Immidiatly after the designs were finished, the Old Empire began construction of the first set of portals and the catapult in a colossal construction undertaking, the likes of which the Relicta Galaxy never has seen before.
This year marked the Praethorian invasion of the Lost Galaxy and the beginning of a war, that would devestate this galaxy to an extreme degree.
At this day, a small Atorian special forces team did, what nobody thought could be done. They infiltrated the central Portalnetwork Control Hub on Praethon and destroyed it. This led to the deactivation of all Portals and the downfall of the Old Praethorian Empire.