John Locke
V U L K A N
[SIZE=9pt]OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]As technology and warfare in the galaxy progressed technology also had to move along with it or be left behind. For the engineers at Locke and Key their focus was on communications device. More and more people were switching from standard communications devices to alternate forms of communications, many people looking at biological components to create communications links which normal forms of ECM would be unable to block. Faced with this twist in the galactic landscape Locke and Key Mechanics wanted to find a way to deal with the new forms of communication. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]In order to do this they had to look into the history records till they found a Nihil smokestone, a mineral which had the ability to act as a mental transmitter and receiver. Locke and key mechanics took the crystal, treating it much an old-fashioned crystal radio. The crystal frequency unit is able to adjust the frequency of the Nihil smokestone, allowing it to act as a receiver and transmitter for telepathic networks. The system is unable to match the long-range telepathic communications of some biological telepathic communications providers such as the Vilips of the Vong, however within a shorter area, analogous to other battlefield level communications systems.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]The devices were able to sense and detect telepathic communications as well as transmit messages, the engineers at Locke and Key knew that many people who were using telepathic networks were doing so with the express goal of bypassing the electronics warfare that saturated a battlefield, and so they decided to take their newest invention and use it to tap into those networks. The frequency modulator is connected into an electronics system similar to a set of droid brains designed to control the modulation of the Nihil smokestone and parse the information which was received from it. The secondary benefit from this system is that it can transmit, allowing it to slice into a system via any vulnerabilities in the telepathic network. [/SIZE]
A side effect of this set is that if the system is slotted into a comms system then the droid brains would be able to parse the information from the system into and out of the telepathic networks, allowing a normal comm to connect to those telepathic networks. Another side effect of the system is [SIZE=9pt]its[/SIZE] ability to connect to the communications of telepathic species. The system is designed to primarly be a form of long-term communication, unless that is that you take the time to tune it to an individual beforehand. In the case of a short telepathic communication between two individuals, you would have to be very lucky to be on the frequency to receive it, but if it's a longer communication the smokestone could tune in to catch it.
[SIZE=9pt]Intent:[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] To create a communications device that will allow access to telepathic communications networks. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Image Source: [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]N/A[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Canon Link: [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]N/A[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Primary Source: [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Nihil Smokestone[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Manufacturer:[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] Locke and Key Mechanics[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Affiliation:[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Closed-Market [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt](Any character can use this if they have explicit permission through, for example, a marketplace purchase)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Model:[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] Harmonia System[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Modularity:[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] No[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Production: [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Mass-Produced. [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt](Anyone.) [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Characters refer to NPCs & PCs.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Material: [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Nihil Smokestone, Duraplast, Droid Brains, Electronics[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Allows comms devices to connect to telepathic networks[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Able to slice into telepathic networks of communication[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Able to tap into telepathic networks to broadcast and hear communications[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Able to use telepathic networks as a vector for slicing into systems[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Limited internal code-breaking capability[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Limited range: The system is unable to be used to tap into a long distance communication.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Normal communications: Due to its very specialised nature the system is unable to directly communicate with standard communications networks but needs to be connected to an existing comms system to allow the telepathic system to link to standard comms.[/SIZE]
EMP/Ion: Like any other piece of technology the Harmonia is vulnerable to emp and ion attacks which leave it vulnerable to being shut down by those attacks.
Counter-slicing: The Nihil Smokestone creates a link to a telepathic network, but this is a connection that can work both ways. If the network has the capability it can counter slice down the pathway created by the Harmonia.
[SIZE=9pt]As technology and warfare in the galaxy progressed technology also had to move along with it or be left behind. For the engineers at Locke and Key their focus was on communications device. More and more people were switching from standard communications devices to alternate forms of communications, many people looking at biological components to create communications links which normal forms of ECM would be unable to block. Faced with this twist in the galactic landscape Locke and Key Mechanics wanted to find a way to deal with the new forms of communication. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]In order to do this they had to look into the history records till they found a Nihil smokestone, a mineral which had the ability to act as a mental transmitter and receiver. Locke and key mechanics took the crystal, treating it much an old-fashioned crystal radio. The crystal frequency unit is able to adjust the frequency of the Nihil smokestone, allowing it to act as a receiver and transmitter for telepathic networks. The system is unable to match the long-range telepathic communications of some biological telepathic communications providers such as the Vilips of the Vong, however within a shorter area, analogous to other battlefield level communications systems.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]The devices were able to sense and detect telepathic communications as well as transmit messages, the engineers at Locke and Key knew that many people who were using telepathic networks were doing so with the express goal of bypassing the electronics warfare that saturated a battlefield, and so they decided to take their newest invention and use it to tap into those networks. The frequency modulator is connected into an electronics system similar to a set of droid brains designed to control the modulation of the Nihil smokestone and parse the information which was received from it. The secondary benefit from this system is that it can transmit, allowing it to slice into a system via any vulnerabilities in the telepathic network. [/SIZE]
A side effect of this set is that if the system is slotted into a comms system then the droid brains would be able to parse the information from the system into and out of the telepathic networks, allowing a normal comm to connect to those telepathic networks. Another side effect of the system is [SIZE=9pt]its[/SIZE] ability to connect to the communications of telepathic species. The system is designed to primarly be a form of long-term communication, unless that is that you take the time to tune it to an individual beforehand. In the case of a short telepathic communication between two individuals, you would have to be very lucky to be on the frequency to receive it, but if it's a longer communication the smokestone could tune in to catch it.
