Shuklaar Kyrdol
CEO of Breshig War Forge Consolidated
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a scaled down version of the Utrel'a'nayr communication suite for use on vehicles, large droids and ground installations for sale and use by Breshig War Forge Consolidated and use by Strill Securities.
- Image Source: N/A.
- Canon Link: N/A.
- Permissions: Harmonia System from
John Locke
[x] - Primary Source: 'Utrel'a'nayr' Communications Suite.
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
- Manufacturer: Breshig War Forge Consolidated.
- Affiliation: Breshig War Forge Consolidated and Strill Securities.
- Market Status: Closed-Market.
- Model: 'Utrel'a'nayr'ika' Communications Suite.
- Modularity: Variants exist for various vehicles, large droids and ground installations.
- Production: Minor.
- Material: Molecularly bonded Duranium frame, Molecularly bonded Duranium-reinforced Duraplast composite plating, Condensed-matter composite reinforcements, Agrinium lining, Thermal gel lining, Anti-corr coating and Ultrachrome wiring, circuitry and electronics.
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Encryption/Decryption Suite
- Location Spoofing/Scrambling:
- Communications Suite: When connected to compatible systems, the communication suite is an auto-negotiating, frequency hopping system with a self-modulating encryption key, making it extremely resistant to jamming and interception. The comm-lasers can mimic this by rapidly shifting their broadcast spectrum.
- Subspace Image Transmitter
- Holonet Transceiver
- Comm Laser
- Hypercomm
- Holographic Comm Unit
- Ground-orbit Communications Unit
- Emergency Jammer Function: Each of the aforementioned devices can generate artificial noise
- Alternate Communications Systems:
- Utility Communications Systems:
- Telesponder (multiple configurable ID profiles)
- Optical-laser Pulse: Used in target designation and marking.
- Interrogator Module (optional, included with the right license only)
- IFF Transponder
- Configurable ID Overlay
- Distress Signal
- Ghostwave
- Backup Communication Systems
- Communication Interception/Jamming
- Dedicated Energy Receptor (communications monitoring/interception)
- Courier Communications Scanner
- Sonic Scanner
- Security Systems:
- RRDM
- Socketguard
- Echo Pulse
- Pyrowall
- Holotrace
- Connection Trace functionality
- Utility Components:
- Hiridiu Crystal enhanced Communications Booster
- Real-time Translation Module
- External Speaker Mode
- (Optional) False Voice Transmitter
- Data Card reader (for additional voice recordings for the droid to mimic)
- Emergency Ion Charge: A code-activated ion failsafe can fry the comms suite in emergency situations.
STRENGTHS
- Powerful, Varied, Self-modulating Encryption: The Utrel'a'nayr'ika has a number of powerful, varied encryption methods, making it's communications even if intercepted extremely difficult to decipher.
- Boosted Signal: The Hiridiu Crystal enhanced Chatterbox component allows for a greatly increased communications range.
- Real-time Translation: The real-time communications module included as part of the system is powerful enough to provide real time translations as well as learn and translate new languages if required.
- Versatile: The varied suite of communications systems integrated into the system ensure that there is virtually no function that the user could want for, including Locke and Key's revolutionary Harmonia system that allows the interception and utilization of telepathic communications.
- Communications Monitoring/Interception: The Utrel'a'nayr'ika features multiple communications monitoring/interception systems, boosting the ELINT capabilities of the vehicles that make use of it, and greatly reducing the need for dedicated ELINT vehicles.
- Resilient: The Utrel'a'nayr is designed to function in combat conditions and as such is resilient in the face of many damage sources that it could face on the battlefield.
- Secure: The Utrel'a'nayr's security suite is decidedly powerful, allowing it to not only resist attacks but go on the offensive with both a holotrace and echo pulse function.
WEAKNESSES
- Two Ways: The security of the comms suite is only as good as the unit on the other end. If the other comms unit lacks decryption capabilities, then sending an encrypted message would be entirely useless.
