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- | Gateways are built structures that can be used in pairs to create a stable wormhole for transporting people and objects. They were developed by the [[Dominion]] relatively early in their history as a spacefaring power, and used to great effect in planetary invasions. When the Dominion invaded a planet, they would first send down heavily-armoured ships with gateways - to which orbiting troop transports could connect to disgorge huge numbers of troops in a short space of time. Since the reverse-engineering of the technology in 3434PT, shortly after the end of the First Tulaki Invasion, gateway technology has become commonplace on board spacefaring vessels. A gateway on board an orbiting ship can connect to another on a planet below and allow for the transfer of supplies and personnel without using shuttles. | + | [{{:image:items:gatewayforest1.jpg?200 |A Gateway deployed in a forest}}]Gateways are built structures that can be used in pairs to create a stable wormhole for transporting people and objects. They were developed by the [[Dominion]] relatively early in their history as a spacefaring power, and used to great effect in planetary invasions. When the Dominion invaded a planet, they would first send down heavily-armoured ships with gateways - to which orbiting troop transports could connect to disgorge huge numbers of troops in a short space of time. Since the reverse-engineering of the technology in 3434PT, shortly after the end of the First Tulaki Invasion, gateway technology has become commonplace on board spacefaring vessels. A gateway on board an orbiting ship can connect to another on a planet below and allow for the transfer of supplies and personnel without using shuttles. |
Modern gateways are hexagonal in shape, with the majority of their control machinery concentrated at the vertices. A gateway must be connected to a very stable power source as fluctuations in power supply can easily lead to failure to synchronize. Additionally, a gateway must be anchored in place relative to local atmosphere and surroundings - when a moving gateway is activated, conditions on the plane of operation change too rapidly to allow it to synchronize. Although a gateway does require a significant energy to activate, compared to ferrying objects into or out of a planet's gravity well, and the necessity of vehicles to do so, the cost is fairly trivial. | Modern gateways are hexagonal in shape, with the majority of their control machinery concentrated at the vertices. A gateway must be connected to a very stable power source as fluctuations in power supply can easily lead to failure to synchronize. Additionally, a gateway must be anchored in place relative to local atmosphere and surroundings - when a moving gateway is activated, conditions on the plane of operation change too rapidly to allow it to synchronize. Although a gateway does require a significant energy to activate, compared to ferrying objects into or out of a planet's gravity well, and the necessity of vehicles to do so, the cost is fairly trivial. | ||
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When activated, a gateway goes through a several staged phases which are all key for the successful transfer of matter. | When activated, a gateway goes through a several staged phases which are all key for the successful transfer of matter. | ||
+ | [{{ :image:items:gatewayapextrees1.jpg?200|Conformity Generator at the apex of a Gateway}}] | ||
* Firstly, the originating gateway uses the key provided to find the destination gateway. Each key contains a series of particles in quantum entanglement with others on the destination gateway. This entanglement is copied and used by the originating gateway to create a real-time connection between originating and destination gateways. | * Firstly, the originating gateway uses the key provided to find the destination gateway. Each key contains a series of particles in quantum entanglement with others on the destination gateway. This entanglement is copied and used by the originating gateway to create a real-time connection between originating and destination gateways. | ||
* Next, the Conformity Generators built into the gateway vertices begin to alter the conditions between them. The goal of the Generators is to create common space-time conditions within the plane of the two gateways, a process which can take some time. | * Next, the Conformity Generators built into the gateway vertices begin to alter the conditions between them. The goal of the Generators is to create common space-time conditions within the plane of the two gateways, a process which can take some time. |