Editing Portal (section)

===Background===
With the fall of [[Eden]] at Cote D'Ivorie, several portals were opened throughout the multiversal worlds.<ref>[[Interlude 29]]</ref> Later, Cauldron gained access to a parahuman that was able to close most of these doors.<ref>Assuming that Cauldron's operatives maybe killed Eden but then just sat on their hands/died, the Endbringers don't exist, the cauldron vials aren't spread out, and there's less of the really powerful parahumans here and there who're capable of acting decisively. Gates to other worlds are left open, feeding into Cote D'Ivorie, spitting out more than a fair share of Case-53 like monsters, only in a very tightly occupied space. If West Africa survives, it's either as a world power or as a mutant-occupied area. If they find Eden's corpse, well, you've got a whole other mess, because they're going to be less careful and organized about it. Assuming they don't accidentally revive Eden, there's going to be a lot of failed doses. - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15024820 Wildbow on Spacebattles]</ref><ref>[[Interlude 29]]</ref>

The hole between realities that Professor Haywire created led [[Earth Bet]] to discover [[Earth Aleph]]. This almost sparked a war.<ref name="17.3c2">Explanation isn’t in story, but I’ve given it before. Bet’s and Aleph’s residents almost came to war, over fear of what would happen if one earth tried to prey on the other for resources. Bet had more firepower. Major players in Bet (some who’ve been named already) offered concessions, and taking the name ‘bet’ was one of several symbolic measures. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/10/migration-17-3/#comment-60748 Comment by Wildbow] on [[Migration 17.3]]</ref> Thankfully, several agreements between the governmental entities of the earth's prevented this.<ref name="19.7">“There’s sanctions, treaties, truces.  If you open this hole to Earth Aleph, it could mean a war between universes.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/03/12/ Excerpt] from [[Scourge 19.7]]</ref>

The Aleph-Bet portal was restricted to relaying the transmission of data through radio waves.<ref name="17.3c1">Mostly radio waves, but there’s also an exchange of media and regular transmissions of news and data (mainly but not wholly) for research which is how Alec was able to get his hands on DvDs from the other world. [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/10/migration-17-3/#comment-8911 Comment by Wildbow] on [[Migration 17.3]]</ref> The portal itself was filled in with concrete and surrounded by guarded facilities that stopped anyone from going in or out. The only concession was communication devices fed through the concrete, which allowed for digital exchanges.<ref name="R71">Only information can get through because they set it up that way - massive facilities and a lot of concrete on either side, only cables feeding through, and no apparent way for people to get from one side to the other. - [https://redd.it/6id3rb Post by Wildbow] on Reddit</ref> Besides research, media was one of the few things that could be traded back and forth through the portal, leading to the trade of books, movies and DVDs of TV shows.<ref name="3.4">Having tired ourselves out, we’d all collapsed on the couches and watched some of Alec’s movies from Earth-Aleph, the alternate Earth that our Earth had been communicating with since Professor Haywire tore a hole between realities.  Media was one of the few things that could be traded back and forth through the hole.  Long story short, you could get books, movies and DVDs of TV shows from the other world, if you were willing to accept the price tag. The benefit? I got to spend the afternoon seeing how the other universe had handled episodes one and two of the Star Wars films.<br><br>Fact: they were still pretty disappointing. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2011/08/20 Excerpt] from [[Agitation 3.4]]</ref>

A portal created by [[Smugglers cluster|smugglers]] in what was probably Canada caused a heap of trouble, including making the cluster possible in the first place.<ref name=smug>“What was the inciting event?  You all triggered at once?”<br><br>“No,” Tori said.<br><br>“That’s the way it works.  Multiple triggers within a minute of each other.”<br><br>“Days,” Megan said.  “Days.”<br><br>“The portal,” March murmured.  As heads turned her way, she said, “The portal?  If there’s a lot of energy or interference, or connections or… whatever.  We talk about powers passing stuff between people, but maybe they need to draw energy from somewhere to do that.”<br><br>“An open door between worlds as a big signal booster?” Jan asked.<br><br>March shrugged.<br><br>Jan nodded.  “That would make it easier for six to happen, absolutely.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/02/09 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 12.z II]]</ref>

In December 2009,<ref name="17.1e1">"We have family over.  Your Uncle Felix came all the way from California.  I think they might want to spend some time with you this Christmas.”. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/08 Excerpt] from [[Migration 17.1]]</ref> the [[Simurgh]] accessed a vault containing Professor Haywire's technology to create a functional, large-scale version of his interdimensional door. The Simurgh used this technology to create two gateways - one leading to Earth Aleph, and one leading to a part of [[Cauldron Compound|Cauldron's research facility]]. The portal dumped the buildings, soil, plant life and the [[Case 53|residents]] from both locations into [[Madison|Madison, Wisconsin]].<ref name="17.6e1">[[Migration 17.6]]</ref>