Technology

How the Sphere's hardware behaves, and the limits it imposes.

  • Communications — lightspeed radio and directed laser
  • Cyberization — decks, implants, and who owns the parts
  • Timekeeping — the Concord clock and how dates are written
  • Ember — a material that stores energy and information, and cannot be manufactured
  • Catena — the substrate an artificial mind needs to be self-aware. Banned