Let me setup a metaphorical visual on how a typical interdimensional trip works (DO NOT TAKE LITERALLY).
Let’s say you have a large TUBE. Let’s call the center of this tube THE DEAD CENTER. Within the dead center is a BALL
At THE ENDS of the tube let’s say there are two FANS. Each fan has a MOTOR that controls how the fan functions, a POWER SOURCE to make it work, and they move at the same speed.
When the LEFT FAN is turned on It’s going to push the ball towards the fan on the right.
When the RIGHT FAN s turned on, it will push the ball towards the fan on the left.
Now let’s turn on both fans at the same time. The same amount of force is holding the ball in the center.
Now for the sake of this example, let’s give the ball legs. The ball can now move freely around this tube now that both fans are giving an even amount of wind pressure.
But as stated before if one fan is on, the ball has to go where the current pushes it (in this case the opposite end)
With that all laid out, let’s switch some terms for a better understanding:
TUBE = THE DIMENTIONAL RIFT PATH
THE DEAD CENTER = THE CORE
BALL = SUBJECT
THE ENDS = DOORS TO THE DIMENTIONAL RIFT
FANS = LASERS
LEFT FAN = DIMENTION A
RIGHT FAN = DIMENTION B
MOTOR = THE DIMENTION DIAMOND
POWER SOURCE = POWERSOURCE FOR THE COORDINATOR and EXPLORER
So, here’s essentially how the trip works.
As stated before, The Coordinator decides your what dimension you’re going to travel to (dimension B). When a location is selected the first muzzle of the laser will shoot to open the door to the dimensional rift. When opened the other muzzle will shoot the other dimension diamond into the dimensional rift, where it will travel down the dimensional rift path towards Dimension B. When it hits its destination the dimension diamond will act as a key of some kind that opens the portal to Dimension B to let travelers land in it.
The path will stay open for others to travel into the dimensional rift down the path towards Dimension B. They will only move in one way the entire time one laser fires.
The trip should take no more than minute. The first 15 seconds include the subject heading towards the core. When they reach the core, it will turn the subject into the inhabitant of Dimension B/A using transmitted data from the corresponding dimension. This process takes 30 seconds. The remaining 15 seconds is the trip from the core to Dimension B.
When the Coordinator laser is turned off the door to the dimensional rift will close. But the path will remain open. When the Coordinator is turned back on the it will automatically lock onto the other dimension diamond in Dimension B, then open the door thus revealing the path.
Now to get back to Dimension A, this is where the explorer comes in.
As mentioned before, the dimension diamond is essentially the only thing needed to go to Dimension B (basically the keys to the door to the dimensional rift in Dimension B), but The Explorer laser is your only means of physically getting back to Dimension A.
So, let’s say The Explorer is in Dimension B. In order to get back home you must shoot a portal to open the door to the dimensional rift. Now unlike The Coordinator, the explorer doesn’t shoot the dimension diamond through the dimensional rift path. Instead it Uses the dimension diamond to signal in on its twin.
Upon entering the portal, the dimension diamond in The Explorer will close the entrance to Dimension B. As the subject travels back they are essentially erasing the path in the dimensional rift (note this path will not be fully destroyed until the subject reaches Dimension A and the portal closes).
When the subject enters Dimension A they must attach The Explorer to the side slot of The Coordinator thus making the diamonds touch and closing the path between each dimensions. PLEASE BE AWARE, you cannot choose a new dimension to travel to until both dimension diamonds have touched and been reunited.
So shooting off one laser equals a one way trip. But when BOTH lasers are shooting at the same time it makes things function differently. By doing this both lasers will open the
door to the dimensional rift from both ends. Because of this, the subject won’t head towards the nearest destination. Instead they can now move FREELY within the dimensional rift path.
If one laser shuts off while a subject moving freely in the dimensional rift path, they will be forced towards the only other opening.
Nothing to it really.