Gate R-001

Gate R-001 was the first Rift ever created. Enormous compared to succeeding gates, it had a diameter of 189 km and a height of 30 km. Created by Wolf Rayet’s scientists on the Gergovia Sea in Erde, its exit point on Earth formed in California, AR.US. The gate was soon seized by the Rune System, Espelhar Federation, and the Emmerhkia Union, who used it as a staging point for invading Earth.

Gate R-001 became a strategic objective for both Erde and Earth forces during the Otherworldly War, as many of Earth’s militaries made attempts to close it in attempts to stop further incursions by Erde’s troops.

The gate was destroyed a year after it formed by a combined force consisting of AR.US, Heinsen Empire, and other South American countries, at the cost of millions of lives. Its destruction directly led to the formation of the Fractals inside the increasingly unstable Rifts that remained.