Slides

Alien tech: artificial wormholes large enough for ships, and interstellar distances.

History

Older

• Eldritch start and end travel dates from Terra to their world imply slide travel.

• The Faulfenza used a slide to go from Quzen to Qufiil; later, that slide is used again by Zafiil, not long after the establishment of the Alliance.

Modern

• The existence of slides was posited originally by Troy based on anomalous survey data.

• The events during the Birdsong Incident led to the creation of a team to research the slides, consisting of Gertrude, Troy, Silia, Delilah, and Alastar (among others). This team focused on two initiatives immediately: one on locating more slides, and the other on designing tech that could protect a world from being razed by slides.

Mechanics

Construction and Maintenance

As the Stardancer crew began to uncover in the Sargasso, planets are used to construct slides.

Use

Slides can be actively powered or dormant.

Active - Active slides have either recently been used, or they're being powered on one or both ends to stay in the 'recently used' state. When active, they are visible to physical sensors as well as psychic powers. A slide without power (for whatever reason) uses up its "battery" of power when used, and can slowly wind into a dormant state.

Dormant - Dormant slides are very hard to detect by physical sensor, but can be tracked by espers.