Van Deer Rift Station

Van Deer Rift Station‏

Downward Sector - Orion / Sagittarius Gap

In 4007, the USS Van Deer was cut in half in deep space, by a wormehole like anomaly that has not been encountered or reported by any other known space travelling species. Most but not all hands of the Van Deer were lost.

While natural wormholes had always been considered possible, none had been encountered so far. And none that was irregulart in shape and stable. The phenomenon was surveyed and determined to be over 20,000 km long and up to 200 km wide, with no apparent thickness (but enough to cut the Van Deer) It did not emit or radiate any measurable energies except photons.

Probes that where sent through did not return.

To investigate the phenomenon and to determine if there are more like this, a Gigamon class Space station was established nearby.

In 5002, a Klack physicist managed to measure tachyon radiation and devised a rift detector that became standard equipment in all Union ships ( no other rift like this one has been detected since)

In 5020 after the Narth became more active, one Narth scientist proclaimed ."Ah, I believe I know what it is!"

And in 5040 the rift disapeared after Erica Olafson was there to look at it (Classified: The Dark One closed this transdimensional gate. It was a "tear in the fabric of space" created by an experiment of the Dark Ones . No other explanation was given. But the observing Narth Scientist claimed. "He could have waited, I was almost there.")

The Van Deer Rift Station is still there as the Science Council believes the rift might reoccur. The Narth scientist however has left without explaining his statments.