What makes travelling to different quanta hard?
Steven Jones
quantum level from homeline, and impossible to travel to one that is three
or more quanta away, but what makes that the case? Is it harder in a
physical way, in that it's harder to climb Everest than it is to walk down
Hollywood Boulevard? Is it a matter of finding co-ordinates?
Ben Finney
> My interpretation of it is that more energy is required, perhaps
> exponentially more.
I also like an interpretation that it's significantly more risk on the
transportation equipment.
E.g. a HT+4 check for travel within a quantum, versus travel between
quanta at a HT penalty equal to the difference (e.g. Q5 → Q7 requires
the equipment to make a HT−2 check).
Cue shaking and smoking and engineers shouting and scurrying to keep
levers in place amid loud klaxon alarms.
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Ben Finney
Roger Connor
It's the fault of The Arbitrary Rules Designer!
You are free to design your own interaction of the various worlds as
well as the various time lines involved, but be prepared for quirks and
Gotcha!s if you do. I.E. modeling Heinlein's universe with Lazarus, Zeb,
Hilda, Deety, Dora and Gay Deceiver et al. can get really tricky.
Regards,
Roger