In the year 2018, the human race pledged to finally travel faster than light. The scientific community had been experimenting with various physic theories and formulas in order to achieve hyperspace travel, using new concepts recently discovered. Most of the theories concerned the formation of a portal through bending and connecting two long distance points in space together, effectively shortening the distance for a spacecraft to trace and the amount of time perceived by said craft's crew.
Although the scientific community suffered numerous drawbacks including failed experiments concerning the first phases of engine development and casualties concerning those who failed to adhere to safety guidelines, the technology was finalized in 2027. It involved an engine capable of generating spatial-bending energy, called the Jump.
The world watched with held breaths as the first space-flight using the Jump, the U.S.S. Terra, entered hyperspace in 2029. U.S.S. Terra had a crew consisting of five young and healthy men and women who were trained to survive the forces generated by the accelerated travel and the psychological effects. In order to impress the public, NASA was lobbied by famous politicians to keep the crew awake during the First Jump. U.S.S. Terra launched from Cape Canaveral and began its hyper jump to the planet Mars. It disappeared in a blink of an eye at the sound of one.
However, during the .00000000013 seconds of the jump, something went wrong.
The U.S.S. Terra reappeared near Mars, the craft was undamaged. Video communication had been affected immensely via unknown causes. Audio communication was also affected but it still operated at light capacity. NASA scientists stationed in the control room could hear only static at first coming from the communication panel of the U.S.S. Terra. They soon could make out a few words whispered into the feed, it sounded like one of the crew members but it was distorted.
"He saw us through the Red Walls."
All audio communication failed, the tracking signal on the craft also failed, and all technological status information being relayed to NASA computers glitched out.
The U.S.S. Terra was never located.
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