Subspace radio

Subspace radio is the primary long range communication method used throughout UEG and Commonwealth space.
== Overview ==
Efficient communication between star systems is possible thanks to extensive networks of comm buoys that can "daisy-chain" a transmission. Each individual buoy is connected to the others in the network via quantum tunnel. Tightbeam communications lasers are piped through these "Q-threads", allowing virtually instantaneous communication to anywhere on the network. The intrasystem networks connect across interstellar space via communications carrier hubs, which boast exponentially more powerful transceivers than the smaller buoys.
Within a star system, the only delay is the light lag between the source and destination. So long as all parties remain within half a light second (150,000 km) of one another, seamless real time communications are possible. At interplanetary or interstellar distances, secure encrypted data packets are sent along the network.