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After the initial Stargates were found in the Nekkar Star System by the United Federation of Planet and the subsequent involvement of Solas Tempus, a project was organized to discover the nature of the devices and how to operate them. This project was a cooperative project started by the United Federation of Planets and Solas Tempus. The primary purpose was to discover the operation, construction, and origin of the devices later known as Stargates. Investigation of these objectives turned up little in the way of results beyond what was recorded on the vessel found with the Stargates, named the Daedalus.

Stargate Control

It was then discovered that the Stargate's were controlled and operated by a device known in the Daedalus's on board database as a "Dial Home Device" or DHD. This device operates via a complex form of quartz crystal which stores energy and data patterns in its lattice structure. When power is run through these crystals they operate similar to a computer system. The control system was adapted in 2380 to interface with Federation computer systems. It wasn't until 2381 that the interface could provide more than basic information, the completed interface program is then able to fully send and receive commands for the Stargates.

This development allowed for the gates to be operated from Solas Tempus / Federation computers rather than to use the DHD's found with the gates.

Power Source

The project discovered rather early on that the gates were made of a material that acted as a massive energy capacitor. Theoretical studies indicate that the power supply for these devices could require input pushing into the terawatt range. At this time, work began on how to adapt power input from Fusion Reactors or Matter/Antimatter reactors to supply the required power to the devices. In 2380, the power transmission interface was completed and verified to supply power to the device.

Projects

Janus operates a number of sub-projects designed to make the best use of the technology as possible. The end goal is to have the Stargates able to be used as a primary mode of transit between extremely distant points for goods, services, and people.

Construction

The Janus Project is working toward constructing new Stargates. The materials the gates are made of makes this difficult, as it does not appear in our universe. Creating it synthetically is under active research but is slow going.

Supergate

Along with the gates were found several blocks. These were identified by the Daedalus Database as being parts of a Supergate, what we call a Type IV, which is large enough for a ship to pass through. Unlike the Stargates themselves, there has been some luck in created compatible blocks for a Type IV gate, which built in reactors to power the device. With the help of the Avali from Blazing Umbra Station these devices were adapted into the Trans-Dimensional Supergate which is located in the Schatten Star System. Other potential uses for such devices is currently under research.

Trans-Dimensional Gates

Since the Supergate technology was adapted for Trans-Dimentional use, Janus has been working to find a way to adapt the smaller Stargates for such a purpose, in particular the Type III gate shows promise for being able to do such. Problems have arisen from the before-mentioned lack of construction material.

Distribution and Use

In 2381 after Damien Simith successfully was able to interface with and activate the gate itself it was decided by Solas Tempus and Prometheus Association that the gates could be used to allow a pivotal mode of transport between facilities. As there were only 47 gates available the major powers agreed to keep the gates largely restricted until such time as a workable way to construct new gates was found.

The gates were placed at Solas Tempus hub facilities and at primary Solas Tempus locations with other gates put at locations requested by the governments represented by the Association.

