The D.A.R.T. Project

## The history of the D.A.R.T. Project

Welcome to the D.A.R.T. Project, a project to understand the atmospheric conditions in other dimensions/universes. Founded in 1991 By James J Duncan, the D.A.R.T. project was meant to study the conditions inside a tornado to help figure out how they formed to help send warnings out faster. In the early Days it used to be called M.A.R.T. Meaning **M**eteorological **A**tmosphere **R**ecording **T**echnology.

In 1998 the M.A.R.T. Project went bankrupt and most of the probes had to be sold off to be scraped, that being M.A.R.T. 1, 2, and 3. All the other probes were put in a warehouse in Nebraska, while M.A.R.T. 4 was leased out to a weather station in northern Texas so that the debt could be paid off.

The name of the Project also changed when James J Duncan got a job at the BMRF. It was renamed to D.A.R.T. or **D**imension **A**tmospheric **R**ecording **T**echnology and was used to measure the atmospheric conditions in Xen.

## The Probes

A list of all the probes and what has happened to them

### M.A.R.T Model One

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Made in 1992, a year after the project started, the first model was made. It was completely costume made. The first model also weighed the most out of any other model, being nearly 1 ton, as it was made mostly of Titanium and Tungsten. Only 4 of these models were made, the first 3 being sold to cover costs for the second model. The last one (M.A.R.T. 4) is currently in the garage of a small weather station in northern Texas and is being used as an oil drum to store gasoline. The first model was partially funded by a storm chasing group called "Thunder Watch" which got defunded after DART 3 was made.

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Dart 1: Intercepted 17 F0's, 23 F1's, 13 F2's, 6 F3's, 0 F4's, 0 F5's.

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Dart 2: Intercepted 19 F0's, 17 F1's, 16 F2's, 5 F3's, 1 F4, 0 F5's.

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Dart 3: Intercepted 34 F0's, 35 F1's, 11 F2's, 8 F3's, 2 F4's, 1 F5.

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Dart 4: Intercepted 12 F0's, 13 F1's, 16 F2's, 9 F3's, 3 F4's, 0 F5's.

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### D.A.R.T. Model Two

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Made in 1996, The second model was meant to be lighter and faster to deploy. Only one was made and was sadly lost after the anchors failed when it intercepted an F5 tornado on May 27th, 1997, in Jarrell, Texas. The wreckage of the probe has not been found. A second one was made but was never used, its previous location is ~~in a warehouse in Oklahoma~~. The DART 2 was moved down to the Black Mesa Research Facility to test if it could withstand the conditions in xen, further testing is needed.

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The picture is of the probe being deployed for a F4 in 1996, but it did not intercept the twister.

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DART: Intercepted 7 F0's, 17 F1's, 11 F2's, 5 F3's, 2 F4's, 1 F5.

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### D.A.R.T. Model Three (Casey series)

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Made in 1998, The third model, also known as the Casey series. The model was named after a railroad driver called Casey Jones. Only one was made and was the first probe to be put into Xen after some more testing. The Casey series is also the probe that was using during the Science fair in May 2003 and got third place because of how unique it was.

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On its first Xen expedition it was lost after a vortigaunt lifted it out of the ground and thew it into the water. The area where it landed was searched but it was not found.

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CASEY 1: Intercepted 4 F0's, 13 F1's, 5 F2's, 3 F3's, 1 F4, 0 F5's, 1 Xen expedition.

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### D.A.R.T. Model Four Prototype

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Made in 2003, after the May 2003 science fair, it was made so that it would not be picked up by any Xenians, testing has failed after it was picked up by a tornado after the science fair in June 2003. It was luckily found but it was damaged beond belief. It was repaired and a full version will be finished by the end of July. On July 24th, 2003, the prototype was lost in xen, its fate is unknown and is presumed destroyed.

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DART 1: Intercepted 2 F0's, 11 F1's, 6 F2's, 8 F3's, 1 F4, 1 F5, 1 Xen expedition.

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