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The '''Interstitial Mass Transit System''' -- also known synonmously as the '''STS''' after the company that maintained it -- was a public transport and freight network, derived from [[transmat]] technology, that linked humans settlements throughout the Sol system between the late [[21st century|21st]] and mid [[22nd century|22nd]] centuries [[AD]]. It was run by the [[Sol Transit System]] company from a central control facility located beneath Olympus Mons on [[Mars]]. ([[ | The '''Interstitial Mass Transit System''' -- also known synonmously as the '''STS''' after the company that maintained it -- was a public transport and freight network, derived from [[transmat]] technology, that linked humans settlements throughout the Sol system between the late [[21st century|21st]] and mid [[22nd century|22nd]] centuries [[AD]]. It was run by the [[Sol Transit System]] company from a central control facility located beneath Olympus Mons on [[Mars]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Transit]]'') | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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By the end of the decade, the decision was made to open the first interstellar line. Properly called the Stellar Tunnel -- and more referred to more commonly by the portmanteau 'Stunnel' -- it reached 40 light years between Mars and a planet in the [[Acturus]] system. Unfortunately the quantum mechanics involved in maintaining and opening the connection allowed a hostile intelligence to punch through into this dimension from its own and infect the system. The incident resulted in the massacre of high ranking members of the [[Union of Solar Republics]], and led to the abduction and physical mutation of several passengers throughout the network into a beach-head invasion force. | By the end of the decade, the decision was made to open the first interstellar line. Properly called the Stellar Tunnel -- and more referred to more commonly by the portmanteau 'Stunnel' -- it reached 40 light years between Mars and a planet in the [[Acturus]] system. Unfortunately the quantum mechanics involved in maintaining and opening the connection allowed a hostile intelligence to punch through into this dimension from its own and infect the system. The incident resulted in the massacre of high ranking members of the [[Union of Solar Republics]], and led to the abduction and physical mutation of several passengers throughout the network into a beach-head invasion force. | ||
Around the same time, the network's convoluted and complex structure spontaneously generated a self-sustaining high-functioning artificial intelligence. This AI, together with the [[the Floozies|Special Maintenance crew]], the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart]] were responsible for defeating the invasion and forcing the hostile intelligence to return to its home dimension, thereby releasing [[Bernice Summerfield]] who had been functioning as its host. ([[ | Around the same time, the network's convoluted and complex structure spontaneously generated a self-sustaining high-functioning artificial intelligence. This AI, together with the [[the Floozies|Special Maintenance crew]], the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart]] were responsible for defeating the invasion and forcing the hostile intelligence to return to its home dimension, thereby releasing [[Bernice Summerfield]] who had been functioning as its host. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Transit]]'') | ||
== How It Functioned == | == How It Functioned == | ||
