Interstellar Portals
Introduction
At around 8000 BC (Or a few decades after the sea level stabilises at its current post Ice Age level) 99 portals, from Earth to other similar[1] life[2]-bearing planets (or sattelites of planets) which orbit around all of the G, K and F type stars within 40 light years of the Solar System, are created. See map below for portal locations. (There are less than 99 dots. But there is more than one portal for some dots, and there are some in Antarctica)
The portals connect to the planets/satellites in a similar ecological region and air pressure, the salinity levels of the water bodies the portals connect are also very similar. (Tropics-Tropics, temperate-temperate, air pressure the same both sides [with variances for weather systems], fresh water-fresh water, sea water-sea water connections) [3]
On the planets on the other side there are more portals, also connecting to similar life-bearing planets within 40 Earth light years of the relevant system.
And so in like fashion there is a network of portals covering all the life-bearing planets in the Milky Way Galaxy, that are orbiting F, G and K type stars, though the maximum distance covered is 40 light years. (The minimum number of portals, and therefore worlds, between Earth and a planet 70000 light years away would be above 1750)
Soon after the creation of the portals, they are discovered by tribes that live nearby, and as the years, centuries and millennia pass, humanity spreads through the portals to the worlds beyond.
(There may be other sapient and technological species out there, but they may be over 500 light years away, or over 12 jumps from Earth)
As far as Europeans are concerned the first discovery of a portal is by Vikings as they explore the seas around Iceland. (The progression of historical events remains the same in Eurasia and Northern Africa until this time.)
Here is a map and diagram of portals.
[1]
The reason the life is so similar is that this is not the first time that the portals have opened. They had opened at various points in time throughout the time of life on Earth. Hence most life beyond the portals is derived from terrestial life at various points.
[2]
The further away from Earth, the weirder the life gets. Closer to Earth, it is more familiar. (There are still variations though, with adaptations to higher or lower gravity and/or air pressures)
[3]
This is the most common type of portal. There are two other types which also appear. These are nowhere as numerous as the other type though.
1. Underground portal. This is within a continent, and is entirely underground. There is no associated deformation of the landscape and the other world can only be accessed by digging mines.
2. Submarine portal. This is on an Abyssal Plain or in a Trench (more often the former), far away from any continents or islands. There is no deformation of the Ocean surface, so the portal can only be accessed by a submersible vehicle.
To be continued
Introduction
At around 8000 BC (Or a few decades after the sea level stabilises at its current post Ice Age level) 99 portals, from Earth to other similar[1] life[2]-bearing planets (or sattelites of planets) which orbit around all of the G, K and F type stars within 40 light years of the Solar System, are created. See map below for portal locations. (There are less than 99 dots. But there is more than one portal for some dots, and there are some in Antarctica)
The portals connect to the planets/satellites in a similar ecological region and air pressure, the salinity levels of the water bodies the portals connect are also very similar. (Tropics-Tropics, temperate-temperate, air pressure the same both sides [with variances for weather systems], fresh water-fresh water, sea water-sea water connections) [3]
On the planets on the other side there are more portals, also connecting to similar life-bearing planets within 40 Earth light years of the relevant system.
And so in like fashion there is a network of portals covering all the life-bearing planets in the Milky Way Galaxy, that are orbiting F, G and K type stars, though the maximum distance covered is 40 light years. (The minimum number of portals, and therefore worlds, between Earth and a planet 70000 light years away would be above 1750)
Soon after the creation of the portals, they are discovered by tribes that live nearby, and as the years, centuries and millennia pass, humanity spreads through the portals to the worlds beyond.
(There may be other sapient and technological species out there, but they may be over 500 light years away, or over 12 jumps from Earth)
As far as Europeans are concerned the first discovery of a portal is by Vikings as they explore the seas around Iceland. (The progression of historical events remains the same in Eurasia and Northern Africa until this time.)
Here is a map and diagram of portals.
[1]
The reason the life is so similar is that this is not the first time that the portals have opened. They had opened at various points in time throughout the time of life on Earth. Hence most life beyond the portals is derived from terrestial life at various points.
[2]
The further away from Earth, the weirder the life gets. Closer to Earth, it is more familiar. (There are still variations though, with adaptations to higher or lower gravity and/or air pressures)
[3]
This is the most common type of portal. There are two other types which also appear. These are nowhere as numerous as the other type though.
1. Underground portal. This is within a continent, and is entirely underground. There is no associated deformation of the landscape and the other world can only be accessed by digging mines.
2. Submarine portal. This is on an Abyssal Plain or in a Trench (more often the former), far away from any continents or islands. There is no deformation of the Ocean surface, so the portal can only be accessed by a submersible vehicle.
To be continued
