Setting: The Sphere

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Portal Exploration Command

Universe ID: ImMPvsRRW1SrYsZJktBc

Report ID: vBfxWzgdZHBwekVkqcXV

Mass, Composition, Size

Infrastructure

Translight Rail Service - It was not possible to traverse the entirety of the sphere on foot in a speedy manner, not unless one wants to expend eons to do so. Nor would other form of transportation, such as train, cars, airplanes, or even rocketry, be sufficient. The best way to travel was to use the Translight Rail Service, or TRS, which allowed extremely safe travel at the speed of light. However, much to our disappointment, we were unable to find any evidence that any form of Faster Than Travel was achieved at any time or period. Though we are confident that it should be possible to achieve superluminal speed using their technologies.

- It was not possible to traverse the entirety of the sphere on foot in a speedy manner, not unless one wants to expend eons to do so. Nor would other form of transportation, such as train, cars, airplanes, or even rocketry, be sufficient. The best way to travel was to use the Translight Rail Service, or TRS, which allowed extremely safe travel at the speed of light. However, much to our disappointment, we were unable to find any evidence that any form of Faster Than Travel was achieved at any time or period. Though we are confident that it should be possible to achieve superluminal speed using their technologies. Cubes - Geometrically perfect cubes that manipulate the underlying fabric of reality. Reality manipulation technologies were only a theoretical possibility until now. However, thank to the research being done prior to our discovery of any reality manipulation device, we were able to ascertain the effects.

Machines of the Sphere

Builders - A class of machines that came in all shape and sides, mostly sporting multiple of appendages and tools to perform their duty in the sphere. They are responsible for maintenance and construction of materials. We assumed that there is a factory somewhere, but it is possible that with the level of technologies possessed by the sphere, this is simply unnecessary.

- A class of machines that came in all shape and sides, mostly sporting multiple of appendages and tools to perform their duty in the sphere. They are responsible for maintenance and construction of materials. We assumed that there is a factory somewhere, but it is possible that with the level of technologies possessed by the sphere, this is simply unnecessary. Guards - Autonomous security agents that protect sensitive areas and the primary military arm for the defense of the Sphere from its enemies. Given the enormous technical feats that this sphere demonstrated, we trended lightly to not become their enemies. Fortunately, we were neither hostile nor are we powerful enough to challenge the Guards in any meaningful way. Otherwise, our stay will be very short and brutal. Their appearance varied widely, depending on tasks and roles. They would man and control everything from tanks, aircrafts, crawlers, wheeled vehicles, to antigravity devices. Very rarely do we see actual humanoid machines. We were unsure of the implication of a military arm of an hyperadvanced civilization still utilizing vehicle type still recognizable to our civilization.

- Autonomous security agents that protect sensitive areas and the primary military arm for the defense of the Sphere from its enemies. Given the enormous technical feats that this sphere demonstrated, we trended lightly to not become their enemies. Fortunately, we were neither hostile nor are we powerful enough to challenge the Guards in any meaningful way. Otherwise, our stay will be very short and brutal. Their appearance varied widely, depending on tasks and roles. They would man and control everything from tanks, aircrafts, crawlers, wheeled vehicles, to antigravity devices. Very rarely do we see actual humanoid machines. We were unsure of the implication of a military arm of an hyperadvanced civilization still utilizing vehicle type still recognizable to our civilization. Assistant - An AI or VI that answered questions and assisted with our travel in the sphere. They were forbidden from answering certain query, such as the most basic question...what is the purpose of this sphere, and who built and controlled it? They also refused to answer our questions about their technologies, and only in the most general sense, if at all. We were able to gain permission to experiment on part of the sphere's structure, collect samples, and secure visit to facilities and uninhabitable portion of the spheres. We asked if we could meet their creator and they denied us access until we reach their level of technological and scientific mastery. All assistant bodies are the same as any other unit, an antigravity engine and the size of a torso with two headlights, sensor packages, antenna, and a speaker.

- An AI or VI that answered questions and assisted with our travel in the sphere. They were forbidden from answering certain query, such as the most basic question...what is the purpose of this sphere, and who built and controlled it? They also refused to answer our questions about their technologies, and only in the most general sense, if at all. We were able to gain permission to experiment on part of the sphere's structure, collect samples, and secure visit to facilities and uninhabitable portion of the spheres. We asked if we could meet their creator and they denied us access until we reach their level of technological and scientific mastery. All assistant bodies are the same as any other unit, an antigravity engine and the size of a torso with two headlights, sensor packages, antenna, and a speaker. Manager - Whereas the assistant assisted a Sphere traveler, we are told that the managers are the overseer of the sphere, managing large scale details such as logistics, maintenance, and construction. All worlds and major pieces of the Sphere infrastructure are managed by these AI constructs. We do not see any bodies made specifically for them, appearing only as abstract holograms in selected areas. They frequently spoke through and control bodies of other AI and robots.

