Feb 22 2012
Through the Gateway
Personal Log
Commodore RoBobby McMillan
I’m so excited! I can barely control myself. Okay, I need to snap out of this. Control yourself RoB, control yourself. Right, perhaps I should just start at the beginning.
About 200.000 years ago, a race known as the Iconians, known to some as Demons of Air and Darkness, built transportation gateways to conquer enemy planets and races without the use of interstellar ships. The gateways allowed them to move from their home planet to anywhere else in the galaxy in the blink of an eye. The Iconians gateways were similar to our transporters, only much more technically advanced.
I’ve been interested in the Iconians for ages. It’s this interest that drove my decision to work in the GFC Library, where I could spend more time learning about them. Our library has obtained an impressive amount of knowledge. Books, articles… I just read another interesting book about them, however I’ve never seen an Iconian gateway itself. According to known Starfleet history, they had all been destroyed long ago.
Or so we thought.
On a recent trip through the wormhole near DS19, a Starfleet ship found a remaining Iconian gateway. Several science teams studied the device in secret, and brought back the knowledge to build something similar. However, there was one problem. It needed to be connected to some sort of subspace rift in order to work.
The only known subspace breach in the area is the one connected to the wormhole near DS19: the multiverse breach, which of course made GalaxyFleetCommand possible. Through it, it’s possible to access various universes. This breach is well known to all of us: it’s given us new worlds to explore, new people to meet and new, strange and exciting adventures to have.
The GFC scientists managed to manufacture our own version of the Iconian Gateway, and hook it up to the breach in the multiverse.
The device, when activated, allows for instantaneous travel between various universes and worlds within the known multiverse. It wasn’t without its bugs though, as it doesn’t perform as well as the scientists had hoped. Our technology is far less advanced than the Iconians, so our gateway is only capable of remaining open for a short periods of time. The interface of course had to be updated for modern times, so our scientists used a number of symbols to represent destinations, a way to dial out to the receiving end.
Still, it works. I for one am thrilled! This gives us the opportunity to not only travel to places we never knew existed, but also for others to come and visit us! For once we are not the only ones doing the exploring… apparently many people from many universes are using similar devices to explore as well. Think of the knowledge we’ll gain, the wonders we’ll see!
I think I’m going to find myself an away team and volunteer for one of the first trips through the gateway. Some have even nicknamed it a Stargate, which is really quite an appropriate name. Whatever it’s called though, it opens up a whole new way of exploring. That’s why we’re here, isn’t it?
Right, I’ve got to go. Got a whole bunch of universes to explore. Busy, busy, busy!
Mar 2 2012
AAC Updates Flight Area
You may have noticed on the radar (if you were taking notice) that there were a few static blips in a certain corner of the Sovereign sim over the last week or so. You may also have wondered what they were. Well, it could have very well been work being done to add new features to the flight school area high above Sovereign.
There has been steady work to fit the area out with a fully functional runway which includes the appropriate markings you would expect at an airport, plus a rezzer housing a few useful scenes including the very popular flight school course.
Commander Sodak Xeltentat gave a tour to those who attended the Wednesday AAC event, instructing us how the new editions were going to be used and the plans for the future.
If ever you want to have a quick fly around, there’s a rezzer with physical flight planes available. If you haven’t already given the area a visit or attended one of the AAC events throughout the week then give those events a try – all are welcome to participate.
Scheduled AAC Events
Wednesday 6:00pm SLT*
Sunday 9:00am SLT*
* SLT = SecondLife time. Same as (PST/PDT)
If you have a SecondLife® account and a SL viewer installed, click here for a teleport to the Flight Area.
By GFC Staff Writer • News • • Tags: AAC