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== Technology == | == Technology == | ||
"As distance grows greater, Cervelle's equation shows that faults in wormhole production and power consumption grows."<ref>Author's Notes</ref> | "As distance grows greater, Cervelle's equation shows that faults in wormhole production and power consumption grows."<ref>Author's Notes</ref> | ||
There is some evidence that genies use raw material to create items<ref>''[[To Discover and Preserve (Fiction)|To Discover and Preserve]]'', "Dark Lighthouse"</ref>; older notes suggest that the earliest versions of genies required raw material to synthesize items, and only newer versions can use pure power-conversion (at a significant loss of efficiency). | |||
Common objects may be represented by very, very large numbers of possible examples in the genie. For example, [[Alysha Forrest]]'s search for chocolate chip cookies turned up 3,429 "basic" recipes. <ref name="wiw-ch02">''[[Who is Willing (Fiction) |Who is Willing]]'', chapter 2</ref> | Common objects may be represented by very, very large numbers of possible examples in the genie. For example, [[Alysha Forrest]]'s search for chocolate chip cookies turned up 3,429 "basic" recipes. <ref name="wiw-ch02">''[[Who is Willing (Fiction) |Who is Willing]]'', chapter 2</ref> | ||
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Phantasies has a genie in the wall of the backroom Brighthaven uses, which implies that (in the capital, at least), genie use is ubiquitous.<ref>[[Alysha's Fall (Fiction)|''Alysha's Fall'']], "Steel"</ref> We also see them in fancy hotel rooms on colony worlds (but that might be a function of the 'fancy hotel' part).<ref>''[[Faith in the Service (Fiction)|Faith in the Service]]'', Chapter 5</ref> Both times they're used for alcohol. | Phantasies has a genie in the wall of the backroom Brighthaven uses, which implies that (in the capital, at least), genie use is ubiquitous.<ref>[[Alysha's Fall (Fiction)|''Alysha's Fall'']], "Steel"</ref> We also see them in fancy hotel rooms on colony worlds (but that might be a function of the 'fancy hotel' part).<ref>''[[Faith in the Service (Fiction)|Faith in the Service]]'', Chapter 5</ref> Both times they're used for alcohol. | ||
Genies and rogue D-per protocol: | Genies and rogue D-per protocol: genies are locked down during rogue D-per protocols because they can be used to synthesize anything, not just food. The exceptions are in the medplex. <ref>''[[In Good Company (Fiction)|In Good Company]]'', Chapter 12</ref> | ||
Genies can be locked down (as on starships, when the captain of the ''SolarBlade'' prevented the shipboard genie from dispensing "unhealthy foodstuffs.")<ref name=":0">''[[To Discover and Preserve (Fiction)|To Discover and Preserve]]'', "Constellations"</ref> | |||
Some patterns aren't available via genie for legal/cultural reasons (example: milk tea bases from Stonylinn, a town on Hinichitii).<ref name=":0" /> | |||
If there's a joke that you can report a Fleet officer for using genies for "self-indulgent purposes", there's probably a regulation about it.<ref name="dl" /> Fleet shipboard genies are not necessarily used for food (see Flitzbe Fang's plastic fangs.<ref name=":1">''[[To Discover and Preserve (Fiction)|To Discover and Preserve]]'', "Every Man, Woman, and Idiot"</ref>) | |||
On smaller Fleet vessels without a pharmacy, the C-med or healer-assist are responsible for requesting medication from the genie on an as-needed basis. The captain also has access to those patterns (which suggests that they are ordinarily restricted to normal crewmembers).<ref name=":2">''[[To Discover and Preserve (Fiction)|To Discover and Preserve]]'', "The Mayer Directive"</ref> | |||
== Common Use == | |||
Genies can refresh drinks, rather than synthesizing new mugs.<ref>[[In Good Company (Fiction)|''In Good Company'']], Chapter 5</ref> | |||
Picking the same pattern from a genie is a habit that can express personal or aesthetic choices.<ref name=":2" /> | |||
There are customs involved with when you decide to get a genie-made alternative of something you can get handmade (as in Beringwaite's feeling it a betrayal to order a beer from the genie instead of acquiring one from the crew beer-makers.<ref name=":1" />) | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 16:27, 14 August 2022
Instantiates objects (often food) from energy. Expensive, energy-wise.
History
Look through the canon to see where these are mentioned and what you say about them (like you did with the Pad entry). The early Guidebook says that genies and Pads were forks off the Well Drive tech, so they have to have shown up after 2460-2472 (1 BA). Early genies were probably extremely clunky. Your notes also suggest a "Cervelle" associated with their development.
Technology
"As distance grows greater, Cervelle's equation shows that faults in wormhole production and power consumption grows."[1]
There is some evidence that genies use raw material to create items[2]; older notes suggest that the earliest versions of genies required raw material to synthesize items, and only newer versions can use pure power-conversion (at a significant loss of efficiency).
Common objects may be represented by very, very large numbers of possible examples in the genie. For example, Alysha Forrest's search for chocolate chip cookies turned up 3,429 "basic" recipes. [3]
Objects can be scanned to create a genie pattern. Scanning different examples of them multiple times can be used to create some variation in the result. Patterns that a person has created can be mailed to others.[4]
See also: Food and Genies
(Pray you don't get an Intermittently Malfunctioning Genie.)
Phantasies has a genie in the wall of the backroom Brighthaven uses, which implies that (in the capital, at least), genie use is ubiquitous.[5] We also see them in fancy hotel rooms on colony worlds (but that might be a function of the 'fancy hotel' part).[6] Both times they're used for alcohol.
Genies and rogue D-per protocol: genies are locked down during rogue D-per protocols because they can be used to synthesize anything, not just food. The exceptions are in the medplex. [7]
Genies can be locked down (as on starships, when the captain of the SolarBlade prevented the shipboard genie from dispensing "unhealthy foodstuffs.")[8]
Some patterns aren't available via genie for legal/cultural reasons (example: milk tea bases from Stonylinn, a town on Hinichitii).[8]
If there's a joke that you can report a Fleet officer for using genies for "self-indulgent purposes", there's probably a regulation about it.[4] Fleet shipboard genies are not necessarily used for food (see Flitzbe Fang's plastic fangs.[9])
On smaller Fleet vessels without a pharmacy, the C-med or healer-assist are responsible for requesting medication from the genie on an as-needed basis. The captain also has access to those patterns (which suggests that they are ordinarily restricted to normal crewmembers).[10]
Common Use
Genies can refresh drinks, rather than synthesizing new mugs.[11]
Picking the same pattern from a genie is a habit that can express personal or aesthetic choices.[10]
There are customs involved with when you decide to get a genie-made alternative of something you can get handmade (as in Beringwaite's feeling it a betrayal to order a beer from the genie instead of acquiring one from the crew beer-makers.[9])
References
- ↑ Author's Notes
- ↑ To Discover and Preserve, "Dark Lighthouse"
- ↑ Who is Willing, chapter 2
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Dark Lighthouse
- ↑ Alysha's Fall, "Steel"
- ↑ Faith in the Service, Chapter 5
- ↑ In Good Company, Chapter 12
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 To Discover and Preserve, "Constellations"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 To Discover and Preserve, "Every Man, Woman, and Idiot"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 To Discover and Preserve, "The Mayer Directive"
- ↑ In Good Company, Chapter 5