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==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
*Professor Haywires Portal<ref>[[Agitation 3.4]]</ref> | *Professor Haywires Portal<ref>[[Agitation 3.4]]</ref> | ||
*Unspecified portal in Europe<ref name="16.1II">[[From Within 16.1]]</ref> | |||
*[[Cauldron]]'s portal network<ref name="16.1II"/> | |||
*Smugglers Portal in White Rock<ref>[[Interlude 12.z II]]</ref> | *Smugglers Portal in White Rock<ref>[[Interlude 12.z II]]</ref> | ||
*Brockton Bay Portal | *Brockton Bay Portal | ||
*Post-[[Gold Morning]] portal network | |||
==Details== | ==Details== | ||
Succinctly, portals are holes in reality. They appear in controlled and uncontrolled and allow travel across the multiverse lattice; i.e. they let people travel to other worlds. | Succinctly, portals are holes in reality. They appear in controlled and uncontrolled and allow travel across the multiverse lattice; i.e. they let people travel to other worlds. | ||
===Creation=== | ===Creation=== | ||
*[[Doormaker]] | *[[Doormaker]] | ||
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***[[Foil]] | ***[[Foil]] | ||
***[[Ashley Stillons]] | ***[[Ashley Stillons]] | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
With the fall of [[Eden]] at Cote D'Ivorie several portals were opened throughout the multiversal worlds.<ref>[[Interlude 29]]</ref> | With the fall of [[Eden]] at Cote D'Ivorie several portals were opened throughout the multiversal worlds.<ref>[[Interlude 29]]</ref> | ||
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===Post-[[Battle against Echidna|Echidna]]=== | ===Post-[[Battle against Echidna|Echidna]]=== | ||
A new way to create portals was discovered. | A new way to create portals was discovered. | ||
===[[Timeskip]]=== | ===[[Timeskip]]=== | ||
[[The Simurgh]] accessed [[Earth Shin]] and brought several of the Capes there into Paris during the endbringer attack there. to fight the assembled Capes who were intent on fighting the Endbringer.<ref name="25.6">'''Paris''', December 19th, 2012 // Simurgh<br>Notes: Victory by Scion.<br>Target/Consequence: see file '''The Woman in Blue'''. See file '''United Capes'''. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/13/scarab-25-6/ Excerpt] from [[Scarab 25.6]]</ref> | [[The Simurgh]] accessed [[Earth Shin]] and brought several of the Capes there into Paris during the endbringer attack there. to fight the assembled Capes who were intent on fighting the Endbringer.<ref name="25.6">'''Paris''', December 19th, 2012 // Simurgh<br>Notes: Victory by Scion.<br>Target/Consequence: see file '''The Woman in Blue'''. See file '''United Capes'''. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/13/scarab-25-6/ Excerpt] from [[Scarab 25.6]]</ref> | ||
This may have been thanks to the technologies [[Professor Haywire]]. | This may have been thanks to the technologies [[Professor Haywire]]. | ||
===Post-[[Timeskip]]=== | ===Post-[[Timeskip]]=== | ||
Two years after the fight with [[Khonsu]] portals existed throughout the world. | Two years after the fight with [[Khonsu]] portals existed throughout the world. | ||
===[[Gold Morning]]=== | ===[[Gold Morning]]=== | ||
[[Khepri]] used Doormaker to make thousands upon thousands of portals during the fight with [[Scion]]. | [[Khepri]] used Doormaker to make thousands upon thousands of portals during the fight with [[Scion]]. | ||
===Post-[[Gold Morning]]=== | ===Post-[[Gold Morning]]=== | ||
[[The City]] regularly opened portals to uninhabited worlds in order to extract resources from them. | [[The City]] regularly opened portals to uninhabited worlds in order to extract resources from them. | ||
===[[Ward]]=== | ===[[Ward]]=== | ||
===Post-[[Mathers Compound Assault|Fallen fall]]=== | ===Post-[[Mathers Compound Assault|Fallen fall]]=== | ||
The Portals in the megalopolis were attacked by various groups. They used tinker devices to expand them outwards, trapping many people in alternate worlds and cutting parts of the city off from each other.<ref>[[Pitch 6.9]]</ref> | The Portals in the megalopolis were attacked by various groups. They used tinker devices to expand them outwards, trapping many people in alternate worlds and cutting parts of the city off from each other.<ref>[[Pitch 6.9]]</ref> | ||
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===Post-[[Goddess' Takeover]]=== | ===Post-[[Goddess' Takeover]]=== | ||
The parahuman prison had its portals cut off. | The parahuman prison had its portals cut off. | ||
===Post-[[Time Bubble Pop]]=== | |||
[[Teacher]] was able to open the portal to previously quarantined sub-dimension containing [[shard]]s. | |||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
[[Category:Terminology]] | [[Category:Terminology]] | ||
[[Category:Places]] | [[Category:Places]] | ||
Revision as of 00:00, August 14, 2019
Portals are a foundational element to the parahumans multiverse.
