Communications

## Description

Cross-sector and Interstellar communications is handled via small portals

Deltan Escape

#### Exodus Century

During the Exodus century, people communicated across interstellar distances by physically taking messages through portals. For the people living in London and New York, they tossed handwritten messages through hot-wired portals. For interstellar messages, humanity used a data chip courier system.

#### 26th Century

The technology to make cross-sector calls was newly introduced at the beginning of the 26th century. The use of this technology was critical during the Thetis Chaos year and the fate of humanity hinged on its success.

### Secure Communication

The Military has technology to prevent eavesdroppers from listening into classified or private conversations. This technology can be in a number of different forms, such as a glowing, handheld pyramid or a special feature on a lookup.

## Interstellar Comms Portal Network

The interstellar comms relay network is used to transmit messages, both recorded and live, across the sectors of humanity. Compared to portals used to transfer humans across those distances, comms portals are quite small and simple. The comms portals stay open continuously, even through solar storms, though during the Carrington Event in 2789, the comms network went down for a few days.

Because messages have to be transmitted through a series of portals, there can be substantial relay lag for live calls stretching across the space of humanity. Generally, as the distance between two planets and sectors increases, so does the relay lag. However, in frontier sectors, the length of the relay lag is also substantially influenced by the low number of comms portal relay routes. To accommodate live calls with comms relay lag, it helps the speakers to be relaxed and use established gestures to indicate the speaker is done.

Comms Portal Relay Lag Time Lengths (Two Way)

## Fortuna

When the alien home world was discovered, there was concern over whether or not the technology on the probe would be enough for the aliens to discover portal technology. The technology the probe carried was basic enough that the issue was averted.

Because the comms relay lag between Earth and Fortuna is 5.7 seconds one-way and 11.4 seconds two-way, Colonel Nia Stone swiftly decided that Alien Contact Command needed to move to Zeta Sector. Because Fortuna is incompatible with the Novak-Nadal Syndrome immune system and the long portal relay lag between Earth and Fortuna, retired University Earth archaeologists will be stationed on a planet near to Fortuna to provide expert advice to the archaeologists on the ground.

## Footnotes

### References

1. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Hestia 2781 (Drago Tell Dramis) (p. 24). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
2. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Hestia 2781 (Drago Tell Dramis) (p. 24). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
3. ↑ Earth Girl, pg. 130
4. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Array 2781 (Drago Tell Dramis Book 3). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
5. ↑ Earth Flight, pg. 280
6. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Deltan Escape. 2021.
7. ↑ Earth Flight, pg. 279
8. ↑ Earth Flight, pg.281
9. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Earth Prime (The Earth Girl Aftermath Stories Book 1) . Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.