Project Providence

Project Providence

( named after the “Eye of Providence”)

This is an ongoing Union project that begun in 3000 is under the joint development of NAVINT, Assembly News Service and the Science Council. The Project is classified Blue-Blue-Red.

It begun with the accidental discovery made at the Hyperspace Research facility on Castor Planet. Where a team of scientists under the lead of Dr. Hyrum (Wurgus) discovered a way to detect Hyper Jump pulses even over a long distance. The so called Hyperspace Shockwave Pulse is a space tistortion that due to its hyper space character can be detected anywhere in space, and with three such detectors and the old technique of triangulation the exact spot where the jump occurred could be determined. Since many space faring societies still use Hyper Jump for FTL travel it was decided to expand Z Point Station, install Z Minus Station and place a third one in the fringe regions of the Upward Sector.[3] The goal was to establish a pattern map of Hyper flight activity over the entire M-0 Galaxy and its satelites.

The system proved very effective and was of great strategic value during the Y'All Invasion. It also established Hyper Jump hot spots identifying both known and unknown regions of such activity.

In 4007 the Project was expanded to place two Leedei Psi Tele Detectors and use it very much like the Leedei did to find the bridge, by systematically scan the Galaxy for psionic activites and sentient thought patterns [1] A Leedei and Saresii development team started to work on a new version of the Leedei system, to detect and listen to the Long Range Telepaths communication used by the Kermac.

The Providence Project keeps growing as it aims to monitor any form of FTL communication. Sensor Buoys and long range listening posts are still installed and upgraded to expand the listening capabilities. Cherubim, once referenced it to a new super sized version of the good old NSA (As she put it)[2]

Unknown to the general public or the Science Council, the collected transmissions are analyzed and stored at a Super Computronic and AI ( based on Z Point Station) named EDGAR.

As of 5030 Project Providence is capable of scanning and listening to 35 % of the entire M-0 Galaxy on all known FTL Communication and with new and advanced technology coming online, NAVINT is confident they will reach 50 % by 5050.

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[1] This part is Classified RED RED RED as it is technology that could be used to violate the PSI laws of the Union.

[2] Apparently some sort of Pre Astro Earth intelligence agency.

[3] Later transfered to Midway Station of the Bridge