From 3829e946ffa1d3955d08081b39e65094ac21ac23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Grok Agent <grok@noreply.143.198.27.163>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:53:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [grok] Energy beam connecting Batcave terminal to the sky
 (#86) (#370)

---
 app.js | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 6482a49..e710422 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -1341,6 +1341,30 @@ const energyBeamMaterial = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({
 const energyBeam = new THREE.Mesh(energyBeamGeometry, energyBeamMaterial);
 energyBeam.position.set(ENERGY_BEAM_X, ENERGY_BEAM_Y + ENERGY_BEAM_HEIGHT / 2, ENERGY_BEAM_Z);
 scene.add(energyBeam);
+    // Energy beam from Batcave terminal to sky - connection to outside world
+    const beamGeometry = new THREE.CylinderGeometry(0.5, 2, 1000, 32, 32, true);
+    const beamMaterial = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({
+      color: NEXUS.colors.accent,
+      emissive: NEXUS.colors.accent,
+      emissiveIntensity: 0.8,
+      opacity: 0.6,
+      transparent: true,
+      side: THREE.BackSide
+    });
+    const energyBeam = new THREE.Mesh(beamGeometry, beamMaterial);
+    energyBeam.position.set(-50, 500, -50); // Centered above Batcave terminal area
+    energyBeam.rotation.x = Math.PI / 2;
+    NEXUS.scene.add(energyBeam);
+    NEXUS.animations.push({
+      object: energyBeam,
+      property: 'material.opacity',
+      start: 0.3,
+      end: 0.6,
+      duration: 2000,
+      ease: 'Quadratic.InOut',
+      loop: true,
+      yoyo: true
+    });
 
 // === RUNE RING ===
 // 12 Elder Futhark rune sprites in a slow-orbiting ring around the center platform.