After months of analyzing the data and debating with the other board representatives it was decided our findings
from the field test were too promising to be dismissed as a mere follow up project.
As such, Project MIRROR™, will now focus on the transportation of items via Jump Drive technology.
As inspiring as the results of the field tests have been, the research teams have concluded that our approach
is unlikely to provide better results than we have already seen. In other words, we will have to change our
methods using what we've learned so far to further reach our goals.
Our efforts so far have involved jumping beacons from our ship to a targeted destination, an indication
of where we wanted the beacon to be, if you will. The more conventional way of increasing accuracy when
it comes to jumping ships to a location involves using a Hyperspace Matrix to create a beacon for the ship to jump to.
I wonder what the results would be if we combined those methods...
It has taken us several months to come up with a realistic design for what we have decided to call "Jump Pads".
These Jump Pads will function, if I were to describe it with a gross over simplification of the complicated math and technology required to enable this,
much like a combination of a Jump Drive and a Hyperspace Matrix. Of course the complicated part was making sure the Jump Pads will be connected or
'dialed in' to eachother.
Construction is currently under way on two secure Kishiro locations.
Due to the experimental and highly confidential nature of this technology no
material components have been listed to justify the significant costs of this phase of Project MIRROR™.
The construction of the Jump Pads is expected to be finished in two weeks, at which point we will endeavor to establish
a connection between the two Jump Pads and run diagnostics on the connection if we are succesful before we try
transporting any matter between the two.
After significant and, frankly time consuming, security checks, we are finally satisfied and confident that the Jumping Pads have been constructed according to
specifications. In order to prevent complications during the initial tests the Jump Pads have been installed Shinagawa Station and Nago Station.
As the bases are only a few systems apart it should be significantly easier to align the connection between the two pads, which is essential to
enable the transfer to take place.
For the initial tests we went no further than simply establishing a connection, a Jump Tunnel, if you will, between the two Jump pads.
Once the Jump Tunnel was established, we quickly proceeded with gathering analytical data. It should be emphasized that the Jump Tunnel
itself exists only for fragment of a second, maintaining it to create a 'portal' type of scenario currently seems in the realm of science fiction due
to the absurd power requirements that would be involved.
Fortunately, our machines are more than apt when it comes to gathering information on the Jump Tunnels, after a few tries anyway.
We are currently in the process of analyzing all the data gathered and preparing for the next step of the phase; actual transportation
of material between the Jump Pads.
Experimentation occured. Site A jumped hydro-hic-carbons to Site B succesfully. We're all suuuuper happy.
Data analysis tomorr....tomo..tomm...not now. See recordings of the experiment for more *hic* info.
Staff is in high moral after yesterdays succesful experiment. The Jump pads have been temporarily turned off while we go over the collected data
from the first jump. The analyses so far are looking promising. In order to keep the momentum we are proceeding with obtaining the materials needed
for the next phase of the project. Now minerals have been succesfully transported our next goal will be to replicate the experiment with organic material,
food to be more exact.
A communication has been sent to Synth Foods, inc. EFL and OS&C regarding consumer goods that each of them are specialized in.
Each of these consumer goods are vastly different in nature and substance, at least as far as food is concerned.
As such it is our hope to cover a broad spectrum when it comes to testing for potential side effects of transporting the food in this manner.
Of course, we will be providing Kyushu Rice as well, though fortunately Planet Kyushu is so close to Nago station and the Tau-29 system a
standard order will be more than ample to get it to us on time.
The various amounts of organic produce and liquids we have ordered have been successfully delivered to Nago Station.
Additionally the research teams have finished combing through all the data obtained from the succesfull test, hereafter refered to as
"The First Jump".
The data seems very promising, already some of our researchers believe they can use the data gathered to further stabilize the jumping procedure.
That said, now we are moving on to organic materials some ethical matters have started to rise within the team, I can only imagine how the public will react once the Jump pad is ready to be revealed and taken into general use.
Concerns vary from "Will what arrives be the same as what we send." to "What if transporting organic matter somehow changes its properties."
We intend to address the second concern during these upcoming tests by sending the produce and liquids through the Jump Pad, Site B
will be provided with specialized equipment to carefully examine the organic material for any possible new variations while Site A will focus
on analyzing the data of the jump itself.
We expect we will be able to proceed with the test in a matter of two days, assuming no unexpected occurrences take place.
Unexpected occurances took place.
That is to say the jumps proceeded as planned with...mixed results.
During the jump of organic materials one of the wheels broke off from one of the containers
carrying Luxery Consumer Goods and Kyushu Rice, causing it to move in the middle of the jump.
The other containers all arrived safely, their contents intact and, after a round of taste testing,
found to be the same quality as prior to the jump. (Note: Potential for future side investments in food delivery
services?).
However, as for the complication. The container that did move had its contents...altered.
It seems that, if something that is moving at a fast pace is jumped. Say a falling container,
the contents get jumbled up on a molecular level. Fortunately, Luxery Consumer Goods and Kyushu
Rice combined fairly well, but one cannot help but think back to the fate of that Crayterian warship in
the Nottingham system.
We are currently analyzing the data and trying to come up with a way to prevent this 'molecular shuffling'
from occuring, or at the very least minimize its chances from happening as much as possible. For now
any testing with living creatures is, of course, completely unthinkable.