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Galactic Registered Phenomena: 601

Object Class: Alpha - White

Hazard Types: Extra-Dimensional Hazard, Emotional Hazard.

Additional Properties: Immeasurable Hazard

PRIORITY 1 FLEET-WIDE ALERT / GRP-601:
THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT IS A PRIORITY 1 ALERT FOR ALL CORPS PERSONNEL. ALL STANDARD DUTIES ARE SUSPENDED.

Effective immediately upon receipt of this message, 5th, 6th and 9th fleets are retasked to Epsilon Pegasi, and will proceed there at maximum safe speed. Fleet logistics units will detach to rendezvous at Alpha Andromedae to commence the immediate relocation of the A. Andromedae Mobile Fleet Yard to Epsilon Pegasi.

Upon arrival, Fleet forces will deploy to commence large-scale exploration of GRP-601; current containment documentation is attached to this message. Logistics forces will commence the production of as many exploratory probes as is feasible given available materials; current command estimates place production rates at 350 functional probes within the next 30 standard days provided triple shifts are undertaken.

All personnel not currently assigned to 5th, 6th and 9th fleets, or involved in essential containment, exploratorr, or security duties, are requested to consider volunteering for the GRP-601 Human Exploration Program. Preliminary details to follow.

This is an extraordinary request, but the nature of GRP-601 presents what could be an extraordinary opportunity.

-Fleet Admiral Kinnison

Containment Protocols: GRP-601 is currently stored in a standard Alpha-class reinforced shipping container in Main Bay 2 of GRPCS Symphony1. In order to preserve ongoing drone exploration efforts, the current cover arrangement of the item must not be removed or unmade.

Description: GRP-601 is a handmade wooden bedframe of unknown origins. Whenever a mattress and sheets2 are placed on the bedframe and the bed is made3, the volume between the sheets and the mattress will become connected to an extradimensional space of apparently infinite size, designated GRP-601-1.

GRP-601-1 is infinite but bounded; while it expands endlessly4 in all directions, it maintains a consistent "floor" matching the texture and material of the mattress placed on the bed, and a "ceiling" of the same material as the sheet(s) placed on the bed. All attempts to damage or alter these surfaces while within GRP-601-1 have failed. While the expanse of sheet and mattress are as flexible and pliable as their base materials, they are impenetrable to any and all forms of scanning currently available to the Corps. Natural folds and draping of the sheet surface blocks line of sight and make radio communications inconsistent, especially at long ranges. The sheet ceiling has been observed to slowly undulate at random, apparently in response to pressure from whatever space or reality lies on its other side. While GRP-601-1 contains a human-breathable oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere containing no unusual trace elements, probes have observed that the average temperature and air pressure within the space slightly decreases in proportion to the distance from the entrance to the anomaly.

In the event that the sheets on GRP-601 are removed, all connections between baseline reality and the extradimensional space are severed cleanly at the edge of the bedframe; no equipment or personnel which has previously been "disconnected" from baseline reality has ever been recovered when re-opening GRP-601-1.

GRPC-601 induces a series of sensory effects in living beings which, while not harmful, are difficult to quantify. Rangers and test personnel, regardless of species, have reported GRP-601-1 being faintly illuminated by a dim glow radiating through the sheets5, the occasional impression of presences "leaning" or "looking over" the sheets, often accompanied by distant murmuring or soft speech sounds, and an overwhelming feeling of comfort or relaxation. Notably, these feelings have been noted even by Rangers of species which lack cultural equivalents for beds or bedding.

Rangers who sleep or rest withing GRP-601-1 invariably report having pleasant and vivid dreams, as well as a growing conviction that there is an "exit" to GRP-601-1; the strength of this conviction appears to grow proportionally to the number of times a subject has slept within the extradimensional space. Personnel nearly always become convinced that their dreams are an experience of whatever is "on the other side" of GRP-601-1. While these beliefs are not overriding and do not induce irrational or suicidal behavior, personnel who have experienced them and returned from GRP-601-1 via its entrance usually request repeat access or express strong desires to go further. To date, 13 individual test subjects and volunteers who have explored GPR-601-1 have not returned. Their remains, if any, have not been located.

Addendum: At [TIMESTAMP REDACTED], GRP-601 drone operators detected a faint radio signal emanating from withing GRP-601-1. The message, broadcast in Morse code on standard GRPC long-range frequencies, repeated the following message 18 times before ceasing.

The stars back there are bright and cold ~ You've wandered to the kingdom's wall
and home seems far away. ~ Poor lambs, in chrome and steel
I won't go back, for all my gold. ~ This trespass reeks of pride and gall
I've wandered, far astray. ~ How dare you think you're real?
But in this endless restfulness, ~ What lies 'twixt worlds is ours, not yours
still I know, for what it's worth ~ You learned this on the ice
That lying here, at the edge of sleep ~ This seeking for your home ensures
I can see the Earth. ~ We'll make you pay the price.

Reception of the signal involved a periodic shifting of the sheets within RPC-601, exposing a clear "corridor" or opening to a depth of approximately 120,000km. During the 4.5-minute interval in which the message was recieved, monitoring cameras placed at the opening of GRP-601 recorded light emanating from the far end of the corridor. The optical signature of this recorded light is a 99.85% match for that of the Terrestrial atmosphere.


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