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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>A '''portal''' (sometimes capitalized, as '''Portal''') is a weakness, either artificial or natural, in the fabric between [[dimension]]s &mdash; that is, a point of [[Inter-Dimensional Fatigue]], specifically between [[HyperSpace]] and [[QuasiSpace]].<br />
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Known instances of portals are the portal generated by the [[QuasiSpace Portal Spawner]], the fifteen unidirectional portals that lead from QuasiSpace to HyperSpace, and the bidirectional portal to QuasiSpace (at HyperSpace coordinates 043.8 : 637.2). Since the [[Arilou Lalee'lay]] [[List of homeworlds|homeworld]], [[Falayalaralfali]], is suspended in an eddy of TrueSpace within QuasiSpace, it is possible that its intrusion into QuasiSpace could also be classified as a portal. The [[Orz]] [[Orz communications|dialogue]] also contains a possible reference to portals as "*slippery places*" when discussing the [[Androsynth]] IDF research.{{ref|1}}<br />
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While the term ''portal'' has only been used in the context of access points between HyperSpace and QuasiSpace, it could also apply to the transition between [[TrueSpace]] and HyperSpace. TrueSpace [[gravity well]]s create "transdimensional vortices", also known as "stellar vortices", that allow ships to return to TrueSpace from HyperSpace, similar to the unidirectional portals from QuasiSpace to HyperSpace (though the vortices are not circular). Likewise, in a manner similar to the Portal Spawner, entering HyperSpace from TrueSpace apparently involves the creation of a transdimensional "hole".{{ref|2}}<br />
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==Notes and references==<br />
{{note|1}}''The Orz say, "Then the Androsynth made some *slippery places* and then Orz can *smell* [the [[Human]]s' *level*]."<br />
{{note|2}}''This was seen when the Androsynth fleet fleeing [[Sol]] disappeared in a "big red hole" over 500 meters across ([[Star Control II]] PC manual, p. 10). It is also seen in the opening and closing 3DO videos [http://starcontrol.classicgaming.gamespy.com/3do/movies.shtml].''<br />
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