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technology_and_the_decay [2022/03/07 22:49]
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technology_and_the_decay [2022/05/20 18:38] (current)
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| Necessarily, telecommunications are only capable when protected by a Ship Heart, meaning that much of galactic society developed around a necessity to deliver messages in person or by physical means. Since being able to call on the abilities of Ship Hearts, instantaneous long range communications have been made possible - Startouched in particular can usually communicate with any Ship Heart within the same solar system as them - but in general, the people of the galaxy are more used to face to face interaction over remote contact. | Necessarily, telecommunications are only capable when protected by a Ship Heart, meaning that much of galactic society developed around a necessity to deliver messages in person or by physical means. Since being able to call on the abilities of Ship Hearts, instantaneous long range communications have been made possible - Startouched in particular can usually communicate with any Ship Heart within the same solar system as them - but in general, the people of the galaxy are more used to face to face interaction over remote contact. |
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| Faster Than Light travel has also been made possible in the Cooperation Zeitgeist thanks to the advent of Interstellar Gates - these portals through space allow ships that pass through to travel from one side to the other in a matter of minutes. They are incredibly difficult to set up, however, requiring specialist equipment and planning to do so. | As a result, while technology levels are generally advanced (where protected by a Ship Heart), populations are not as globally (or galactically) connected as one might expect. On a single spaceship, where everything is protected from decay and the whole ship has wired networks throughout, there may be a public communications network that looks something like a local area network. However, planetside communications or communication between spaceships will require specific technology such as a [[https://planetfall.oxfordlarp.com/specialist#communicator|Communicator]]. This means that the ever-present communication methods which players may OC expect (phones, satellite networks, the internet) do not exist in //Planetfall//, and people do not usually carry equipment long-distance communication on them unless they are specifically equipped for a communications role. |
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| | Faster Than Light travel has also been made possible in the Cooperation Zeitgeist thanks to the advent of Interstellar Gates - these portals through space allow ships that pass through to travel from one side to the other in a matter of minutes. They are incredibly difficult to set up, however, requiring specialist equipment and planning to do so. Communications cannot pass through an Interstellar Gate unless the data/message is taken on a ship that is physically passing through the Gate from one side to the other. |
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