 other Anoikis system. When they expire, another one has to respawn. They are topological invariants of the system in question.
You can only change these numbers by breaking the symmetry associated with the conserved quantity.
That is exactly what the Talocan figured out and exploited to make their wormhole network. It is mimicked in the Nexus device to fill up Drifter homeworlds with static wormholes. And now, it appears to be our turn to figure out exactly what this symmetry is and how it can be manipulated.
