"A transportation mechanism leading to the galactic core? I can't imagine why such a device would be of much use."

He was still trying piece together an answer. Having a theory at least gave him a place to begin in trying to find a way back to Oa.

"I suppose it could be possible that energy feedback from the stellar activity at the other relay could cause this one to malfunction, creating a rift in the dimensional barrier...though you make it sound as if this phenomenon is recent, which means the relay was previously capable of withstanding that kind of energy flux...how frequently has the relay been displaying this behavior?"