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@Charmaylarg Dufrain, I've updated the article to make it clearer that it's its own thing. It's a completely separate network and not compatible with Ley Line gates.
>The event which people refer to as genocide wasn't just Yamatai launching an attack against the Freespacers mindlessly wiping out a bunch of them. There was gathered evidence that the Freespacers were going to try and hack PANTHEON for the Mishhu. I'm not going to say that all of Yamatai holds all the facts when it comes to that time period .... The Motoyoshi would absolutely shut down any idea of this, especially since (right or wrong) Katsuko believes in the orders she gave as Empress to have Yui take out the threat.
>It's been more than ten IRL years. I'd actually like to try and bury the hatchet, even if that means the Astral Locksmiths becoming some kind of Cinereal-worshiping cult rather than active militants/sabateours. It could be done. Nations can't stay angry at each other forever in real life... Well, not after both of their dirty laundry has been out in the open so long.
To nip this in the bud I want to be absolutely clear that while this might involve some Freespacer mentions,
I DO NOT want to rehash that in this thread. This is an interesting historical anecdote and noting more. I mentioned the Ley Lines because there is a Ley Line gate in Essia and so having a reference to it was cool.
If you want to have it out about that issue, DO IT ELSEWHERE.
>there's no way this system would be accepted in the MCS.
Ok, I'll point the Jiyuu one elsewhere.
>It doesn't explain what they're made out of, what powers them, or what other systems are on them.
I'll be honest, I'm not particularly interested in the technical aspects. My answers are roughly "Probably same the stuff space stations. are made out of", "Probably the same stuff we use to power space stations.", "Probably the same stuff on space stations." If someone decides later that say they need to use some kind of rare crystal, we can add it when it becomes relevant to some plot. This isn't revolutionary or changing things in that aspect. It is a specific application of existing tech that I link to. I could copy and paste parts of the Z-Gate or other wormhole articles, but I don't think that's particularly useful. I have however added a picture of a Tollgate.
>Then comes down to the fact again, which is something Wes and I have discussed and that is we like Yamatai having starships with the FTL systems they have on them now, and these gates again change the way FTL would be done in the Kikyo Sector.
I disagree, there are trade offs with technology. It's better at some things like speed, but worse at other things like not visiting anything not on the network.
>Per your answer Soban, it takes time to shut these gates down and that sounds like a massive security concern.
It takes time to do anything. If other gates are quick to turn off, then they are going to be quick to turn off. If it takes a while for other gates to turn off, then they take a while to turn off. Like I'm on the side of "The speed of plot" things when it comes to questions like that.
>Put gates next to known 1-2 Leyline access points for spacer convenience but don't physically connect the networks so spacers feel safe
Essia has a Ley Line, so that is already done. I've clarified that they don't connect to the Ley Line network, they just use similar tech.
> Put gates in Yamatai in places the Star Army is strong at but not in military-only systems like Nataria. We can simply guard them. No biggie. In dire circumstances the Izanagi or Iori parked in front of the gate can "manually" take the gate offline by force.
Currently, all gate pairs link to Essia which has the Himitsu Star Fortress. Given that they are probably fairly close together and the range of the weapons on a Star Fortress, it can watch over them.
I think I caught all of the major points, but tell me if I didn't.
