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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. | ||
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| ====== OOC Information ====== | ====== OOC Information ====== | ||
| + | {{ :image:ascendancy:ascendancy_entering_gateway_e1.jpg?300|}} | ||
| The Gateway is a prop that is used by characters to enter and exit the In-character main game area for the duration of time-in. Characters that wish to go to the OOC camping field must do so via the Gateway, and return by the same means. In-character, the Gateway represents a method of getting to the orbiting slow-FTL starships that brought the characters to the event. It is also used to transport elsewhere on the local planet and to the orbiting Spacer Collective Jump Ship, which can be hired. | The Gateway is a prop that is used by characters to enter and exit the In-character main game area for the duration of time-in. Characters that wish to go to the OOC camping field must do so via the Gateway, and return by the same means. In-character, the Gateway represents a method of getting to the orbiting slow-FTL starships that brought the characters to the event. It is also used to transport elsewhere on the local planet and to the orbiting Spacer Collective Jump Ship, which can be hired. | ||
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