Attractor Field

An Attractor Field is a cluster of world lines that lead to a single converging point.

While each individual strand or Worldline may have slight deviations in known details, they're ultimately part of the same great structure, or Attractor Field, and yield the same end result.

The divergence number of any given Worldline is a percentage that signifies its difference from any given neighbor.

In simplistic terms, you would write worldlines with a percent sign (%). For example, writing the first Alpha worldline as 0.000000%. However, to better convey when worldlines are part of a specific Attractor field, the lowercase Greek symbol of the named worldline is usually used in place of the percent sign. For example, you would write the first Alpha worldline as 0.000000α.

All Attractor Fields branched off sometime in the past, and eventually, they will all converge onto each other once more. Each Attractor Field shown in the Steins;Gate body of works shall be overviewed here.

Reboot
Almost nothing is known about this world line. After the "Irreversible Reboot" ending, Okabe and Suzuha travel to 1975 together. No divergence value is known.

Omega


The Omega Attractor Field is made up of all Worldlines ranging from -.000000ω to -.999999ω divergence. The starting number is likely '-1', hence the lack of a starting number on the Divergence Meter.

Little is known about the future of worldlines in this Attractor Field. It is vastly different from the others in that Okabe does not start the Future Gadget Lab, nor does he know any of his friends except Faris. On -.275349ω, the only known Omega worldline from Okabe's perspective, he participates in "Rai-Net Access Battlers" tournaments with Faris and is her lover.

It can be assumed that SERN won't complete its time machine in any Omega worldline, because the lab isn't together to create the Phone Microwave and subsequently the Time Leap Machine.

However, none of the aforementioned details guarantee that the future of any Omega worldline is completely safe. The very presence of the Divergence Meter is ominous; it could imply that time travel and the existence of world lines will emerge in this Attractor Field, or else the Divergence Meter would likely cease to exist.

Alpha
The Alpha Attractor Field is made up of all Worldlines ranging from 0.000000α to 0.999999α divergence.

On these Worldlines, Dr. Nakabachi's conference at the Radio Building is cancelled due to a mysterious object crashing into the roof, causing panic throughout the city. Makise Kurisu holds a speech on the implausibility of a Time Machine in Nakabachi's place, and she eventually joins the Future Gadget Lab as a result of Okabe catching her interest. Further experimentation on the design of the PhoneWave leads to the Time Leap Machine, and the attempt by SERN to take control of the result and the people involved to further their own goals.

The closer the divergence number is closer to 0.000000α, the more quickly the final convergent result of the Alpha Attractor Field is achieved as those who align themselves with its schemes achieve power more quickly.

The final convergence of all Alpha worldlines is the completion of the SERN Time Machine and the enslavement of humanity in a Dystopia headed by the Committee of 300.

Beta
The Beta Attractor Field is made up of all Worldlines ranging from 1.000000β to 1.999999β divergence, with the exception of "The Steins Gate," which is divergence number 1.048596%.

On these Worldlines, Dr. Nakabachi's conference at the Radio Building takes place as scheduled, with Rintaro Okabe attending. Shortly afterward, Makise Kurisu is found dead by Okabe, and he in a state of shock sends a text message about it to his friend Daru, unknowingly beginning his journey throughout time.

On most Beta worldlines, Nakabachi steals Kurisu's thesis and defects to Russia, sparking an arms race to secure all known information on the late Makise Kurisu as to successfully build a time machine.

The closer the divergence number is closer to 1.999999β, the more quickly the final convergent result of the Beta Attractor Field is achieved as those who align themselves with its schemes achieve power more quickly.

The final convergent result of the Beta Attractor Field is World War 3, fought over Makise Kurisu's Amadeus data & time travel thesis.

Steins Gate
The Steins Gate Worldline

The Steins Gate worldline carries a divergence number of 1.048596%. As it is under the influence of both the Alpha and Beta Attractor Fields, it does not reach the final convergent result found in either field. Since this worldline doesn't converge upon the Committee of 300 and SERN's dystopia, nor World War 3, there was no need for Suzuha Amane to travel back to 2010 on this worldline.

This worldline is where the true ending of the main plot occurs, and it is dubbed as "Steins Gate" by Okabe. The main draw of this worldline is its unknown future—World War Three over the time travel thesis and SERN's dystopia are averted on it, as well as specific character deaths which were unavoidable on either the Alpha or Beta worldlines encountered in the main story.

As is demonstrated by the rest of the Science Adventure series, the Committee of 300 is still apt to carry out various other schemes in an attempt to take control of the world on this worldline.

Gamma
The Gamma Attractor Field is made up of all Worldlines ranging from 2.000000γ to 2.999999γ divergence.

On these worldlines, Urushibara Luka's mother receives a strange message to her pager with a future date, ultimately resulting in SERN taking control of the world much earlier in comparison to worldlines of the Alpha Attractor Field. Their influence in the shadows is much greater as a result.

Rintaro Okabe and Mayuri Shiina are separated as childhood friends as a result of SERN's plot to cause the Y2K Crash to successfully happen in worldlines of this Attractor Field, which they succeed in due to information gathered from the analyzation of the future text messages.

Okabe lives a twisted dual-life in all known Gamma worldlines, with many details from the Alpha or Beta worldlines to be grimly twisted or reversed as a result of his 7-year separation from Mayuri.

The final convergent result of the Gamma Attractor Field is the completion of the SERN Time Machine and the enslavement of humanity in Dystopia headed by the Committee of 300; however, this time Okabe is working with SERN, and becomes a high-ranking member of the Committee of 300, ruling Japan as the dictator "Hououin Kyouma."

Delta
The Delta Attractor Field is made up of all Worldlines ranging from 3.000000δ to 3.999999δ divergence. This worldline is noted for its seeming peacefulness, with neither the threat of SERN nor World War as a looming threat.

While the PhoneWave does exist much like as known in the Alpha worldlines, it is not central to the Future Gadget Lab's work in Delta worldlines, and instead takes a backseat while they focus on other projects, such as "Darling, You Idiot!" and a dream reading device.

It should be noted that SERN's influence is incredibly weak when the Divergence Number is closer to 3.999999δ, with known pawns of SERN from other Attractor Fields becoming being completely safe individuals in higher Delta divergences who live fulfilling lives as ordinary people. However, as the deviation on the Divergence Meter dips lower, the presence of SERN seems to grow stronger and known members are once again living a secret dual-life.

Trivia
In the anime Robotics;Notes the series starts by showing the numbers 1.048596, those of the Steins Gate world line, on the Divergence Meter.