A series of gates is attacked and discontinued. Adventrance units seek to replicate the promising fifth gate for a client that wants its aura for its own world reguardless of what conflict could occur from the gates more hostile inhabitants adventrance units enter the gate and engage in capture missions. Book 1: The Animate  Within the fifth gate, in the captured city of Scur, Adventrance units encounter an army of hostile units called the Animate, those who are holding them hostage seek to manipulate them. They have the ability to multiply thier form with unique individuals or replications of other units and upgrade weapons they replicate with nano built additions rapidly. They are dedicated to thier damaged gate and do not want to leave it but they are hostile and want to rule it by force. Adventrance's armies infiltrate thier city and fight them, attempting tot to kill them in battle but render them unconscious and transfer them to the client world with teleportation...