From what I've read so far these gates are like teleport stations(think Stargate?) on the ground and lead to other star systems. Is this correct? If yes, does transhumanity make frequent use of these gates, possibly to colonise or conquer other planets or remains of these TITAN - AIs or are they a kind of hidden backdoor which is sealed mostly when found to stop the "robotic monsters" or so from crawling in?
And how will these things look like ^^
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Pandora Gates
Mon, 2008-08-18 09:50
#1
Imago
Pandora Gates
Fri, 2008-08-22 22:11
#2
GregH
Hope they look...odd
For what it's worth I'm hoping these things look darn odd! Barely comprehensible, non-standard building material, and for the most part immobile (Stargate was cool... but this should only evoke Stargate in the sense that it gets you from point A to point B).
Just a personal preference. From what I'm seeing so far the advanced tech of H+ is really out there... but still seems reasonably recognizable for what it does... which means TITAN tech should raise that bar far, far higher... that way when we run into anything alien (or something Exsurgent may make alien) it's going to be real, REAL strange.
To pharaprase a character from Clarke's "Childhood's End"... "The gulf between two technologies can easily become so great that it is-lethal."
Mon, 2008-08-25 16:13
#3
Concrete
Pandora Gates
Several factions in the Eclipe Phase universe have a vested interest in the gates and a rare few even control the odd gate directly. Not so much as to conquer the universe, but to venture into the unknown, make new discoveries (and possibly a fortune in rep or cash).
Mostly, however, transhumanity still tries to figure out where these gates lead to and what their purpose was or still is. Still, the temptation to explore 'the other side' is big and therefore the so-called 'Gatecrashers' are willing to risk their lives to discover what's on the other side of a gate, and what or who might be waiting for them...
Sun, 2009-09-20 11:11
#4
HappyDaze
Re: Pandora Gates
Edited. Nevermind most of the questions.
However, is there actually a goate on the other side that can dial back? The book suggests that you have to wait for the gate to dial back to you, but it also describes there being an identical structure on the other side. Couldn't this structure be used to head back home?
Thu, 2009-10-15 18:49
#5
standard_gravity
Re: Pandora Gates
Personally, I much prefer if the PGs were not made by the titans but by aliens long before, and were simply discovered by the titans (since only titan level of tech could see though the PGs cloaking tech). That way I can build in an interesting story whereby an early space ship (perhaps the first manned mission to Mars?) disappears in say 2025 and ends up somewhere real strange and far away. And in that case, the particular PG only works in one direction, so the hapless astronauts have no other option than to survive. By a great deal of luck they do that, build a new human civilisation and develop their own warped culture. Until one day, when a group of transhuman gatecrashers (the PCs, no doubt) drop by and everything gets even more confusing...
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Mon, 2009-10-19 12:34
#6
Grabula
Re: Pandora Gates
I kind of like not knowing who made them. It keeps the plot potential wide open but adds a little mystery in there as well.
The concept of a gate to travel around the stars isn't uncommon. Stargate definitely didn't pioneer the concept. I think it's probably a fair comparison but probably in the same way Apples and Oranges can be compared - they're both fruit, but that's about where it ends.
Tue, 2009-11-03 20:08
#7
Haxar
Re: Hope they look...odd
I think that strange spherical structure on page 377 is a Pandora gate. It seems to fit the description of 'an irregular spherical cage'. So fairly odd looking, not Stargate-esque really.
What I'm wondering is how did the TITANs escape through one of those.
Tue, 2009-11-24 23:53
#8
The Doctor
Re: Hope they look...odd
[i]What I'm wondering is how did the TITANs escape through one of those.[/i]
Large-diameter communication laser (after building a suitable receiver on the other side)?
Motile pieces of computronium?
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Wed, 2009-11-25 11:43
#9
standard_gravity
Re: Hope they look...odd
Just send a probe through with tonnes and tonnes of qubits and then farcast the whole TITAN civilisation through?
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