[HISTORICAL RECORDS]
[2029 AD]
[THE DAY OF THE FIRST TEAR]
[THE DAY OF THE CRIMSON RIFT]
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The desert stretched across the horizon empty and silent- except for a military facility that should have never been built.
Inside the dark facility was a metallic contraption consisting of five large concentric metallic rings.
The machine of sorts was bolted firmly to the concrete floors of the facility.
Wires ran off from the device, with some leading to various locations; the most prominent of them connected to a panel that lay a few meters to the side.
The outermost ring began to rotate about the central axis, soon followed by the one slightly smaller than it until all the rings were rotating.
Amidst the rotation, small blue electric arcs flashed illuminating the dark facility and casting the shadows of the five onlookers.
"Is this what you spent half a billion dollars on? Spinning jewelry?" One of the onlookers spat out with clear disdain.