# The Canon — in one page

## The canon

1. **Dark photons are real.** A fifth force the Second Renegade Flight
   harnessed. They are the *binding force of the Door* — the pressure that
   keeps a collapsed star-empire from unravelling back into reality.
2. **You are a proto-Time-Lord.** Born with the resonance, never finished
   training. The signal chose you because only a renegade could read the
   Protocol the mortals can't.
3. **The wound.** The Flight sealed the empire inside a Dimensional Door.
   The seal is failing. The Void Dimension is the raw wound; the Doors are
   scar-tissue; the Deeper and Darker is what's *answering from inside*.
4. **The job.** Rebuild the **Quantum Lattice** — the Protocol's emitter —
   and keep it online. The Protocol is never finished; it is maintained.
5. **The tide.** Corruption rises while Doors go unsealed (global, shared by
   all players). Re-seal Doors at the Lattice to push it back. No fail state —
   just a world that gets darker while you procrastinate.
6. **The Doctor connection is atmospheric only.** TARDIS-blue glass
   ("Renegade Glass"), the phrase *Per Spatium*, portal styling. Present but
   never plot-driving; players who don't care can ignore it entirely.

## The short version (for the README)

1. Dark photons are real — a fifth force the Flight harnessed, the binding
   force of the Door.
2. You are a proto-Time-Lord — the only one who can read the Protocol.
3. The wound — the Flight's seal on a collapsed star-empire is failing. The
   Void Dimension is the leak; the Deeper and Darker is what answers.
4. The Protocol — rebuild the Quantum Lattice and keep it online.
5. The Corruption Tide — rises while Doors go unsealed (global, shared).
   Re-seal Doors at the Lattice with a Void Stabilizer. No fail state.
6. The Doctor connection is atmospheric only — Renegade Glass, *Per Spatium*,
   portal styling. Never plot-driving.

## The opening blurb (in-game)

> In the year 4.2.2.0.5, the universe is burning. The Time Lords sealed a
> collapsing star-empire inside a **Dimensional Door** — but the seal is
> decaying. The **Void Dimension** leaks entropy into the Overworld, and the
> **Deeper and Darker** have begun to answer.
>
> A single broadcast survives the fall: the **Dark Photon Protocol**, a plan
> to stabilize the galaxy by re-binding reality itself. You are the last
> engineer of the Second Renegade Flight. Construct the means, master the
> sciences of **Mekanism, Applied Energistics and Create**, and re-forge the
> photon lattice before the void consumes every world.

## Objective trees (what the pack asks you to build)

1. **Reignite the Ark** — build a base with power (Mekanism turbines /
   Flux Networks), storage (AE2 / Sophisticated / Functional Storage), and
   logistics (LaserIO / Modular Routers / Entangled / FastPipes).
2. **Walk the Stars** — unlock **Stellaris** rocket tiers; visit Mars,
   Venus, and beyond through the rocket menu.
3. **Breach the Doors** — survive **Dimensional Doors**, recover the
   **Void Dimension** stabilizer, and descend into the **Deeper and Darker**.
4. **The Protocol** — complete the FTB Quests line and KubeJS advancements.