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-The [[United Federation of Planets]] contracted [[Solas Tempus]]'s Engineering and Research Arms to investigate the purpose and operation of the [[Stargates]] found [[Nekkar Star System]] where the [[Stargate]] artifacts were found.  In the contract with [[Solas Tempus]], the [[United Federation of Planets]] ceded control of the star system to [[Solas Tempus]] for further study, indicating that the [[Temporal Reconciliations]] provided the legal basis for such a decision given the massive release of temporal energy prior to investigation.
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+After the initial [[Stargates]] were found in the [[Nekkar Star System]] by the United Federation of Planet and the subsequent involvement of [[Solas Tempus]], a project was organized to discover the nature of the devices and how to operate them.  This project was a cooperative project started by the [[United Federation of Planets]] and Solas Tempus.  The primary purpose was to discover the operation, construction, and origin of the devices later known as Stargates.  Investigation of these objectives turned up little in the way of results beyond what was recorded on the vessel found with the Stargates, named the Daedalus.
-== Gate Operation ==
+== Stargate Control ==
-It was discovered fairly early on that the gates had the capacity to warp space-time enough to potentially form a wormhole.  Testing was very slow due to not wishing to damage the artifacts.  Tests on the objects arranged around the unknown vessel, later found to the Daedalus, were unsuccessful but initial tests on the gates themselves showed they were controlled by a complex computer system implanted through some unknown form of energy crystals.  Although the initial power requirements were worked out and the interface for power to the gate was also worked out, the computer system still eluded study.
+It was then discovered that the [[Stargate]]'s were controlled and operated by a device known in the Daedalus's on board database as a "Dial Home Device" or DHD.  This device operates via a complex form of quartz crystal which stores energy and data patterns in its lattice structure.  When power is run through these crystals they operate similar to a computer system.  The control system was adapted in 2380 to interface with Federation computer systems.  It wasn't until 2381 that the interface could provide more than basic information, the completed interface program is then able to fully send and receive commands for the Stargates.
-=== Damien Smith ===
+This development allowed for the gates to be operated from Solas Tempus / Federation computers rather than to use the DHD's found with the gates.
-A contractor for Solas Tempus at the [[Blazing Umbra Station]] worked out a dynamic interface system which was successfully able to make a connection to the gates onboard computer and activate its subroutines.  [[Damien Smith]] was then able to link the language the gates programming was done into an proto-latin dialect that had not been seen before.  After adapting the program interface to a latin based paradigm it was discovered the gate has a robust interface system which allows for its operation.
-=== DHD ===
+== Power Source ==
-The database on board the Daedalus details the gates operation, but not its interface, noting that in most cases the gate it operated through what they called a Dial Home Device.  None of these devices were found.  Mr. Smith was able to construct a simple mapping of the gates function calls and responses.  Using the database information he worked out how various function calls interact with each other to "dial" the gate (lock the gate onto a specific location).  Programming a virtual DHD based on his discoveries, gate information, and one of the support vessels found on the Daedalus called a Puddle Jumper which apparently had an inactive DHD built into the cockpit console.  The support vessel itself is still being tested and a suitable power source has yet to be found.
+The project discovered rather early on that the gates were made of a material that acted as a massive energy capacitor.  Theoretical studies indicate that the power supply for these devices could require input pushing into the terawatt range.  At this time, work began on how to adapt power input from Fusion Reactors or Matter/Antimatter reactors to supply the required power to the devices.  In 2380, the power transmission interface was completed and verified to supply power to the device.
-== Distribution and Use ==
+== Projects ==
+Janus operates a number of sub-projects designed to make the best use of the technology as possible.  The end goal is to have the Stargates able to be used as a primary mode of transit between extremely distant points for goods, services, and people.
+=== Construction ===
+The Janus Project is working toward constructing new Stargates.  The materials the gates are made of makes this difficult, as it does not appear in our universe.  Creating it synthetically is under active research but is slow going.
+=== Supergate ===
+Along with the gates were found several blocks.  These were identified by the Daedalus Database as being parts of a ''Supergate'', what we call a Type IV, which is large enough for a ship to pass through.  Unlike the Stargates themselves, there has been some luck in created compatible blocks for a Type IV gate, which built in reactors to power the device.  With the help of the Avali from [[Blazing Umbra Station]] these devices were adapted into the [[Trans-Dimensional Supergate]] which is located in the [[Schatten Star System]].  Other potential uses for such devices is currently under research.
+=== Trans-Dimensional Gates ===
+Since the Supergate technology was adapted for Trans-Dimentional use, Janus has been working to find a way to adapt the smaller Stargates for such a purpose, in particular the Type III gate shows promise for being able to do such.  Problems have arisen from the before-mentioned lack of construction material.
+=== Distribution and Use ===
 In 2381 after Damien Simith successfully was able to interface with and activate the gate itself it was decided by Solas Tempus and Prometheus Association that the gates could be used to allow a pivotal mode of transport between facilities.  As there were only 47 gates available the major powers agreed to keep the gates largely restricted until such time as a workable way to construct new gates was found.
 The gates were placed at Solas Tempus hub facilities and at primary Solas Tempus locations with other gates put at locations requested by the governments represented by the Association.
-== Construction Materials ==
-After the discovery of how to actually operate a gate, and subsequent use testing.  It was decided the Solas Tempus along with the organizations aligned through the [[Temporal Reconciliations]] should search for materials to construct their own [[Stargates]] based on the designs and actual artifacts found.  At this time, as of 2381, there is still no known materials which can store the massive amounts of power required to produce a stable wormhole and hold onto that power in a stable way to create the wormhole.  The search is ongoing.
 [[Category:Advanced Technology]]