Breaking with the longstanding tradition of using mythological names, GTVA command officially inaugurated the Gateway Portal Project in Delta Serpentis on April 24th, 2371. This project's goal was to build a subspace portal, based on the theories and technologies developed from sensor scan data gained from the Knossos Portal in the Gamma Draconis system. The first trial test of the subspace field generators was on September 18th, 2373, and as of May 19th, 2374, the entire system was deemed ready for full scale operational testing.
This picture was taken mere minutes before the first full trial run on May 19th, after all traffic had been cleared from the immediate area. Visible is the main support ring which houses the superconducting power transfer systems and supports the subspace field emitters. There are four primary emitters and six secondary ones, counterotating relative to each other. Also visible outside the main ring are the four power generators, needed to supply the voracious energy demands of the first generation node stabilization fields.
As completed, the Gateway Portal has an internal diameter of roughly 1,850 meters, more than sufficient to allow node access to the largest GTVA capital ships and civilian transports.
Silly me, forgot to bump map it. Whoops. And yes, as you can tell by the visible polys, this is a model for FS. Why'd I do it? Cause I was bored mostly..... I felt we needed a
real Terran Knossos.
[This message has been edited by Shrike (edited 12-13-2001).]
