Timeline/minus3
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- Big Picture: The new cold war begins as the US and China enter a race to develop the ultimate transhuman soldier, as well as functional AI.
- January: US reopens portal research, considering it a safer proposition with CBM enhanced soldiers and Melchior’s assistance, and potentially a good way to get ahead of China.
- July: Researchers publish results regarding portal stability that help to explain the unexpectedly large portal of 9 years ago. Polydimensional topography has numerous stable planes, and the energy required to make portals to certain areas is much lower. Early researchers hadn’t known about this, and put far too much energy into a portal to an energetically accessible location, creating a much bigger portal than intended. This knowledge allows much safer exploration of micro portals.
- November: a research remote probe sent to an adjacent dimension brings back an unidentified biocontaminant, which is captured for analysis but inadvertently destroyed by standard safety procedures. The Blob becomes aware of our existence.