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Line 1: − 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]].<ref name=TSL-54>''The Star League'', pp. 54–55: "History - Economic and Scientific Advances"</ref><ref name=CS-6>''ComStar'', p. 6: "History of ComStar - The Rise of Blake - Linking the Stars"</ref><ref name=ER2750-24>''Era Report: 2750'', pp. 24–25: "History and Review - Friends - Technology Ascendant"</ref> + 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]].<ref name=TSL-54>''The Star League'', pp. 54-55, "History - Economic and Scientific Advances"</ref><ref name=CS-6>''ComStar'', p .6, "History of ComStar - The Rise of Blake - Linking the Stars"</ref><ref name=ER2750-24>''Era Report: 2750'', pp. 24-25, "History and Review - Friends - Technology Ascendant"</ref> ==History== ==History== − 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]].<ref name=TSL-54/><ref name=CS-6/><ref name=ER2750-24/> + Often jokingly referred to by sceptics 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]].<ref name=TSL-54/><ref name=CS-6/><ref name=ER2750-24/> − 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 point]]s, 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]].<ref name=TSL-54/><ref name=CS-6/><ref name=ER2750-24/> 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."<ref name=ER2750-25>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 25: "History and Review - Friends - Technology Ascendant - Who Remember Second Place?"</ref> + 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 point]]s, 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]].<ref name=TSL-54/><ref name=CS-6/><ref name=ER2750-24/> 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."<ref name=ER2750-25>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 25, "History and Review - Friends - Technology Ascendant - Who Remember Second Place?"</ref> ==References== ==References==
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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]].<ref name=TSL-54>''The Star League'', pp. | + | 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]].<ref name=TSL-54>''The Star League'', pp. 54-55, "History - Economic and Scientific Advances"</ref><ref name=CS-6>''ComStar'', p .6, "History of ComStar - The Rise of Blake - Linking the Stars"</ref><ref name=ER2750-24>''Era Report: 2750'', pp. 24-25, "History and Review - Friends - Technology Ascendant"</ref> |
==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | Often jokingly referred to by | + | Often jokingly referred to by sceptics 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]].<ref name=TSL-54/><ref name=CS-6/><ref name=ER2750-24/> |
| − | 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 point]]s, 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]].<ref name=TSL-54/><ref name=CS-6/><ref name=ER2750-24/> 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."<ref name=ER2750-25>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 25 | + | 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 point]]s, 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]].<ref name=TSL-54/><ref name=CS-6/><ref name=ER2750-24/> 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."<ref name=ER2750-25>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 25, "History and Review - Friends - Technology Ascendant - Who Remember Second Place?"</ref> |
==References== | ==References== | ||