Tannhäuser Gate

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Imean, Rutger Hauer, how brilliant was he? How could you not be swept away by the very name of this thing? Who would not just die to know what a Tannhäuser Gate is?

It’s like a gateway to a wormhole in the space-time continuum or something. But not just a portal to the multiverse — its one with some kind of mythical, Wagnerian dimension to it; a war — GLITTERING WITH C-BEAMS! — C-beams! It is truly a war of the ages, to end all wars, an alpha, and omega a twilight of the Gods ——

Talk about space opera, man.

See also

• 2008 ISDA Master Agreement
• Omega
• Means of production