I believe the texas gate was experimental, in that it was long ranged.. able to reach from Texas to Shikoku?.
The problem occured, when the wormhole passed through the galileo/kepler dark matter storm, and dark matter spewed back into the texas system through the gate, causing a massive explosion.
Least I think thats what happened.
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