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Steven Jones

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Aug 9, 2009, 4:12:44 AM8/9/09
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As we know, in parachronic travel, you can only go at most two quantu up or
down. Other quanta are inaccessible. Is it possible to make multiple jumps
to access these other quanta? E.G., You could start at Homeline (Q5), jump
down two quanta to Merlin-1 (Q3) and then on to a Q2 or even Q1 world.

Rob Kelk

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Aug 9, 2009, 9:04:24 AM8/9/09
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Jumps between quanta require a projector, and as yet Infinity hasn't
found a world other than Homeline and Centrum (and possibly Shikaku-mon)
where projectors work.

(But if you don't like that, see the bottom of page 30 of GURPS Infinite
Worlds.)

If you use magic or an innate Warp power, anything goes - you can visit
Q0 or Q11 (or Q-20 or Q666), if you can find a world on the quantum you
want to visit.

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Ingo Siekmann

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Aug 9, 2009, 12:40:58 PM8/9/09
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Rob Kelk schrieb:

> On Sun, 9 Aug 2009 18:12:44 +1000, "Steven Jones"
> <stev...@aapt.net.au> wrote:
>
>> As we know, in parachronic travel, you can only go at most two quantu up or
>> down. Other quanta are inaccessible. Is it possible to make multiple jumps
>> to access these other quanta? E.G., You could start at Homeline (Q5), jump
>> down two quanta to Merlin-1 (Q3) and then on to a Q2 or even Q1 world.
>
> Jumps between quanta require a projector, and as yet Infinity hasn't
> found a world other than Homeline and Centrum (and possibly Shikaku-mon)
> where projectors work.
>
> (But if you don't like that, see the bottom of page 30 of GURPS Infinite
> Worlds.)
>
> If you use magic or an innate Warp power, anything goes - you can visit
> Q0 or Q11 (or Q-20 or Q666), if you can find a world on the quantum you
> want to visit.

Not to forget banestorms, nexus portals and dimensional highways.

Bye
Ingo

David Johnston

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Aug 9, 2009, 4:18:30 PM8/9/09
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On Sun, 9 Aug 2009 18:12:44 +1000, "Steven Jones"
<stev...@aapt.net.au> wrote:

>As we know, in parachronic travel, you can only go at most two quantu up or
>down. Other quanta are inaccessible. Is it possible to make multiple jumps
>to access these other quanta?

Only if you set up another projector on Centrum or another world where
they work. You could not set one up on Merlin because projectors
don't work there. But you could go through one of the magical gates
they'll be building.

Peter Knutsen

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Aug 10, 2009, 10:27:57 AM8/10/09
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If that can be done, then why have the restriction in the first place?
The restriction is probably there for a very good worldbuilding reason.

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David Johnston

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Aug 11, 2009, 9:57:08 PM8/11/09
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The reason to is explain the lack of direct warfare between Homeline
and Centrum

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