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[[File:Illo-Pads.jpg|300px|thumb|right|First drawings of a Pad, 1994]] | [[File:Illo-Pads.jpg|300px|thumb|right|First drawings of a Pad, 1994]] | ||
The almost ubiquitous [[Alliance]] technology | The almost ubiquitous [[Alliance]] technology. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Developed in 102 BA, just over a hundred years (101) after the Well drive, which was the technology on which the Pads were based. | Developed in 102 BA, just over a hundred years (101) after the Well drive, which was the technology on which the Pads were based. Pad technology made the Medimage platform possible; since they're based on the same technology, technicians can service both as long as they're aware of the differences between them.<ref name='er-02">''[[Earthrise (Fiction) | Earthrise]],'' Part 2</ref> | ||
==Technology== | ==Technology== | ||
Quantum tunnel.<ref name='er-02" /> In the initial days of the Pad's development, energy weapons of any kind (palmers, holoblades, etc) didn't make it through the quantum tunnel without damage. <ref name="lais-">''[[Laisrathera (Fiction) | Laisrathera ]]'' p104, look up the chapter</ref> | |||
They can be used to send people and material to a location that does not have a receiving Pad, but you have to have a Pad to go from the location. | They can be used to send people and material to a location that does not have a receiving Pad, but you have to have a Pad to go from the location. | ||
Range is planetary, and orbital. I don't believe we've seen interplanetary distances done? Hypothetically pads can be chained between stations.<ref name="dh">''[[Dark Lighthouse (Fiction) |Dark Lighthouse]]''</ref> | Range is planetary, and orbital. I don't believe we've seen interplanetary distances done? Hypothetically pads can be chained between stations.<ref name="dh">''[[Dark Lighthouse (Fiction) |Dark Lighthouse]]''</ref> | ||
===Visuals=== | |||
Pads can be configured with varying levels of feedback, but staring at someone directly as they pass through one causes a momentary flash, in which the person is seen as a silhouette. <ref name="rp-01">''[[Rose Point (Fiction) | Rose Point]],'' Part 1</ref> | |||
==Other Species== | |||
The [[Chatcaava]] have some equivalent of Pads, though it is unclear whether it has similar properties to the Alliance version.<ref name="etw-01">''[[Even the Wingless (Fiction) |Even the Wingless]]'', Part One</ref> | The [[Chatcaava]] have some equivalent of Pads, though it is unclear whether it has similar properties to the Alliance version.<ref name="etw-01">''[[Even the Wingless (Fiction) |Even the Wingless]]'', Part One</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Science and Technology]] | [[Category:Science and Technology]] | ||
Revision as of 16:36, 7 April 2022
The almost ubiquitous Alliance technology.
History
Developed in 102 BA, just over a hundred years (101) after the Well drive, which was the technology on which the Pads were based. Pad technology made the Medimage platform possible; since they're based on the same technology, technicians can service both as long as they're aware of the differences between them.[1]
Technology
Quantum tunnel.[1] In the initial days of the Pad's development, energy weapons of any kind (palmers, holoblades, etc) didn't make it through the quantum tunnel without damage. [2]
They can be used to send people and material to a location that does not have a receiving Pad, but you have to have a Pad to go from the location.
Range is planetary, and orbital. I don't believe we've seen interplanetary distances done? Hypothetically pads can be chained between stations.[3]
Visuals
Pads can be configured with varying levels of feedback, but staring at someone directly as they pass through one causes a momentary flash, in which the person is seen as a silhouette. [4]
Other Species
The Chatcaava have some equivalent of Pads, though it is unclear whether it has similar properties to the Alliance version.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Earthrise, Part 2
- ↑ Laisrathera p104, look up the chapter
- ↑ Dark Lighthouse
- ↑ Rose Point, Part 1
- ↑ Even the Wingless, Part One