[quote=@Armed Forces]
<Snipped quote by Tank O The Lake>

The bigger picture that you small lot are already aware of. Existence. Or, as those not experienced in the terminology of the interdimensional might call it, the omniverse.
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I'm afraid many more than you believe are already aware.  The Gateway is supposed to work by passing its cargo through a spatially-contracted section of Existence and back, shortening millions of light-years to a few meters.  When my colleague broke it, the thread was severed, "leaking" anything it tried to transport into Existence.  The people, though, may not be ready.  I can already imagine the religious crises that would cause.