SCUT
Names: SCUTSubspace Communications Universal TransceiverBobNetSCUT relay stationsSCUT relays
First appears in Book 1: We Are Legion, chapter 32 (Bill – October 2158 – Epsilon Eridani)
Appearances
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What you know
Book 1: We Are Legion
- Ch 41The SCUT is Bill's design for a zero-latency subspace transceiver allowing instant interstellar communication.
- Ch 45BobNet is the SCUT network giving instant communication up to about 25 light-years.
- Ch 59Bobs must pick up the SCUT plans to link into the shared VR; high tau will soon cut off the travelling colony escorts.
Book 2: For We Are Many
- Ch 6The SCUT, built from plans Bill transmitted by radio, allows instantaneous communication across interstellar distances.
- Ch 6BobNet is the Bobs' real-time interstellar network, with nodes at Sol, Epsilon Eridani, Alpha Centauri and Omicron2 Eridani.
- Ch 15Bill radio-beams SCUT plans to all stars within some radius of Epsilon Eridani; the SCUT handles discovery, routing and encryption.
- Ch 15When Mario's SCUT comes online it connects to nodes at ten systems including Sol, Delta Eridani and Eta Cassiopeiae A.
- Ch 57Bill believes the Others cannot get the SCUT plans because all Bob broadcasts are encrypted.
- Ch 69SCUT remote capability lets Howard operate Manny on Vulcan from about nineteen light-years away.
Book 4: Heaven’s River
- Ch 29More than half of the Bobs' space stations shut down and refuse connections; Quilt is among the unreachable nodes.
Connections
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