Dimensional Rifts

== Dimensional Rifts ==
=== What are rifts? ===
Dimensional rifts are unstable connections between two of the many dimensions in the Day of Dusk metaverse. Rifts are found both in the wasteland and the border, with common locations being [DATA CORRUPTED]. Dimensional Rifts can be heard from their dimensional subsonic audio disturbances, emitting small particles that scatter light of their dimension of origin, indicating the rift's strength. This is a random energy surplus that dictates how long the "breach in space-time" will exist.
If you encounter a rift, immediately vacate the area and inform a member of the AEGIS Research Division or another divisional, and do not return to the area until the rift can no longer be heard or a divisional confirms the area is clear. Attempting to observe ARD while they are stabilizing a rift is also highly forbidden due to the classified nature of rifts. 
=== SBLIZER P140/P141 ===
The SBLIZERs are a series of tools created by the AEGIS Research Division and AEGIS Engineering Division to stabilize rifts. The SBLIZER-P141 is the newest variation of the SBLIZER, which improves upon the previous P140 by allowing for [REDACTED] to pass through rifts, as well as [REDACTED]. SBLIZERs are obtainable via the ARD Labs and are sold by the Jokeumbia utility tools vendor for 1000 ingots, or as a one-time-use item in the Robux shop. This makes the SBLIZER the most expensive “free” item in the game, and obtaining one as a wastelander without Robux is a tedious task. 
The SBLIZER-P140 was the original mass produced model, a prototype that was smuggled out by traitors to the corporation and replicated by wasteland researchers. Better machinery and technological advancements led researchers to make more reliable SBLIZER models, eventually leading to the creation of the SBLIZER-P141. 
=== Rift events ===
Once a rift is stabilized a random event will occur. These events are highly classified, and no information has been made public as of yet by the AEGIS Research Division. The development of the SBLIZER P-141 has greatly expanded the potential events from rifts, with the P-140 limiting ARD’s research to [REDACTED]. From information disclosed by the Chairman, rifts contain 5 obtainable artifacts, but their use is [######### #######].
== Rift Lore ==
=== Origins ===
Rifts were created by Lord Areolon Jelluson and Lord Codias Jelluson as a method for Jell to exert its power and influence remotely and to allow for the weaker demons of Jell to visit our dimension on their own, without the assistance of more powerful demons. However, the King of Jell at the time, Lord Hadus, betrayed Lord Areolon and Codias and sold machinery pertaining to rifts to spies representing the ‘outer dimensions’. This has resulted in the misuse of rift machinery, and these tears in space-time have plagued the multiverse ever since.
=== Discovery ===
ARD began to take notice of rifts in the year 2161. An MDF patrol noticed a strange noise originating from a cave near [REDACTED]. Upon further investigation, a red light was spotted emitting from a bright orb in the center of the cave. The area was immediately quarantined off and a squad of specialized researchers were flown in via VTOL. However, by the time they arrived, it was too late. This did not deter the researchers, and every inch of the area was examined and analyzed. Evidence of extremely high temperature was found immediately around the area where the rift was located, and a strange, dark orange dust unseen on Earth was found below. ARD recognized the powder as [REDACTED]. Over the next few months, more and more sightings were reported, including one inside the facility. This was roughly 15 years after the development of the dimensional bridge, at a time when ARD's interest in other dimensions was at its peak. ARD physicists hypothesized a way to stabilize rifts by sending pulses of plane-polarized electromagnetic waves to the center of the rift. 
 
The magnitude and frequency of these waves were the keys to stabilizing the rift, as they would interact with the particles of the rift and release radiation in the form of a photoelectric effect, ionizing the air around it and causing a radius of weak, ionized fields to form around the rift’s core. Foreign particles that interacted with the electromagnetic field were released in the form of light and sound energy. The more the rift is stabilized, the more foreign particles enter the host dimension, and the louder the rift gets.
With this, they created the SBLIZERs. The first successful SBLIZER was the SBLIZER P-100. These early SBLIZERs were so large they were mounted on specialized APCs and required an array of fedoratomic batteries to power them. These also required the researcher to manually adjust the output settings until a connection was made. 2 Years later, the SBLIZER P-111 introduced Artificial Intelligence technology to analyze the rift by comparing it to known data and determine the best frequency for the SBLIZER to operate. Over time the SBLIZERs were compacted to be carried by 2 people, then one person while wearing a fedoratomic battery on their back. Finally, the SBLIZER P-120 reduced it to a handheld tool, however it would frequently overheat and explode in the operators hand. These issues were slowly corrected, leading to the SBLIZER P-140, an unreliable but stable variant. Even the most inexperienced of users could easily understand the P-140. Then, in 2173, ARD introduced the P-141. This variant, which is used today, is more complicated than the P-140, and requires significantly more skill to use, but allows for much more potential for ARD to stabilize different types of rifts. 
=== Modern Day Rifts ===
Today, ARD continues to research rifts under the protection of combative divisions. However, in the last two years mass production has resulted in SBLIZERs reaching the hands of raiders. A constant conflict now exists between ARD and the wasteland to learn the secrets of rifts and master the metaverse. Many of the questions surrounding rifts remain unanswered, and only time will tell.
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