Pulse beacon relay

The pulse beacon relay is a method of communication used by Goddard Futuristics to keep in touch with distant space stations like the Hephaestus. It allows instantaneous communication over long distances, which violates special relativity possibly using the same means as faster-than-light transport.
The Hephaestus is equipped with a pulse beacon relay receiver, but return messages use a slower (although still faster-than-light) messaging system that takes two weeks to arrive back to Earth. There is also a secret transmitter on board, whose existence is only known about by Hilbert until he reveals it in Deep Breaths. The crew are able to use this to communicate in real time with Mr. Cutter.
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