Vertex

Once an oasis for scientific minds, Vertex is now one of the most dangerous places in the universe.

## History

After being conquered sometime during Miyuki's reign, Vertex became the center of scientific research for the Irken Empire. Inventors and scientists across the Irken Empire came here to conduct experiments and begin research projects. The most well known of them being the Warp Project. It was commissioned by Almighty Tallest Miyuki, to create a Warp-Gate theoretically capable of opening portals to intergalactic locations. Once the Warp-Gate was finished, a larger version of it was planned to be created. Its purpose would be to open a pathway to a newly discovered nearby galaxy ripe for conquest.

The Project was led by Kyoko and her research team. One of the team's members being Lurk, a former inventor, scientist, and pioneer in wormhole research. Most of the Warp-Gate's technology was based on his research and was partially created by him. During the project's final phases, the Warp-Gate was prepared for testing. However, instead of opening a portal to its planned destination, it instead opened a portal to the BorderWorld. The BorderWorld was a nightmarish alternate reality, filled with anomalies and shifting laws of physics. After this discovery, Miyuki demanded the project to be focused on the research of this alternate reality. The project was renamed the Vertex Project.

Soon, anomalies in the area began to manifest the more the Warp-Gate was opened.  These ranged from objects disappearing without explanation to miniature interdimensional wormholes opening. It was suspected that the strange laws of physics in the BorderWorld was seeping into Vertex, almost "corrupting" it in a sense. Despite this, along with repeated warnings by Kyoko and her team, research continued.

As the project continued, the anomalies began to become worse and more widespread, even happening in places on the other side of the planet. Ranging from people vanishing into thin air, time rewinding in random places, and other similar incidents. Miyuki put pressure on the project's research to be completed as soon as possible, to avoid fewer further incidents from happening. This is was truly led to the project leading to disaster, as further pressure to finish the project put colossal amounts of stress onto Kyoko and her team. This eventually led to secret attempts to tamper with the WarpGate by Lurk, and one of the project's members, Traxx , to quit.

Soon expeditions into the BorderWorld began. After one of the first expeditions, Lurk was temporarily suspended from the project after being caught tampering with the Warp-Gate. Before one of the final expeditions, Slyzor, secretly sabotaged the WarpGate. This, along with the unstable nature of the BorderWorld, caused the Warp-Gate to collapse on itself. This resulted in a tremendous explosion, and most of Kyoko's team to be seemingly vaporized, along with Kyoko herself. The ones who weren't were Lurk and Slyzor.

After the explosion, wormholes across the planet began to open up rapidly, causing terrifying creatures from the BorderWorld to wreak havoc. Lurk was rescued by a squad of Irken Elites, who were part of the military response to the invasion on Vertex. Eventually, Vertex was declared a doomed colony and abandoned. All surviving members of the Vertex Project were sworn to secrecy. The only exceptions being Lurk and Slyzorr. Lurk was publically declared dead, and sentenced to a lifelong commitment in a mental hospital on Loon-E Bin. Slyzorr, after being last seen in an escape pod leaving Vertex's orbit, was never seen again. By Irken Law, any travel to Vertex is now strictly forbidden. The planet itself was wiped from public records.

Decades later, a wormhole leading to the BorderWorld formed in the core of the planet. This caused the planet to be torn into multiple pieces, kept close together via unnatural forces. The surface of Vertex is now riddled with anomalies and incredibly dangerous creatures from alternate dimensions. It is said anyone who has attempted to visit the planet never returns.