Chronosphere
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The Chronosphere was an exceptional device conceived by Albert Einstein during the Great World War II. With its help, Allies could ferry large amounts of ordnance and equipment nearly instantenously to distant locations. (In earlier stages, it was envisioned as a time machine.) With such an effective and immensely powerful technology at their disposal, commanders used the chronosphere device to transport their most powerful units across the map, often behind enemy lines, striking most vulnerable points of the infrastructure.
[edit] History
The first prototypical Chronosphere device was built by Albert Einstein in 1946, although it severely malfunctioned and short circuited. 1 Not abandoning the project, Einstein reworked it and reshaped, this time concentrating on manipulating time and space instead of simply time traveling.
First experiments with the Chronosphere device were promising (they included making an Allied cruiser disappear and reappear, although the experiment had human casualties), and further testing of the device was conducted in research centers outside Leich, Austria. These efforts were almost hampered, as the USSR learned of the proving grounds and moved in for the kill, but they were stopped by the Allies' brilliant commander.
Further testing of the device led to perfection of the control system for this effect (which was the project's focus) and allowed it to be used in the final stages of the Great World War II, the assault on Moscow.)
However, the effect was not fully understood, and military application of the device resulted in the creation of chrono vortexes (rifts in space and time, highly destructive to the environment, people and equipment). For this reason, the project was largely discontinued following the conclusion of the war; military commanders believed that in the absence of world war, the consequences of using such a device outweighed the benefits. Due to the lack of computing power and, power itself, of the chronosphere used at the time, only one unit could be transported at a time, and a automatic recall was put in place to take the unit back to its pre-chronoed position after a set amount of time. For some reason, the device could not be used on enemy units, and finally, the device could not transport Demolition Trucks, which would explode instead of being transported.
After the conflict, the Allies ended their use of the Chronosphere due to the potential damages and disadvantages. The design specifications and inner workings of the chronosphere had been classifed by the Allied Forces, and later lost in the Tiberium Wars. Recently, the Scrin have demonstrated teleporting technology. Whether or not this technology works based on the same principles of the Chronosphere is still under investigation.
[edit] Footnotes
1 Interestingly enough, Einstein was suspected in the disappearance of a convict in Germany as he was being released. The nature of the disappearance - instantly and in a blue flash - may indicate usage of the Chronosphere.
