Drecha wrote:Californian Fallen Angels wrote:Okay, a question for both Valentine Z and for Drecha, and it's an odd one -
How long would it take for your outgoing comms to reach the Fallen Angels?
I'm having to go off of the assumption that whatever you're outputting can be picked up on a basic MT radio (we have some PMT stuff, minus infrastructure, but it's not like our radios changed much if any from modern ones), as that would be the only way we could receive the message (and our own message would absolutely be sent as radio, albeit one that was sent through tiny wormholes to allow it to be picked up by other 'verses besides out own. That wasn't done by the radio itself though, but by Sathuzixaniel.)
I've had to think about this, but Drecha's will probably arrive first, as they are
directly over your world, unless Val Z actually intends to send a ship and broadcast it first.
Valentine Z wrote:Californian Fallen Angels wrote:Okay, a question for both Valentine Z and for Drecha, and it's an odd one -
How long would it take for your outgoing comms to reach the Fallen Angels?
I'm having to go off of the assumption that whatever you're outputting can be picked up on a basic MT radio (we have some PMT stuff, minus infrastructure, but it's not like our radios changed much if any from modern ones), as that would be the only way we could receive the message (and our own message would absolutely be sent as radio, albeit one that was sent through tiny wormholes to allow it to be picked up by other 'verses besides out own. That wasn't done by the radio itself though, but by Sathuzixaniel.)
Lastly; my post is almost certainly going to be sometime next weekend. Shit, might be even later; Halloween's this coming weekend. I'll still try to work some on my post this coming weekend, though I'll still try to do some work on it.
As far as I am concerned, the Valentian radio signals can be picked up by basic MT tech. What I am running with so far is sending Valentian ships at regular intervals, along with dropping transmitters/receivers here and there in different multiverses to receive on behalf of the Valentians. Depending on the distance dropped - this one is up to you - the signals can be received within mere seconds, or a few minutes, maybe even up to an hour or two (again, depending on distance). Of note that they are not FTL signals.
For CFA, however, Head Diplomat Charlene is coming towards you guys, so this might take a little shorter since she will try to head on down to where your planet is.
Alright. Thank you both. This will help a lot with my post.
Oh, and before I forget, it's worth pointing out to both of you (since I'm not sure how well this got across in posts), that the signals are almost certainly going to come through our end pretty messed up. Just to ensure there's no OOC confusion to why this is, I figure it good to address it here. There's several reasons for this:
1) Our planet's satellite network is really, really messed up. It already was before Drecha even arrived. 12 years of absolutely no maintenance at all isn't good for them. Plus that's 12 years of several ending up in collision courses with each other. (Most of our radio comms with ourselves are short-range, not relying on satellites, for this very reason. That, and we're pretty small to begin with, so long-range functionality isn't 100% necessary.)
2) The entire stratosphere is blanketed in ash, soot, smoke, and radioactive debris. This is thick enough that almost none of our planet's surface is visible from space. It is thick enough to block out much of the Sun's light. Our days have very little light - and the night is pitch black. I could go into all the ways this massively screws over our whole planet and makes survival of any kind very difficult (as it ruins a
lot of things), but anyways... with regards to what it means for radio signals is that they're having to go through thick, dense layers of aerosols blanketing the whole planet. If you've ever had bad phone service on an overcast day, it's like that but exponentially worse, and it's every day here.
3) Our radios themselves aren't in great shape. The EMPs from the global nuclear war fried a bunch of electronics. What we do still have that does still work has had to be repaired once or twice, occasionally jury rigged with parts from other devices. As time goes on, this will only get worse and worse, as there are less and less working parts. Really, that can apply to anything over here.
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So - the message will get damaged every time it goes through our atmosphere (something that already happens on Earth, but this is being made much worse), it might not be able to bounce off a satellite to further increase its range, and it's going to be received with aging, jury-rigged MT radios that, in a normal society, would have been replaced years ago. So don't be surprised if both your message become static-filled gibberish when they reach us. (TBF, our outgoing radio comms would probably likewise be pretty garbled for the same reasons; sent on aging, damaged equipment, further degraded by the nuclear blanket it has to pass through...)
Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2021 5:13 am
