ACHERON System

The ACHERON System was created by the Juvian Imperial Physicist James McCaffery in 3345 who discovered a way to create short-term wormholes that can connect two points in space. The wormholes actually can shoot people and ships faster than even the latest FTL Engine, for instance traversing the distance between the Milky Way and Andromeda in ten days when FTL may take up to five hundred thousand years. As it stands the ACHERON System currently is the fastest way to get one person from the Milky Way to the Andromeda Galaxy.

Operation of the ACHERON System
The ACHERON system is a series of 25 stations floating in the void between the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy. Each of the 25 stations is outfitted with a mess hall and a bunking area some for the crew and others for the travelers. The ACHERON System utilizes a series of gates that connect and "set" the wormhole so that easy travel may be accomplished and it is through these and the operators handling them that the ACHERON System runs smoothly. However, it is not done through magic, the operators of the ACHERON System calibrate and re-calibrate the gates so that they can connect with the outgoing or incoming wormhole and not miss the window in which the wormhole is available. Overall, the ACHERON is a delicate and intricate machine operated by the best and brightest for the men and women being sent out to colonize the stars of Andromeda.

Ownership
According to the Universal Committee of Nations (UCN), the ACHERON System does not belong to any one nation, but instead is a UCN holding meaning that no one nation owns it. Some debate this, for instance the Juvians say since their scientist made it possible the first ACHERON System is under their control, though the UCN has made it clear that the abuse of such a system may be disastrous and could cause the balance of power in the Universe to tip unevenly and possibly lead to war and thus the UCN took the ACHERON System and built two more in different areas of space not under Juvian control.