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In addition, as starships continued to grow in size over the years, it was discovered that large ships more easily "run aground" in the Shoals, unable to engage their warp drives entirely. This leaves them easy targets for pirates and bandits. After the infamous loss of the freighter ''Constantinople'' in 2314, Starfleet advised that no ships with a mass larger than 2,000,000 metric tons (about the size of an {{c|Excelsior}}) may enter the Shoals. Warp speed limits were instituted shortly afterward. Numerous shipwrecks throughout the area remain as landmarks for locals and memorials to those who did not heed such warnings. | In addition, as starships continued to grow in size over the years, it was discovered that large ships more easily "run aground" in the Shoals, unable to engage their warp drives entirely. This leaves them easy targets for pirates and bandits. After the infamous loss of the freighter ''Constantinople'' in 2314, Starfleet advised that no ships with a mass larger than 2,000,000 metric tons (about the size of an {{c|Excelsior}}) may enter the Shoals. Warp speed limits were instituted shortly afterward. Numerous shipwrecks throughout the area remain as landmarks for locals and memorials to those who did not heed such warnings. | ||
As the tetryon fields shift and cause "storms" and weathers, the Federation Science Council started Operation Shoal Bank in 2299 to map out and predict the movements to provide better warning to both starship traffic, in-system installations, and in rare occurences, when it even threatened installations and colonies. This revealed an oddity - instead of decreasing with the square of the distance as was normal with most phenomenon, the intensity of the field strength overall tended to decrease linerally, and was centered in an entirely unreachable point in the Shoals as of 2398.<ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-veritas/c/882cl5k_Z9I/m/7beAjAioAQAJ "Presentation"], Lt. JG Zhanyt Lafizatar, {{USS|Veritas}}, SD239801.26</ref> | |||
==The Shadows== | ==The Shadows== | ||