I suppose the ship that was beaming energy into the sun (and had an energy connection to the "gospel" or whatever that other ship was called), left through the "portal"?<br/><br/>Is the portal stable?  That is, is it going to remain open, and could they return through it... or could other things come out of it?<br/><br/>What do we know about the portal, anyway?  Actually, you called it a "spacial anomaly" once... which is kind of unspecific.  You never actually said it goes anywhere, aside from calling it a portal, which implies that it does.