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The Gate Program
In the year 2072, a military pilot program in conjunction with several major worldwide universities was approved by the United Nations. A select team of scientists was transported by a set of new ion drive ships to Earth�s outpost at Pluto. Project Darkstar had permission for a limited testing of a theory involving exotic matter and black holes. If the results were promising, further experimentation in the next decade would be funded and permitted.
Not sure what the team would find, they generated two small black holes at the furthest
reachable edge of the solar system, barely within the orbit of our sun. As expected from
calculations, the force of these two tiny singularities ripped a hole in the fabric of
space. They sent a probe through, receiving a variety of data for a few seconds before the
gate closed. The data from the probe was conclusive: it did survive and pass through to
the other side. The project was immediately classified.
In secret, several small holes were opened over the course of the two year experimentation
period. The team was able to pop one gate closed and use the force from this operation to
open the next. Using exotic matter, they found they could open the gates and keep them
stable. By the third year, the gates had graduated to a larger and practical size; the
Large Gate.
Although data was collected at a phenomenal rate, no one knew why the gates worked, and funding was quickly drying up for the project. The possible practical applications of the gates were staggering, but no holes had opened near enough to any system to make them useful.