Expedition: Artificial Rift, Puerto Rico System

[TheKusari]

Research Team, '\S/'Arcturus Research Expedition Report on Dr. Richard Batsbak's Artificial Rift within the Puerto Rico System Report was compiled on 6 / 10 / 830AS Not very often do we get a transmission from a lone researcher asking to meet in a volatile system. Dr. Batsbak requested the Starfliers to come out to the Puerto Rico System to observe and scan their successful attempt at generating a tear in space. This report will record and detail findings of this rift as it was when Dr. Batsbak showed it to us, as the Starfliers we not part of the process of generating it. As such, any information about how it was created we will obtain from Dr. Batsbak themselves, it will be entered as a supplementary report. Puerto Rico System, Sector Golf 4. Already a dangerous sector, considering we had already sent Halpert through this part of space quite some time ago. This had helped me a lot to understand that the rift was located very close to two dangerous interstellar phenomenon: A Neutron Star, of which we had researched one briefly within the Omegas recently. The other was a Stellar Matter Stream, this is my first time being close, yet at a safe distance, from such a deadly field. Once the tear was discovered, Dr. Batsbak advised that the exit vector is undetermined. The readings I took from this showed that a vessel of any mass and size were able to safely make transit within. Considering the nature of this tear, being a temporary breach, we would have no time to gather one of our S.C.V.s to investigate where the wormhole connects to. Studying it for a time, I managed to pinpoint that the exit vector is within the Omicrons, with no specific system calculated. In my experience, the Omicrons are dangerous, but less so compared to the two dangerous entities both myself and Dr. Batsbak were sitting next to. I decided to take the Arcturus into the rift, making sure that all research equipment and materials were bolted down to prevent anything from being damaged. Transit through the rift was very rough, lasting around 37 seconds until we were ejected into the destination system. During these seconds, it felt as though the ship were being pulled out of the tunnel. I am not sure if this is a side effect of the rift being temporary or artificial, my chances to obtain more information are now zero. Though the walls of this wormhole were strong enough to keep my ship within it's bounds. To my surprise, my calculations were correct. We had landed in the Omicrons - specifically Kappa. After a few hours in Zurich, I flew back to Puerto Rico to obtain one last scan of the jump hole before it collapsed. Further scans show that the outskirts of the Stellar Matter Stream may have interacted with this EMP pulse Batsbak had mentioned. Though without knowing the composition of this EMP burst, I am at a loss about what it is they launched to create this. Spending another 3 to 4 hours in Puerto Rico was enough for my team, we had to leave in order for us to receive radiation treatment. The rift has now collapsed. Any other information will need to be obtained from Batsbak directly. As of writing my report, Richard Batsbak has provided us with further information on how this artificial tear in space was created. You will find his words below in the supplementary report. Supplementary Report In my view, it's crucial in our line of work to exchange ideas and seek advice from others. Regarding the influence of the neutron star during the creation of a rift, I initially wasn't aware myself. However, after analyzing the initial data right after the test began, I concluded that the neutron star acts as a sort of catalyst for the whole process. Rifts are essentially shifts in space. In natural rifts, the origin is always a gravity anomaly in a specific area. From there, I looked for ways to artificially create them. The simplest and safest method was to use a kind of EMP to generate such a strong gravity for a fraction of a nanosecond that it distorts space. However, for this, I had to build a device that could harness this immense amount of energy and release it almost instantaneously, with minimal loss of time. In short, even the most exotic components could hardly achieve this, and generating such energies took the work of several fusion generators over months just for one attempt. This is where the neutron star comes to the rescue. Due to the extremely high mass of the neutron star, the space in its immediate vicinity is already so distorted by the extreme gravity that, in combination with the impulse of my device, it's enough to distort space to the extent that a rift forms. Based on initial assessments, I still believe that this can be achieved without the neutron star as a catalyst. Currently, I'm looking for distant systems that exhibit a similar anomaly. Omega-41, with its neutron star, would be another option for further testing. Systems like Kepler with its dark matter clouds or Munich with its dark matter storm could also be considered

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The Starfliers are the best faction.

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