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By the 2110s, the network had grown into what those familiar with it liked to call a sprawling beast. As a result the STS [[The Floozies|Special Maintenance crew]] enjoyed pointing out that very few people understood just exactly how the entre system worked and all of them were on that crew. While the veracity of the claim was never tested, the Chief Controller granted them a great deal of latitude in their behaviour in return for their ongoing expertise. | By the 2110s, the network had grown into what those familiar with it liked to call a sprawling beast. As a result the STS [[The Floozies|Special Maintenance crew]] enjoyed pointing out that very few people understood just exactly how the entre system worked and all of them were on that crew. While the veracity of the claim was never tested, the Chief Controller granted them a great deal of latitude in their behaviour in return for their ongoing expertise. | ||
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 [[ | 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 [[Arcturus (planet)|Arcturus]] 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. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Transit]]'') | 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]]'') | ||
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== Prominent Stations == | == Prominent Stations == | ||
=== | === Arcturus Terminal, Mars === | ||
Located in the bedrock beneath the permafrost of the North Pole. | Located in the bedrock beneath the permafrost of the North Pole. | ||
* Alight for Stellar Tunnel Terminus. | * Alight for Stellar Tunnel Terminus. | ||
