Oh Gawd the ideas running through my head… I hope your happy M Fnord. I *NEED* my brain power for work…
OK, breaking this down into sub sections as I work my way through things.
The Network
So the gates work LIKE a data net. This implies a few things:
a) The gates have ridiculous range, practically NO limits on range at all. Why this conclusion? Well, the gates can’t work exactly a data network, otherwise they’d have to be more like Stargate universe style stargates (which are matter/energy converters like Star Trek transporters, but coupled to wormholes to go FTL). Nothing so far written about the gates indicates this style. Thus the gates are ALL point-to-point. The data net-like form must come about by the gates passing messages between them to work out the distance/orientation/motion parameters so the wormhole can form.
IF the gate network IS, in fact, spread across the galaxy, that gives a range of roughly 100,000ly (depending on your estimate of the Milky Way’s diameter). Add in orbiting dwarfs and we’re adding another zero to the end of that.
b) the gates have a comms network between them with superior range and speed to Interwave comms. If it’s a QEC network, it’s superior to the current Fen QEC network in throughput.
c) there HAS to be some sort of busy signal. I very much doubt multiple gates can connect to a single destination at the same time. No-one’s tried it yet to see.
The image of the net you are showing only has 23 gates on it, rather than the several dozen talked about in the text. Unless the other gates are above or below the gates shown. That would be interesting too…
Aliens
So the Soviets have discovered Gardener tech?
This also means we have THREE confirmed alien species: The Squiddies (via beacon signal), The Gardeners, and The Gatebuilders.
The Interstellar Civilisation Project
OK, not only does this provide SO MUCH fodder for the conspiracy fora, but what does it mean for the Fen? We’ve jumped a whole lot by the Wave, are we screwing up the plan at this point?
I won’t get into the whole question of ‘did someone seed the Wave to screw with the Project?’, given we know the gates use a form of wave…
OK, breaking this down into sub sections as I work my way through things.
The Network
So the gates work LIKE a data net. This implies a few things:
a) The gates have ridiculous range, practically NO limits on range at all. Why this conclusion? Well, the gates can’t work exactly a data network, otherwise they’d have to be more like Stargate universe style stargates (which are matter/energy converters like Star Trek transporters, but coupled to wormholes to go FTL). Nothing so far written about the gates indicates this style. Thus the gates are ALL point-to-point. The data net-like form must come about by the gates passing messages between them to work out the distance/orientation/motion parameters so the wormhole can form.
IF the gate network IS, in fact, spread across the galaxy, that gives a range of roughly 100,000ly (depending on your estimate of the Milky Way’s diameter). Add in orbiting dwarfs and we’re adding another zero to the end of that.
b) the gates have a comms network between them with superior range and speed to Interwave comms. If it’s a QEC network, it’s superior to the current Fen QEC network in throughput.
c) there HAS to be some sort of busy signal. I very much doubt multiple gates can connect to a single destination at the same time. No-one’s tried it yet to see.
The image of the net you are showing only has 23 gates on it, rather than the several dozen talked about in the text. Unless the other gates are above or below the gates shown. That would be interesting too…
Aliens
So the Soviets have discovered Gardener tech?
Quote: FastJack: We think that because we’ve found Gardner work outside of the Builder network, like the aeroforming platform at Annwyn. But…
This also means we have THREE confirmed alien species: The Squiddies (via beacon signal), The Gardeners, and The Gatebuilders.
The Interstellar Civilisation Project
OK, not only does this provide SO MUCH fodder for the conspiracy fora, but what does it mean for the Fen? We’ve jumped a whole lot by the Wave, are we screwing up the plan at this point?
I won’t get into the whole question of ‘did someone seed the Wave to screw with the Project?’, given we know the gates use a form of wave…