World One-Zero-Three-Seven-Four of Sphere Alpha-Delta-Zero-Niner-Gamma

In our survey of this universe, we discovered what appeared at first to be a dyson sphere, designated as Alpha-Delta-Zero-Niner-Gamma.However, it was clear in hindsight and in numerous expeditions to this sphere, that it wasn't a dyson sphere at all, since it was no longer powered by its stars. Rather, the historical record told us that all the stellar material was already mined and transformed into construction material for the construct, the designer or builder having found a new energy source that made its star obsolete.We believe that this sphere no longer warranted the classification of a dyson sphere, and should be instead be classified in its own category. We suggested the name transphere or perhaps exosphere. One of those two term should be fine, though there are no doubt that there are better names waiting out there.We must note that this sphere had properties that no other construct had, or have the right to be. We believed that the very law of physics was manipulated in this sphere to attain such size and capabilities.The mass of the sphere is impossible to estimate accurately due to reality manipulation of the underlying physical law of the universe. Nonetheless, we were able to estimate a lower bound of the sphere, assuming that the object is made of only ordinary matter and inputing its diameter. We calculated that not only it should collapse into a supermassive blackhole but also outweigh the entirety of the Milky Way combined.The size of the sphere was also truly unfathomable, the object having engulfed the star system long ago.The fact that it had yet to collapse into a singularity spoke extraordinary well of the designers' mastery of technology and science in gravity manipulation and beyond.No other civilization or entity we observed throughout the multiverse possessed that kind of capability. For this reason, we ranked the sphere builder CLASS FIVE, the highest level for technological civilization, despite the lack of evidence for dimensional travel and other capabilities common to trans-dimensional societies and beings. If they lack any such capabilities, we believed it is not well beyond them to acquire said abilities.The composition of the sphere's mass was mostly only ordinary matter commonly found in the universe, such as hydrogen, helium, and other elements on the periodic table. However, some part of the construct were made of extremely superheavy elements, located in another island of stability on the periodic table beyond what we had already discovered. Finally, some part of the structure simply defied analysis as we were unable to analyze its atomic structure, and we were unable to procure a sample to bring back home to our researchers, despite every attempt to do so and with the permission of its builder's proxy.We noted that the sphere continues to expand at a constant rate of about a jupiter volume per year. We do not know the reason for this slow expansion rate, in the light of their matter creation technologies and the energy source to tap into for this purpose.To our fortune, there are places within the sphere favorable to the organic bodies of human beings, without requiring environmental protection suits for survival. It was to our fortune that the network of habitable spaces extended across the sphere, allowing us general access, if not completely extensive or in depth. It would be impossible to explore all of it in a reasonable timeframe anyway.Below are parts of the sphere infrastructure we encountered.Over the course of expeditions, we were able to document the various symbols overladen on it.We also encountered AI entities and robots that maintain and secure this massive construct.One of the function of the Sphere was apparently to nourish a growing list of living worlds where life, artificial or otherwise, can flourish. As there is no such thing as empty space, all worlds are connected to the same superstructure that extended throughout the sphere. They do not float or orbit anything.We were unable to observe any worlds with our own eyes and instruments, only receiving data from Sphere terminals. However, we were led by one of the assistant to a world much like own. We even managed to secure permission to visit the world, the manager classifying the world as our home.Apparently, to our great surprise and joy, the world contained a local branch of humanity. We designated this world-sphere One-Zero-Three-Seven-Four, a world that was about twice the size of a jupiter volume planet.The 'surface' level would resemble our planet Earth in both appearance and geography. Otherwise however, it is limited by a ceiling at a thousand hundred kilometer away from the surface, which was for all purpose and intent impenetrable to the inhabitants and to us, having been made of the same unknown material as the rest of the Sphere.Since there are no star available to power the lifeform on this sphere, alternatives had to be provided. The ceiling, for example, provide sunlights through illumination from the ceiling, allowing the process of photosynthesis. The uneven lighting effect was responsible for much of the surface weather condition on this planet. However, it was not the only energy source.Unlike our Earth, sphere One-Zero-Three-Seven-Four was more a matryoshka of hallow surfaces wrapped around each other as one delved deeper into the core. Think of the world as a series of thick layers in an onion.The "surface" provided sunlight over an expansive sky. This cannot be said for the underground layers.Special cubes and megastructure embedded into the sphere provided layer of hollowness, energy, and effect fields that granted general habitability. As far as we can tell, all layers can be accessed by one mean or another, although the accessibility varied widely.For example, on the bottom of some part of the 'surface' ocean, there are cube megastructure that lower the pressure in the surrounding water, allowing submarines to dive deeply than otherwise would be possible.Humanity, on the other hand, only occupied a very small portion volume of the surface, much less the inner layers of the sphere and the deep ocean, although its speed had grown rapidly since the start of industrialization in their history.Our next report will deal with this fascinating world in greater details and their human inhabitants.