The Window

As a global peacekeeping taskforce, UNION has taken on the responsibility of monitoring potential threats to the safety and security of the entire planet. Sometimes these come from within, other times they arrive from outer space or another realm, but equally dangerous are the threats that originate in other dimensions. In order to monitor these, UNION established The Window, a facility designed to allow scientists and data analysts to interpret information from other universes.

The Window is built on an incursion point under the Great Salt Lake in Utah, a location where the barriers between this world and the ones around it are naturally weaker, which makes creating a Viewport into other universes far easier. The central room of the facility contains the Viewport, a large screen on which a live feed of data from other known universes can be viewed. This is surrounded by hundreds of workstations, each manned by a team of three employees whose responsibility is to monitor the activity taking place in a single other dimension.

The staff who occupy the Window are a collaborative workforce employed by UNION-M, the division responsible for monitoring magical threats, and UNION-D, the group tasked with identifying extra-dimensional activities. Staff from UNION-M monitor realms such as the Great Subconscious and many of the realms of Heaven; while those from UNION-D keep an eye on the Void, the Null Dimension and the hundreds of parallel and alternate realities that border on this one.

Owing to its inaccessible location and long working hours associated with the various roles, the Window has a large number of residential areas surrounding the main facility, offering free accommodation to staff members during the working week. There are a small handful of employees who choose to remain on-site at all times, but most stay a maximum of five days a week, preferring to spend weekends with friends and family.

Due to the sensitivity of the incursion point the facility is built on with regards to the fabric of the universe, security around the Window is some of the highest of any UNION facility. A small army of highly-trained security staff occupy the facility at all times, and employees are subject to extensive background checks before being offered a position. In many cases five years continuous service within UNION is required before an applicant can join the team at the Window, but the compensation and benefits of the roles are significant, making it a sought-after workplace for many employees of the organisation as a whole.