All Phantoms knew that to reach territories or carry out missions, they needed transportation. For the weakest Phantoms, these were simple trucks that moved around the Citadel in the nearest areas.
Then, fighter jets came into play, and the stronger the Phantom became, the more advanced and faster fighter jets they got to use. Their time was valuable, and the mission department did everything possible to transport them to mission zones within hours rather than days.
But, over time, even that became insufficient.
To help the K3 and K4 Phantoms, the Citadel built spires on the borders of distant territories. Each spire had a teleport, a more complex device that used anomaly energy to cover huge distances almost instantly.
The spires had only one drawback—there were so many of them that the Citadel couldn't protect each one. That's why the spires were located on the borders of the Dark Shore or Tarnished Lands rather than within their territories.
