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Around 5977 (Canmephian time) the first "Jump Drive" was invented. This traveled galaxies by "jumping" into an alternate plane of existence where distances between the two were much shorter. Jumping was done by opening a wormhole between the two planes and traveling through it. The power usage in opening the wormhole twice is great if you compare it to a regular car, but easily handled with then modern generators. The concept of a five year mission was borne, as well as the Canmephian Space Command (or CMSC). Opening (and closing) of these wormholes requires two 11-space coordinates, with three constantly being updated (X/Y/Z) and one incremented (time) on both sides... and the remaining locked down inside the drive's controlling circuitry.
In 5995 scientists have found a way to transport an object between two places and fixed point of time by completely locking the 11-space coordinates down and initiating a modified drive. The effect was a fade-out. However, the power requirements to perform this were greater than a regular jump drive so much that it was highly impractical. The maximum size was of that of a phone booth in London.
In 6000 Dryger "pocket dimension" technology was introduced; in 6009 "transportal" technology was discovered/reinvented by the CMSC's Admiral RedWolf and Lt. Commander Caspian.
In 6012 a physics student combined the three, and built a "TARDIS", where a London police box containing a pocket dimension's portal was transported through time. Power generation as well as control and living quarters were in the pocket dimension.
One day, the student, having been granted hir doctorate in both physics and engineering, took hir TARDIS out for a spin... and never came back. Hir notes and previous technology have been seized by the CMSC and Canmephian government under current "High Security Risk" laws. Rumor has it that a note was left, one not of anyone's handwriting, saying "Your Engineer will be well taken care of."
Around 5977 (Canmephian time) the first "Jump Drive" was invented. This traveled galaxies by "jumping" into an alternate plane of existence where distances between the two were much shorter. Jumping was done by opening a wormhole between the two planes and traveling through it. The power usage in opening the wormhole twice is great if you compare it to a regular car, but easily handled with then modern generators. The concept of a five year mission was borne, as well as the Canmephian Space Command (or CMSC). Opening (and closing) of these wormholes requires two 11-space coordinates, with three constantly being updated (X/Y/Z) and one incremented (time) on both sides... and the remaining locked down inside the drive's controlling circuitry.
In 5995 scientists have found a way to transport an object between two places and fixed point of time by completely locking the 11-space coordinates down and initiating a modified drive. The effect was a fade-out. However, the power requirements to perform this were greater than a regular jump drive so much that it was highly impractical. The maximum size was of that of a phone booth in London.
In 6000 Dryger "pocket dimension" technology was introduced; in 6009 "transportal" technology was discovered/reinvented by the CMSC's Admiral RedWolf and Lt. Commander Caspian.
In 6012 a physics student combined the three, and built a "TARDIS", where a London police box containing a pocket dimension's portal was transported through time. Power generation as well as control and living quarters were in the pocket dimension.
One day, the student, having been granted hir doctorate in both physics and engineering, took hir TARDIS out for a spin... and never came back. Hir notes and previous technology have been seized by the CMSC and Canmephian government under current "High Security Risk" laws. Rumor has it that a note was left, one not of anyone's handwriting, saying "Your Engineer will be well taken care of."
