THE JUMPGATE DEFINITIVE GUIDE - Tripod

3. Factions (General)
4. Amananth
2.5. Especially with the new mission computers offering missions to the
neutral stations, why don’t the neutral stations have mission computers or
simulators?
Establishing a link with the subspace information network is difficult and costly.
Since support staff serving on board neutral stations must undergo the same
genetic modification as pilots, there are few skilled workers available. The TRI
has never found it cost efficient to establish a link.
It has to do with how subspace networks operate. Nothing is able to travel faster
than the speed of light, correct? How then is information and communication
transmitted? It´s done by sending an digital signal through a jumpgate. Focused
energy pulses are directed at a jumpgate. Communication relays then receive the
packets of data coming through the jumpgate and re-transmit it inside the sector.
Now, how this relates to neutral stations is that every time a pilot docks at a
neutral station, the AI transmits to the pilot´s computer it´s current need. The first
time you dock with a station connected to the subspace network, the mission
computers across the galaxy are updated with the needs of the neutral station.
It´s not a real time connection, and because of that neutral stations have no idea
what the needs of connected stations are.
3.1. Describe how the factions became and settled in the regions they
reside in now.
Historians have argued this issue for generations. The truth of the matter is that
nobody really knows. What is known is that there is no mention of factions prior
to the Great Collapse.
4.1. Where are the Amananthii? Why don´t we ever sees them? Are they
part of the TRI?
The Amananthii were first discovered when one of the Thrice Seven, Enkidoh
Kahn of Octavius, entered Amananth space. He discovered the station and the
planet it orbits. The planet itself is, as far as can be determined, completely
metallic. Electromagnetic interference and it´s dense atmosphere prevent us
from learning any more about it. Probes sent down to the planet simply vanish
(along with any pilot who attempts to enter the atmosphere). The station had it´s
terminals already connected to the TRI´s subspace network. Also on board were
20 children, kept in stasis until Kahn boarded the station. Those children were
split up amongst the factions, studied, and then given new identities by the TRI.
TRI has stated that the children were normal in every respect except that they
could survive both life on a planet and hyperspace jumps. It´s not uncommon for
pilots to claim to be one of the children (now in their early 20´s) but nobody really
believes them. The TRI rates information about the children of Amananth Top
Secret. The Amananth have not objected to being considered part of the TRI, but
they haven´t said they were either. in fact, except for the semi-sentient AI on the
station, there has never been any communication between the TRI and
Amananth [at least officially -Gossip].
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