Ansibles

are a theoretical invention of Rose Clintock's for instantaneous 1-bit communication. The design is currently trade-secret and owned by General Etheric.
== Design ==
The ansible is divided into two components: the emitter and receiver. The emitter manipulates the fabric of the aether in a manner detectable to the receiver. This is accomplishes through a "pulling" of etheric energy. A tube of quicksilver moves the energy from in front of the device to behind it, in a manner reminiscent of a heat pump. This disturbance is detectable at any distance, though it becomes increasingly weak the further the receiver is from the emitter.
This "wireless" design is easily subject to unintended disruption by ambient aetheric storms or passing spaceships. Intentional disruption is therefore even easier. To combat this, an additional piece of infrastructure is added to permanent installations of the ethernet: an insulated cable filled with etheric energy. The device is scaled down and simply manipulates the energy inside the cable rather than the aether at large. These cables are then bundled together and wrapped in a protective layer.
The energy for these devices is proposed to come from a series of partial etheric dams to facilitate co-existence with space travel.
Category:Communications