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+ | ====== Discontinuity Points ====== | ||
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+ | Discontinuity Points are measurable, definable, tangible astrophysical positions in deep space, and detectable to those trained in their use.</ | ||
+ | Travel between Spheres is only practical through the use of Discontinuity Points. Without using Discontinuity Points a Spellship travelling at maximum velocity (100, | ||
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+ | Discontinuity travel between Spheres can only take place at locations where Discontinuity Points exist.< | ||
+ | The generalized locations of Discontinuity Points are approximately fixed in space, but are subject to slight fluctuations in position, usually amounting to no more than 3 AUs, or 300 million miles. (One Dominion AU has been standardized as the average distance from Arvandor to its sun, a distance of 100 million miles.)</ | ||
+ | Cosmologically, | ||
+ | Although not proven, there seems to be a correlation between the density of Discontinuity Points and the size of the nearest star (including those within Crystal Spheres). | ||
+ | No Discontinuity Point can exist inside a Crystal Sphere.</ | ||
+ | Known Discontinuity Points only connect to other Discontinuity Points. | ||
+ | A Discontinuity Point may connect to more than one other Discontinuity Point. They are then called Polydiscontinuity Points and have a minimum of two portals plus the point of ingress. Current scholarship suggests that there is no limit to the maximum number of portals they can have. The destination, | ||
+ | Travel between Discontinuity Points is not instantaneous. Each transition lasts between 3 and 30 minutes. During that time the Helm, and other dynamic magick items, do not function, so the ship (and all personnel, of course) experience weightlessness. Static magick effects, such as the Nepheligenous Sphere, are not affected.</ | ||
+ | At this time only a fraction of the Discontinuity Points theorized to exist have been mapped. This includes the possibility (some reputable astromancers say probability) that all the portals of known Discontinuity and Polydiscontinuity Points have not yet been fully explored and mapped.</ | ||
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