Blue Giant:Starship Attributes

Accessories

S.P.I.C.E

Cost: - 1 point feature

A Singularity Point Intersteller Communications Engine (S.P.I.C.E) is an intersteller communications device. It works using similar physics to that of a starship engine and is designed and built in a similar way. When communication is initiated the device sends out a pulsed signal through hyperspace. This signal travels at 10,000 Ly/h. When the signal reaches its intended destination, the receiving device creates a singularity point wormhole in hyperspace between itself and the device which sent the broadcast. Communications are sent both ways through the wormhole instantly via a standard laser beam. Since the communication takes place between two wormholes, the signal is completely untappable and very secure.

To send a signal to a specific communication device the sender needs to know the address code of that device, a phone number in other words.

Emergency signals and general broadcast signals can be received by any SPICE. Since the initial signal is broadcast in all directions in hyperspace, having a signal answered by one receiver does not preclude any other receiver from answering. SPICEs do not work when a ship is travelling through a wormhole of its own, although they will work if a ship is in hyperspace.

All SPICE are bulky, they are built like ship engines. The smallest versions have Awkward Size level 2.