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Laser datalinks allow rapid information exchange between artificial intelligences and vessels. Their usefulness is limited by distance and signal travel time.
Also recorded as: Laser link, Blue-laser link
Critical links
Formidable establishes a high-bandwidth blue-laser connection with Echo during the drive emergency. The transmitted diagnostics help save Echo even after the ships separate beyond real-time communication range. Echo later uses laser links with Cylli for guidance and data exchange.[1][2][3][4]
Related records
Sources
Simon Evans, The Flaxen Tyranny, first edition (2023). Page numbers refer to the printed pagination of the source edition.
- Chapter 2 · pp. 12
- Chapter 3 · pp. 20–22
- Chapter 6 · pp. 44–45
- Chapter 10 · pp. 75