It's a reference to WH40k, a fictional universe where faster-than-light travel survived the collapse of civilization in the form of pragmatic tools called "stan

It's a reference to WH40k, a fictional universe where faster-than-light travel survived the collapse of civilization in the form of pragmatic tools called "standard template constructors," made to take the burden of science and engineering staff off the shoulders of small planetary colonies, and the formalized rituals of the post-apocalyptic martian cults that remembered in some ways how to use them.