Editing Occurrence Border (section)

=== The Front ===

The most noticeable feature of the Occurrence Border is its length, or lack there of. The reason for this is that, well, the front fell off. Repeatedly. 

Honestly it's what probably started the whole downward spiral that made the ship what it is today.

*First Time
The Captain attempted to latch onto a space-hulk and drag it out of the warp, ended with the spacehulk being slightly larger and the ship being shorter.

*Second Time
The jagged new front section is left exposed during subsequent warp travels. Without it's original forward shielding, or the installation of any replacements, warp contamination quickly builds. After it becomes apparent that the problem will not go away if ignored, the contaminated area is cut away and walled off into a new prow.

*Third Time 
In a hurry to get somewhere, the Captain attempts to push through some warp turbulence by turbo-charging Gellar field generator and flooring it. The ship gets about 1/5th of the way in before the field flickered and an emergency de-warp was triggered. The front section does not de-warp cleanly, and the Gellar field isn't in good shape either. After a long, slow voyage to a shipyard, the contaminated area is once again cut away and walled off into a new prow.

*Fourth Time
The damaged Gellar field is replaced with seven small refurbished models. The front-most one goes out on the ship's first journey after refit. Since repeatedly having a shipyard cut off then reseal the tainted bow has been a major drain on funds, an alternative is proposed. The ship is brought close to a star, and the void shields are lowered, melting the tainted section away and forming a sort of forward shield at the same time. Despite the incredibly blinding stupidity of this idea, it winds up working fairly well. This event left the ship with its trademark squashed-butter bow.

*Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Etc. Time
Hasn't happened. Yet. Give it time, it's practically inevitable.