Gate Train

GATE TRAIN

(as of 5100)

After the Crew of the USS Tigershark activated the Tran spatial Gate Network that connected the local group with thousands of other Galaxies in the Virgo Cluster. It becomes known that a very advanced civilization built that Network to create a unified super cluster and to create a hyper civilization able to withstand the Dark Ones. That advanced Civilization had long perished, but their fleet of automated Gate builders had continued to build gates. The Tomradi High Lord warns the Union of unspeakable evil that can come through the gates and demand that the Union pay tribute to them, for the right to travel and use the gates. The High Lord receives a terrible spanking / beating from an enraged Hans Neugruber [1] The Union plans to build strong Outposts / Gate Forts at the terminus of all gates that lead to the Local Group. 61 such nodes were identified. Including the World Avondur [2] To ferry as much materials, munitions and base building equipment through the size limited ancient gates. (Lyrec battle Ships won’t fit) a special new transport ship was designed. Basically the same principle of a Space train but with its own propulsion. Gate Trains are only 100 meters smaller in diameter than the gates (4000 meters) and   20000 meters long. (Longer units were tested but the gate transfer process “cuts off” anything longer than that.)

Gate Trains are  well shielded but carry only point defense weapons (to maximize transport capacity) They are slow and have a very limited Trans liight range.

Trains are defended by Escort-Riders

[1] See “the Final Voyage of the USS Tigershark” [2] According to the Tomradi, Avondur is the Core world of the entire Gate Network. [3] Also see Trans Gare Bomb and Gate Buster Charge