Echo Drive

Echo Drive
Technical Specifications
Also Known As:	Subspace Communications Network
Created By:	Unknown (The Initiative)
Intended Purpose:	Near-Instantaneous Communications & Data Sharing
Status:	In Use

The Echo Drive is a light-speed communications network, in use by The Initiative. It is carried on every ship. It allows for sensory, targeting, status, and maneuvering data to be shared nearly instantaneously between ships within the same fleet, allowing ships to work in a much more uniform manner, as well as utilizing communications relays for communication with more distant planets.

The Echo Drive is also installed on civilian craft, to allow for communications data to be transferred around. However, it has a series of built in AIs to prioritize military transmissions based on need and emergency situations. However, outside of emergencies, it allows for the majority dedicated to civilian use, this amount being controlled and cut down on as needed for military transmissions. Should an emergency arise, the AIs would cut down on the civilian bandwidth, prioritizing emergency messages and military communications over day-to-day transmissions.