V.G.D.'s second experimental base, outdoor testing ground.
"Gravity parameters stable. Spatial anchor locked."
Jane Foster wore a white lab coat and held a data tablet, her gaze intent.
"Interstellar jump experiment, September 24, 2014. Trial 226, Group Two.
"This experiment is intended to test the stability of the connection. No specific coordinates have been set. The program has randomly selected an active spatial node to connect to."
Under her direction, dozens of Vought technicians worked around a massive ring-shaped device.
"Professor Selvig, how are the phase readings?" Jane called out.
Not far away, Professor Eric Selvig hunched over a console, waving his hands excitedly.
Ever since the Mind Scepter had "enlightened" him during the Battle of New York, the professor had remained on the edge of a manic high, but his mind had also become extraordinarily active.
"Perfect! Absolutely perfect, Jane!"
Professor Selvig's face was flushed with excitement as he waved a homemade instrument that looked rather like a detector.
"With the data you brought back from Asgard, the theoretical model for the Rosen Bridge is finally complete! We no longer have to rely on an astronomical phenomenon like the nine-realm convergence. We can make our own wormhole! Artificial! Controllable!"
Jane's eyes lit up. Then she turned toward a brawny man carrying a heavy lead box.
The man wore an ordinary gray work T-shirt, its sleeves stretched tight around his biceps. He carried a coolant tank weighing several hundred kilograms as if it were a bag of cotton.
Thor Odinson.
Once the God of Thunder. Now... the lab's senior porter.
"Thor, pour the coolant into tank three," Jane instructed.
"On it, boss."
Thor answered promptly. He walked up to tank three, opened a valve that normally required hydraulic pliers with one hand, and poured in the coolant with a steady