Interstellar Gateway Network

The Interstellar Gateway Network is a series of linked gateways, originally established by the Alyssian Empire, that allows for almost instant travel across fast spaces. The IGN is composed of hundreds of 'core' stations, which monitor and transmit information, as well as receive "mapping' vectors from inbound vessels to chart the proper exit gate; and thousands of gates, which creates a stable wormhole large enough to allow ships of nearly any size to pass through. Upon the ending of the Galactic War in 2116, the United Federation seized control of all gateways built by the Empire, ensuring that the Empire could not bring anymore starships into Federation space without approval, as well as allowing the Federation to transmit vessels anywhere with ease.

Design and Testing
The Empire was hesitant to test the gateways originally. Wormhole theory was still a relatively new concept to their scientists, and despite having computers capable of making nano-precise calculations and applying those physically to the construction, there was much discussion as to the danger that lay with tampering with space-time. This ultimately resulted in the Empire deciding to nominate slaves with over a certain threshold of loyalty to the Empire. The slaves were initially promised citizenship within the ranks of the high class if they accepted the test and survived. Many of the first tests were catastrophic failures, with one damaging a space sector to the point that warp fields failed to form, rendering FTL travel impossible in these sectors. Numerous slaves died during the initial test. When the final test was concluded, the Empire decreed that the crew about the test vessel would be made into high species citizens, but then executed them shortly after due to the possibility of them breaking their oath of silence.

Locations
The gateways of the network are all connected and integrated. A vessel entering any gateway can access any operational linked gateway, provided that the gateway is online, and the proper coordinates have been submitted to the area control core. The current systems with a confirmed gate is:

-Sol

-Kepler

-Sagittarius A (Class-AO Restricted)

-Neutral Zone/Empire Dedicated Zone

-Unknown system in Andromeda

Also, approximately 100-200 unexplored gateways are present, extending from the neutral zone far off into space. It s believed that these gateways were only utilized as a transport route for the Harbinger.