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...after the Fleryg disappeared the TMD ships turned back to the crystals and gates approximately two hours later testing eventually started, at first the gates and crystals began assuming various positions in the sector while the ships moved to the borders of aforementioned, a transmission was broadcasted...
/Transmission Start/
WARNING!
Testing will start in a few moments anyone who still is in the sector is recommended to leave now.
/Transmission End/
...then, five minutes later, the gates started emitting high amounts of energy, eventually opening and three of them fired a torrent of energy not unlike an extremely concentrated and magnified supernova, the energy went through the lens and concentrated even more going from the initial 200 to a mere 50 metres in diameter...
...it was unknown of what material the lens or the crystals were but they seem to be specifically made to withstand, absorb, store and redirect these levels of energy, as the beams hit the crystals the were redirected towards one of the portals which didn´t fire and the beam disappeared through the gate again...
This kind of testing was repeated in different positions and with different levels of energy for about 12 hours, there seemed to be not a single misfire, then they went offline for a while and one of the cruisers went to the larger gate sending a transmission through it...