K-Gates

Quick Overview
A portal through which a Train can pass from one point in space to another, often many hundreds of light years in distance. Their 'exact' nature is known only to the Guardians.There are 964 K-Gates in the Network, around 30 are disused though (see Dog Star Line). According to Raven there is another 'Network' of K-Gates of which the Guardians refuse to let humanity use (see Hive Monks, Insect Lines)

K-Gate creation
A K-Gate is created by a worm, which lays the foundation as well as the tracks leading to the K-Gate. The worm also requires a small black sphere referred to as the Pyxis.

Travelling through K-Gates
In Railhead (book) the Narrator mentions that only Train can pass through a K-Gate, although on numerous accounts this is proved to be slightly untrue, as Flex's tags and Maintenance Spiders seem to also get through outside the Train.In addition The Damask Rose mentions, "'That Machine [the worm] is not travelling fast enough to pass through a K-Gate.'"The journey through a K-gate is usually instantaneous however the Galatava to Khorsaandi runs 0.7 seconds slow, in addition Nokomis to Luna Verde is rumoured to run a few seconds fast, with passengers appearing several seconds before they leave Nokomis.

Notable Stations/Events/Places:
The Gate at Burj-al-Badr is completely exposed and is fully visible to passengers.

The First gate was discovered on Mars by the Guardians or their probes, according to Raven the Guardians only took credit for the K-Gates and were lying when they said they built it themselves.

Desdemor is the site of the 'nine-hundred-and-sixty-fith' K-Gate, created by Raven and the Pyxis.

K energy:
According to the belief of humanity only the Guardians know how a K-gate works, however Raven claims to know the inner workings after searching for years in the Datasea. Also the Damask Rose mentions K-energy given off. (see KH,K-bahn,K-energy)