The Gates

Description
The Gates, also referred to as the 'ancient warp relays,' are 9 gates on the far reaches of the galaxy. in the year 4508, the first gate, dubbed later Serial Gate Designation 4, or SGD-4, was discovered. as a Stratos class destroyer warped into the star system Delta Anca, a strange, never before-seen signal appeared on the sensors. it gave off signals close to an element that had just until recently been confined to a realm of myth, Vexnium. upon lightwarping onto this signal, they were greeted with a massive, mile-wide stellar warp relay. 5 wrecks were found around this relay, such as ships of the name blue space, singularity, and blade of perseus. these ships were bigger than any ship ever made, with unidentifiable crew members and mechanics. after 5 minutes of exploring the ruins, radar picked up signals of something close to vexnium once again. a warp was detected from right next to them. a odd looking craft, like a crystal shot out of the abyss. the stratos tried to make contact with the ship to no avail, just static. the ship then started glowing, very bright. all of a sudden a beam of energy shot from the front, obliterating the stratos's ventral coilcannon. the ship then took heavy cannon fire and was eventually obliterated. a piece of vexnium came off the ship, and into space. the stratos let out a small shuttle, a paragon, to retrieve the vexnium. as the shuttle got to the vexnium, a glowing from a panel on the relay started glowing. a dormant piece of unenergized vexnium zipped out and collided with the piece, like a strong magnet. the paragon was ordered to put this vexnium into the hatch, and did so. seconds later, loud rumbling arose. a bright flash beamed the bridge of the stratos, and a gate was created. the paragon flew through the open gate after being ordered to do so, and disappeared. soon after, contact with the paragon was lost. huge energy readings were detected and 5 crystalline destroyers warped in on the stratos. the stratos was never heard from again.