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//This is not strictly a telecomms machine but conceptually it is.
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/obj/machinery/exonet_node
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description_info = "This machine is needed for several machines back at the colony to interact with systems beyond this region of space, such as \
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communicators, external PDA messages, and even newscaster units, which host their content externally. You can fiddle with the device with \
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just your hands, due to the integrated monitor and keyboard. Synthetic units can interface with it as well, just like most other machines."
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description_fluff = "This is one of many nodes that make up the Exonet, which services trillions of devices across space. This particular node \
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is referred to as a terminal node, servicing the Northern Star.<br>\
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<br>\
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In the beginning of humanity's ascend into space, the Exonet didn't exist. Instead, the Exonet is the evolution to a network called the Interplanetary \
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Internet (sometimes referred to as the InterPlaNet), which was conceived and developed due to the limitations of the terrestrial Internet, mainly because \
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the IP protocol was unsuitable for long range communications in space, due to the massive delays associated with lightspeed being unable to overcome \
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the massive distances between planets in a timely manner. It was a store-and-forward network of smaller internets, distributed between various nodes, \
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and was designed to be error, fault, and delay tolerant. The first nodes were put into space around the time when colonization had begun, to service humanity’s \
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close holdings, such as Luna and Mars.<br>\
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<br>\
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By 2104, the Interplanetary Internet had coverage within most of Sol, but the network of networks were limited by the speed of light, and due \
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to orbital mechanics, the delay for a request to be processed could vary. As an example, a direct message from Mars to Earth could take anywhere \
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between three to twenty two minutes to get to Earth, and then the same amount of time to return to Mars. Coverage was also spotty due to the \
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nature of operating at such vast distances.<br>\
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<br>\
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Fortunately, a method for traveling faster than light was discovered, which could allow data to be transmitted beyond the speed of light, \
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and thus overcome the limitations of the Interplanetary Internet. One by one, each of the nodes were upgraded to utilize cutting edge \
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(at the time) FTL technologies to rapidly increase response time.<br>\
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<br>\
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Once humanity had send colonists out beyond Sol, to other star systems such as Sirius and Alpha Centauri, they required their own interplanetary \
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internet, so a new protocol had to be created, and another hardware upgrade for the separate interplanetary internets. The end result allowed \
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communications between Sol and the various exosolar systems, and was dubbed the Exonet. It remains the most common way for consumers to engage \
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in long range communications across planets and star systems. Generally, each system has their own Exonet, which is connected to all the other \
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Exonets at the root node(s), and is typically arranged in a tree structure. The root node(s) are generally government-owned and are very secure \
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and resilient to failure.<br>\
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<br>\
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This node is privately owned and maintained by Nanotrasen, and allows the colonists of the Northern Star to have access to the Exonet."
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description_antag = "An EMP will disable this device for a short period of time. A longer downage can be achieved by turning it off, or rigging \
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the APC it uses to turn off remotely, such as with a signaler in the right wire." |