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Invexus Corporation

2402.3

The galactic map spread out before him, and the Board Chairman smiled at what he saw. In a little over two years, the Invexus Corporation had established colonies on four different planets in four different systems. While these planets were still getting on their feet, they were already showing their potential. The research station on Verdas had already done enough research to cut down the projected remote mining satellite research by six months. On Wisdom, the mineral mining communities were already turning out great quantities of raw minerals that were being shipped back to Cherek for production. Projections for the profitability of the colonies were steadily climbing. In the meantime, the exploration ships were steadily pushing back the frontiers of the known universe, exploring star after star. Many wondrous discoveries had been made. The entire Olossa system was filled with a huge spatial rupture. What was not known is how the rupture was formed, and what effects it would have on life in the system. Already a science vessel was being constructed to go to the system and study it, but one major discovery had already been made here. It seemed that emanating from the rupture were “wormhole waves” which snaked out across the system. These “waves” acted like miniature wormholes, and anything caught in one would be warped to a random location in the system. The scientists in the Research and Development Division believed that if these waves could be studies and understood, they would unlock some major secrets in how the universe worked, and quite possibly find some practical, and profitable, applications for this discovery.
On four other planets, discoveries of a different sort had been made that were no less mysterious then the Olossa Rupture. Remains of what looked to possibly be ancient sentient habitats had been identified. This discovery was kept top secret, of course, but even now a colony ship was heading for the planet. Once there, a team of scientists and archeologists would begin studying the structures. No one really knew what they would find there, but to Hartnell it only served as additional proof that there were other sentient species in the galaxy. He hoped that they were friendly and eager to trade. If not, he intended to have a large enough fleet to protect the interests of the Invexus Corporation.