What Makes a Nexus: The Curzt’cla Debate
By definition, a Nexus is a Universe with an unusual concentration of stable portals in one section, such as a planet. It used to be generally presumed that to achieve the Nexus label, the portals needed to be naturally occurring as well as table. However, Curzt’cla, a strange (by our standards) Universe with advanced technology (again, by our standards), is trying to claim Nexus status after unearthing several ancient objects that portals seem to congregate around.
After studying the historical records of Curzt’cla’s dominant creatures, the Arghii(singular: Arghus), it was found that the objects were old portal generators built centuries back when the Arghii tried to implement a immigration/trade system to several other universes. When that plan failed, the Arghii abandoned their generators and went on to other projects. The generators were only recently unearthed and found to still be in working order.
Most of the Multiverse community rejected Curzt’cla’s claim to a Nexus label since very few portals to that Universe were found to be natural occurrences, and several of those were unstable. However, some support the Arghii and are fighting for a re-writing of the definition of a Nexus. Little ground has been made by the supporters, but for the moment Curzt’cla bears the label of “neo-nexus,” a title typically given to whiny sentients whose Universe just barely misses the mark for Nexus classification.
Personally, I prefer creating a new label: the Artificial Nexus. Like it sounds, an A.N. denotes a Universe whose technological and scientific level allows for the creation of numerous stable artificial portals and has done so. If the idiom that books are gateways to other worlds is taken seriously, then our own Universe may actually be an Artificial Nexus. Unfortunately, not many people would view that as a good idea, since our Universe currently bears the title of Nexus Prime, the first classified Nexus.