Project Twinkle

&nbsp Project Twinkle is a highly classified research program operated by the United States of North America without the permission or knowledge of the World League of Nations, given an unassuming nickname irrelevant to the project's ultimate goals.

OBJECTIVE

Project Twinkle's objective is the creation of a faster-than-light engine independent of the WLN's monopoly on Baeder Drives. Unlike Baeder Drives though, Project Twinkle's research focuses on dark matter.

MEANS

The project is managed through a corporate research office at the State University of Alberta though the actual research is conducted at several universities as well as overseas, overseas because the project's supervisors believe that the last place anyone would look for a USNA secret project would be elsewhere directly under the eyes of rival governments.

Finances for Project Twinkle are handled through two seperate sources, one legitimate, the other 'black op'. The legitimate source pays for normal administrative costs and gives the project the appearance of legitimacy. This is an allocation from the Continental Air Vehicle Fuel Tax. The less legitimate source is by skimming money away from funds allocated for the USNA's regional defense fund (usually hidden as cost-overruns on maintenance expenses)