Ring Relay

The Ring Relay, or just the Ring, is a teleportation device that operates on a directional signal. There are two large oblelisks on the side which connect to an enormously tall spire. In order to make a proper connection, two spires must be aligned, but due to rotation and orbit, this can prove to be chalenging.

The Hub
The Ring Relay Signal Hub, or the Hub, resolves the problem of the spires needing to be aligned by using jet boosters to rotate the station in order to intercept the signal. The station then rotatates again to correctly point to the destination.

"Apparently, this hub was built in an attempt to properly connect different planets. It was hard to point a spire at another spire due to rotation and orbit. So the Hub was built to combat this problem. The Hub receives a signal and, using huge thrusters that put out over 10k Gs, rotates to the desired destination planet. It then relays the signal on to the destination, provided that the Hub was not your intended destination in the first place. The only problem is that a glitch occasionally occurs when passing through the Hub where the last saved postion of the user gets corrupted, causing entities traveling through the ring to potentially be launched out, instead of walking out. This is usually avoided by opening a portal to the Hub and then scheduling another activation. This takes takes longer though, and people tend to be distracted by the Hub's many attractions, such as it's super-mall"

"Fun fact: The mist you see when opening a portal is actually just air! When a portal opens up, it shoots several bolts of lightning supercharged by the sun at mind-boggling speeds. This lightning is commonly referred to as "flare lightning." Usually it's invisible, but when struck by another bolt causes the air to light up and sparkle, producing the mist that is seen. When this lightning is channeled properly, as it is with the Ring Relay, it allows for the demolecularisation and rapid transport of an entity."

--Taken from the in game book The Evolution of Interstellar Transportation: The Ring Relay Signal Hub

Origin
The origin of the Rings is currently unknown. It may or may not be revealed in the up and coming Chapter Three.

Trivia

 * If an object does not completely enter the Ring when it is activated, it will disperse into the mist.
 * If an object is not completely through the ring when it closes, the part inside will cease to exist, and the part outside will be severed from the other.