- Jamming: Theoretically it is possible (though not plausible) to jam out all conventional communications technologies the Utrel'a'nayr uses, though naturally this will likely prevent those behind the jamming from using those frequencies/channels as well.
- Not All Comm Units Are Equal: If the other comm unit doesn't have equivalent frequency hopping or encryption capabilities then the whole system is that much less secure.
- In the Network: Slicers with access to one Utrel'a'nayr system already connected to another, will be more easily able to access the other thanks to the auto-negotiating function.
- Slicers: Should slicers actually manage to slice into the system, they can quite easily wreak all manner of havoc, not to mention the implications of gaining access to either an encryption key or decrypted comms data.
- One Way (Ghostwave): The unfortunate truth about the Ghostwave is that it is one way, and that there is usually a reasonably long delay as the message makes its way to its intended recipient.
- EMP/Ion: Communications equipment usually experience some signal degradation when exposed to EMP and Ion weapons, and if the weapons are powerful enough to punch through the protective measures of the comms suite, then the damage done has a high chance of being irreparable due to the sensitive components, or in the very least, lasting.
DESCRIPTION
Like the Utrel'a'nayr, the Utrel'a'nayr'ika was designed from the ground up to service the needs of security contractors, mercenaries, bounty hunters and other similarly employed professionals and is built to military standards, with military-grade security and encryption. The company wanted the scaled down version to be able to mirror the larger version's ability to communicate using virtually any standard and in virtually any condition. For that reason, in addition to the usual suite of communications, Locke and Key's highly advanced, highly innovative Harmonia system was included. The gravitic pulse coder of the larger variant, however, doe snot feature. This versatility also functions as redundancy, giving formations plenty of protocols and means to fallback should one be unsuitable for any reason. To this end, a backup encoded PTP link was included should every other option cease to be viable.
There is a great degree of communications however that do no necessarily involve individuals speaking to another. This includes but is not limited to target designation and marking, IFF systems, telesponder with configurable ID profiles, configurable ID overlay and a distress signal. This suite covers the vast array of utility functions that are usually filled by the usually standalone devices unifying them under a singular interface.
The Utrel'a'nayr'ika is designed with communications security in mind. When connected to compatible systems, the communication suite is an auto-negotiating, frequency hopping system with a self-modulating encryption key, making it extremely resistant to jamming and interception. The comm-lasers can mimic this by rapidly shifting their broadcast spectrum. It is theoretically possible (though not plausible) to jam out all conventional communications technologies the Utrel'a'nayr'ika uses, though naturally this will likely prevent those behind the jamming from using those frequencies/channels as well. Additionally, if the comm suite that the Utrel'a'nayr'ika is attempting to communicate doesn't have equivalent frequency hopping or encryption capabilities then the whole system is that much less secure.
The Utrel'a'nayr'ika's encryption suite is extensive, featuring a number of measures for both encrypting and decrypting communications packets. The Ghostwave method and fixed-signature tracker allows the use of the Holonet as a transmission medium without much concern for interception, however the Ghostwave method is unfortunately only useful for one-way communications and is also prone to delays. Additionally, an ion scrambler ensures that the efforts of those attempting to triangulate the location of the transmitting unit are greatly disrupted.
To further this, the suite has an extensive suite of defensive measures against slicers, allowing it to not only resist attacks but go on the offensive with both a holotrace and echo pulse function. Should slicers actually manage to slice into the system, they can quite easily wreak all manner of havoc, not to mention the implications of gaining access to either an encryption key or decrypted comms data. Though it is for this reason that a failsafe ion charge is included.
Rather than stop there, the company included a number of further utility features. To ensure that signal degradation due to range is kept to a minimum, a Hiridiu crystal enhanced communications booster has been included. This has the notable effect of further increasing ground-orbit connectivity. Finally, given that it was made for security contractors, mercenaries, bounty hunters and the like, it features a real-time translation module and a false voice transmitter, allowing anonymous conversation in any language.
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