Examples
- Professor Haywires Portal<ref>Agitation 3.4</ref>
- Unspecified portal in Europe<ref name="16.1II">From Within 16.1</ref>
- Cauldron's portal network<ref name="16.1II"/>
- Smugglers Portal in White Rock<ref>Interlude 12.z II</ref>
- Brockton Bay Portal
- Post-Gold Morning portal network
Details
Succinctly, portals are holes in reality. They appear in controlled and uncontrolled and allow travel across the multiverse lattice; i.e. they let people travel to other worlds.
Creation
- Doormaker
- Professor Haywire
- Combos
- Dimension manipulators
- All-or-nothings
History
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.<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. - Wildbow on Spacebattles</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. - Comment by Wildbow on Migration 17.3</ref> Thankfully several agreements between the governmental entities of the earths 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.” - Excerpt from Scourge 19.7</ref>
However the Hole was largely restricted to allowing 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. Comment by Wildbow on Migration 17.3</ref> The hole itself has filled in with concrete creating guarded facilities that stopped anyone from going in or out. The only concession was communication devices feed through the concrete which allowed the exchange of knowledge.<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. - Post by Wildbow on Reddit</ref>Besides research, media was one of the few things that could be traded back and forth through the hole - 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.
Fact: they were still pretty disappointing. - Excerpt from Agitation 3.4</ref>
A portal created by some Smugglers caused a heap of trouble.
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.”. - Excerpt from Migration 17.1</ref> the Endbringer known as The Simurgh accessed a vault containing Professor Haywire's technology using it to create a functional large-scale version of his inter-dimensional door. The Simurgh used this technology to create two gateways - one between Earth-Aleph and Earth-Bet and one between a part of Cauldron's research facility and Earth-Bet. The portal dumped the buildings, soil, plant life and the residents from both locations into Madison, Wisconsin.<ref name="17.6e1"/>
Story Start
The single portal had become a fact of life for both universes.
Post-Echidna
A new way to create portals was discovered.
Timeskip
The Simurgh accessed Earth Shin and brought several of the Capes there into Paris during the endbringer attack there. to fight the assembled Capes who were intent on fighting the Endbringer.<ref name="25.6">Paris, December 19th, 2012 // Simurgh
Notes: Victory by Scion.
Target/Consequence: see file The Woman in Blue. See file United Capes. - Excerpt from Scarab 25.6</ref>
This may have been thanks to the technologies Professor Haywire.
Post-Timeskip
Two years after the fight with Khonsu portals existed throughout the world.
Gold Morning
Khepri used Doormaker to make thousands upon thousands of portals during the fight with Scion.
Post-Gold Morning
The City regularly opened portals to uninhabited worlds in order to extract resources from them.
Ward
Post-Fallen fall
The Portals in the megalopolis were attacked by various groups. They used tinker devices to expand them outwards, trapping many people in alternate worlds and cutting parts of the city off from each other.<ref>Pitch 6.9</ref>
Post-Goddess' Takeover
The parahuman prison had its portals cut off.
Post-Time Bubble Pop
Teacher was able to open the portal to previously quarantined sub-dimension containing shards.
References
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