Crossgate Technology

The source of all conflict in Habatake Go, the proliferation of Crossgate Technology has caused groups such as the Aerogaters and Unsichtbar, as well as Deus Ex Machina and Shadow Mirror, to travel between dimensions and worlds at will. Asgard was assembled to deal with them and they have become more of a problem as time went on.

Origins

Crossgates are the Balmary Empire's primary way of interstellar travel. Their unimaginably advanced technology has allowed them to develop collapsible worm holes which can open at any point, linking one part of space to the next with a single gateway between them, allowing travel between galaxies in the span of minutes, and between quadrants in days. They were the Balmar Empire's most potent means of invasion until the Aerogaters encountered the Vector president and CEO, Wilhelm.
With Vector's UMN, and it's subspace access to various fields at all time, the Aerogaters were able to determine what frequency other universes resonate to, and from there it was a matter of time and effort to adapt the Crossgates to allow for pan-dimensional travel, just as Wilhelm had planned. Assisting the Aerogaters advance force for some time, they managed to develop Crossgate technology to the point it could be removed or copied with relative ease.

Capabilities

Crossgate Technology allows for travel between universes, dimensions, even alternate realities, as demonstrated by Shadow Mirror. Distance and location do not matter once one gets the ability to harness a Crossgate, with only quadrant travel taking more than a few hours at most. The sheer size of a Crossgate can allow a whole fleet to travel from one point to the next in a matter of minutes or hours, as discussed, though the energy requirements for that kind of gate are astronomical. The calculations needed to allow for a Crossgate jump are very intensive, due to the constant state of motion of the universe, but Einsteinian and other assorted human sciences are so far from Balmarian technology, the mass/inertia differences are negligibly easy to circumvent in their calculations.
A Crossgate is circular in shape, with the outer rims appearing as a machine, but it is intangible. It is a gate in space time, the 'machine' element is in the projection of the Crossgate, not part of the machine, at least not in way we understand. Once opened, the Crossgate appears as a shimmering pool in space. A locational barrier prevents the singularity of the Crossgate to spread out, and in the case of atmospheric Crossgate, from having the vacuum of space cause massive damage to a planet. Between the two 'exits' to the Crossgate is a large, subspace tunnel, with very odd and slightly maddening patterns. The 'other side' of space. If someone between Crossgate points attempts to diverge from the path, a feat requiring massive power and energy, they will be lost in between space forever.<bt>

Spatial Crossgates

A large Crossgate can only be open in space, as within the atmosphere would cause too much environmental damage and more importantly, severely modify the data necessary to calibrate the travel equations. A Crossgate's size will range between roughly colony/asteroid sized at maximum, if one were to move a whole fleet across the galaxy to about 200m radius to allow for reinforcements to fly through unimpeded.

Atmospheric Crossgates

Massive Crossgates are not possible in the atmosphere, as the motion of the planet and the possibilities of an object being in the way causes far too much problems for calibration and execution. Weaponizing a Crossgate in such a manner is theoretically possible, but the launching side can never be the point of an in-atmospheric large-scale Crossgate. It is however possible to create a smaller, mech-sized Crossgate to allow for a smaller group to go through. However, this has a limit of 3 minutes before it has to recalibrate, and very unlikely to allow many reinforcements to come in atmospherically. As with all devices of this caliber, a Crossgate activation WILL cause those with the right equipment to notice. Personal, man-sized Crossgates can also be manufactured, with minimal radar activation, and within atmosphere.