Corporate Shogun
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: Public terminal for connecting to the HoloNet, and making calls.
- Image Source: Artist Credit
- Canon Link: Not Applicable
- Permissions: Not Applicable
- Primary Source: Not Applicable
- Manufacturer: GalactiCom Holocommunications
- Affiliation: Closed-Market
- Model: CT-500 Galaxy Series
- Modularity: No
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Material:
- Plasti-shield Outer Casing
- Acrylic Glass
- Duraplate Box
- Plastifold Interface
- Various Internal Electronics
- GCT M742-X24 HoloNet Transmitter
- Mitani-series GCT HoloNet Receiver
- Galaxy-series Handheld StellarCommunicator
- Galaxy-series S860 Touchscreen
- NKC Credit Chip Slot
- Widespread: Located on every street corner, and in every cafe, the GCT HoloTerminal will never leave your line of sight, allowing quick and easy access to the HoloNet if one's personal equipment isn't working, or for those not fortunate enough to afford personal holo equipment.
- Cheap: Costing only 1CR for access to the terminal, and an additional 5CR for every ten minutes that follow, it is a convenient, and cost effective option for the masses of working class that do not require the HoloNet for long, or for those in a hurry.
- Reliable: Supported by the GalactiCom HoloNet array, the array stations of which are closely guarded, and less susceptible to outside attack in times of crisis and war, GCT HoloTerminals can largely continue to provide communications, and HoloNet access in even the most dire of times.
- Slower: Lower on GalactiCom's priority access than HyperBand users and government services, along with the sheer countless numbers of GCT HoloTerminals which exist, and the extremely high volume of use in any given minute, across the galaxy, needless to say the connection is somewhat slower than one would find on a personal device, or the HyperBand.
- Availability: Due to the volatile situation of galactic politics, and the constantly shifting borders and subsequently government policies. GCT HoloTerminals are still somewhat scarce in the Outer Rim, though GalactiCom has increased its efforts in recent years to expand its network coverage. Calls can still be made to personal devices in the Outer Rim however.
The latest in the Galaxy-series of GCT HoloTerminals, the CT-500 represents the latest improvement of the series which stretches back to the peak of the Old Republic. To be found across the Galactic Alliance, Silver Jedi Concord, Confederacy, CAD, New Imperial Order, First Order, and much of the neutral space in the Expansion Region, Mid Rim, and Colonies, GCT HoloTerminals serve as the nexus of communication for hundreds of trillions of beings across much of civilized space. Having seen increased use in recent centuries due to widespread decreases in living standards, wages, and quality of life as per the result of frequent wars, the Gulag virus pandemic, and Netherworld incident, leading to less people being able to afford personal holo devices. Located on street corners, in banks, cafes, cantinas, bars, office buildings, government buildings, public spaces, and even aboard passenger vessels, the GCT HoloTerminal is synonymous with galactic communication.
As simple as inserting a credit chip, and receiving access to the HoloNet, users are given the opportunity to either browse anonymously, or to sign-in to their GalactiCom account if they have one. Once online, users can do whatever they please for a period of ten minutes, before they are given the choice to spend an additional 5CR for an extra ten minutes of use, or deactivate the HoloNet, and allow someone else to access the terminal. Given the bewildering variety of economies, and species across the space in which the HoloTerminal can be found, there are a number of variations of the default human-focused model that make room for species with diverse limbs, and the cost for accessing the terminal can differ depending on the median income of the planet that it is located on. Unfortunately, on certain worlds known for crime, GCT HoloTerminals can be victim to robbery, graffiti, and other forms of vandalism.
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