Technological Communications and Specifications Project
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The Technological Communications and Specifications Project was initiated in 2615 by mandate of First Lord Nicholas Cameron who asked Joshua Hoshiko to start work on the development of a faster means of communications to aid in the rule and expansion of the already massive Star League.[1][2][3]
History[edit]
Often jokingly referred to by skeptics as the "Tin Cans and String project", Hoshiko began recruiting a team in 2615 to investigate possible means of FTL communications. In February of that year Hoshiko enlisted his last team member, Cassie DeBurke, a brilliant young professor from the University of Terra located near the Court of the Star League.[1][2][3]
DeBurke was an authority on the faster-than-light physics theories of Thomas Kearny and Takayoshi Fuchida, and after fifteen long years of secret and feverish work DeBurke would develop a means of sending radio waves via artificially generated jump points, culminating in the first hyperpulse generator station, built in 2629 just outside the Court of the Star League. Hoshiko joined with DeBurke in transmitting the first HPG message, "Watson, come quick, I need you" in tribute to past pioneers in communications, from Terra to New Earth on New Year's Day 2630.[1][2][3] The receiver of the message, Duke Wendell Oxford III of New Earth responded with "This is the stuff of dreams, but what a sad day then, when all have been made real."[4]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Star League, pp. 54–55: "History - Economic and Scientific Advances"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 ComStar, p. 6: "History of ComStar - The Rise of Blake - Linking the Stars"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Era Report: 2750, pp. 24–25: "History and Review - Friends - Technology Ascendant"
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 25: "History and Review - Friends - Technology Ascendant - Who Remember Second Place?"