Wormholes

Occurrence

Wormholes are natural cosmic phenomena, tunnels connecting two, often very distant locations. They are always one-way. Only one end (the entrance) can be detected and observed. The exit end is unstable and shifts over time.

In their natural form, wormholes are unstable; only light and radio signals can pass through them safely.

Use

Even before the Event, it was discovered that a wormhole could be stabilized by an ენერგy discharge to the extent that a physical object could travel through it. A stabilized wormhole is often called an Einstein–Rosen bridge.

This discovery is used for travel through wormholes to very distant destinations. In practice, this means traveling to another star system.

Stabilization

To stabilize a wormhole, a device surrounding the hole is required, capable of emitting energy pulses into it at the correct angles and thereby stabilizing it. The device is called a wormhole stabilizer and is located on the service module of a station built on the wormhole.

Stabilization creates an Einstein–Rosen bridge.

Travel through the Einstein–Rosen Bridge

There is a network of active bridges used for travel between star systems.

Travel through a bridge is highly energy-intensive, so the mass of the traveling ship must be minimized.

A ship can travel only after the wormhole has been sufficiently charged. The journey itself discharges it again. The maximum mass of the traveling ship is determined by the amount of energy with which the bridge is charged.

Rules

Only one station may exist at a wormhole. This station may not serve as a headquarters or central command. The station is always publicly visible.

The minimum level required to build the Einstein–Rosen bridge module is 7. The zone headquarters must be closer than the range of influence at least at level 8, or outside the range of influence at level 9.

The station can be permanently destroyed without replacement. It can also be captured.

Some cards cannot be applied at a wormhole station.

A charged wormhole can be used for travel by any ship of appropriate mass that enters it. This cannot be prevented. The only way to block access is by discharging the wormhole.