Hyperlane Travel
The Single greatest technological advancement in Human History, the Discovery of and the ability to manipulate the Hyperlane Network allowed Faster Then Light Travel for all Mankind, turning say the 7-month journey between Earth and Mars into a 12-minute venture, and would at the height of mankind turn all Hyperlane travel into instant transportation.
From the Mass Effect idea from the Mass Effect series to the wormhole theory of 20th and 21st century human scientists, mankind dreamed someway of besting the barrier to achieve Faster Then Light Travel, and while the wormhole theory was the most plausible for Human FTL travel, the actual chances of achieving such a dream was near 0 by the 2220s, that was until a near unprecedented breakthrough occurred during the French Pluto II Mission, an unmanned mission to the Dwarf Planet seeking to land a French rover on the planet.
The Landing itself went fine, but as the Pluto II shuttle prepared a slingshot maneuver around the planet to begin making the return journey to earth, the shuttle disappeared, only to reappear 4.6 hours later, in orbit of Earth, following its previous trajectory and preparing for its landing nearly 9 years ahead of schedule. The Sudden arrival of the Pluto II in what was a manner considered scientifically impossible, sent shockwaves through the scientific community as France scrambled to understand what just happened.
Following a serious international effort of 4 years, they had discovered a previously unknown particle within the Pluto II shuttle, that when studied, they found the shuttle had accidently manipulated, in which was now estimated as a 1/1000000000000000000000th chance of occurring, meaning the single greatest technological discovery in the history of all mankind, was a fluke. Following the discovery an intensive study of the particle lead to the launch of the of the Joint Adventure I, crewed by a crew from the countries that partook in the research of the Pluto II, and aboard that vessel was a prototype Hyperlane Generator, capable of collecting and utilizing the hyper particles for FTL travel.
So on June 6th, 2235, the Joint Adventure I activated it's Hyperlane Generator and in the blink of an eye vanished from site, and 12 minutes and 42 seconds later, the vessel appeared in orbit of Mars, 13 minutes later a message was received by the Hellenic Government from the New Olympus colony confirming the arrival of the Joint Adventure I, and 13 minutes after that, the Adventure I appeared back in orbit of Earth, having taken what was usually a 14 month round trip into something that took at longest under an hour.
The Mass Adoption of the Generators also extended from national governments to civilian entities, from mining companies to the Disney Corporations, who had established expansive galactic cruises to ferry people from Earth to their Galactic Disneyland Park on the moon of Phobos, making the park far more economically viable for their mass investment of the Park.
Now, Designs of the Generation 6 Hyperlane generator are used by the Terran Federation for the impending journey from Earth to Alpha Centuari, what usually be a 78,000-year journey with conventional rockets, and 4.2 years with the Generation 1 of the Hyperlane Generator, but with the Generation 6 the journey could travel 1 light year at 6 times the speed of light, meaning the journey would take 1/6th the time, at .7 years or 8 Months and just under 2 weeks. What was once the journey from Earth to Mars in 7 months, was now the journey from Sol to Alpha Centauri in 8.
The Journey to Hyperlane Technology
FTL Blues
Mankind, once it began the undertaking of space travel, dreamed of going faster and faster so they could go further and get to places quicker, stronger rockets, more fuel, lighter vessels, more efficient fuel, anything to give man the speed to explore the stars, but perhaps the single most consistent idea, dreamed of in movies, books, video games, scientific papers and the imagination of those who dreamed of the stars was the concept of moving faster than the Speed of Light, Faster Then Light or FTL, the key to a true Space Age for all of mankind.From the Mass Effect idea from the Mass Effect series to the wormhole theory of 20th and 21st century human scientists, mankind dreamed someway of besting the barrier to achieve Faster Then Light Travel, and while the wormhole theory was the most plausible for Human FTL travel, the actual chances of achieving such a dream was near 0 by the 2220s, that was until a near unprecedented breakthrough occurred during the French Pluto II Mission, an unmanned mission to the Dwarf Planet seeking to land a French rover on the planet.
The Landing itself went fine, but as the Pluto II shuttle prepared a slingshot maneuver around the planet to begin making the return journey to earth, the shuttle disappeared, only to reappear 4.6 hours later, in orbit of Earth, following its previous trajectory and preparing for its landing nearly 9 years ahead of schedule. The Sudden arrival of the Pluto II in what was a manner considered scientifically impossible, sent shockwaves through the scientific community as France scrambled to understand what just happened.
The Hunt for the Secrets of Pluto II
Following the Miraculous disappearance and arrival of the Pluto II, the 6th French Republic would immediately enter the ship in a secret government facility and was put under a fine-tooth comb to try and understand what exactly happened, however by 2228 the 6th Republic had been stonewalled on trying to understand what exactly had occurred, and France was forced to seek foreign assistance for the project, including scientists from Russia, China, America, Germany, Greece, Poland and India.Following a serious international effort of 4 years, they had discovered a previously unknown particle within the Pluto II shuttle, that when studied, they found the shuttle had accidently manipulated, in which was now estimated as a 1/1000000000000000000000th chance of occurring, meaning the single greatest technological discovery in the history of all mankind, was a fluke. Following the discovery an intensive study of the particle lead to the launch of the of the Joint Adventure I, crewed by a crew from the countries that partook in the research of the Pluto II, and aboard that vessel was a prototype Hyperlane Generator, capable of collecting and utilizing the hyper particles for FTL travel.
So on June 6th, 2235, the Joint Adventure I activated it's Hyperlane Generator and in the blink of an eye vanished from site, and 12 minutes and 42 seconds later, the vessel appeared in orbit of Mars, 13 minutes later a message was received by the Hellenic Government from the New Olympus colony confirming the arrival of the Joint Adventure I, and 13 minutes after that, the Adventure I appeared back in orbit of Earth, having taken what was usually a 14 month round trip into something that took at longest under an hour.
Mass Adoption and Modern Use
Following the successful journey of the Joint Adventure, the Hyperlane Generator quickly became the norm for all forms of travel, with the First Generation of the Hyperlane Generator capable of originally travelling a single Light Year at the Speed of Light, but as time went on more and more distance was capable at the same pace of time, at the expense of larger and more powerful generators needing more and more particles to fuel the ships.The Mass Adoption of the Generators also extended from national governments to civilian entities, from mining companies to the Disney Corporations, who had established expansive galactic cruises to ferry people from Earth to their Galactic Disneyland Park on the moon of Phobos, making the park far more economically viable for their mass investment of the Park.
Now, Designs of the Generation 6 Hyperlane generator are used by the Terran Federation for the impending journey from Earth to Alpha Centuari, what usually be a 78,000-year journey with conventional rockets, and 4.2 years with the Generation 1 of the Hyperlane Generator, but with the Generation 6 the journey could travel 1 light year at 6 times the speed of light, meaning the journey would take 1/6th the time, at .7 years or 8 Months and just under 2 weeks. What was once the journey from Earth to Mars in 7 months, was now the journey from Sol to Alpha Centauri in 8.
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