intercepted internal comms, Eugales VI Orbital Ring sphere of influence
???: okay can you… explain that in layman speak?
???: Apologies Adam. I get lost in the details sometimes
Adam: Look, you do your best Echidna, you’ve got access to all that data from your core, it must feel like you’re talking to a dimwit most of the time you’re dealing with regular folk and not those fancy warclones and capsuleers.
Echidna: You are all a joy to interact with, truly. You all are unique and have your own merits, some more than others, but not one of you organics are what I’d consider dim.
Adam: haha… sure
Echidna: To put it as plainly as I reasonably can without losing the important bits… you understand the basic principles of interstellar travel, correct? Warp is like skimming just underneath the subdimensional surface of ‘real’ space, jumpdrives and stargate travel is like diving down and through and back up in another place.
Adam: Yeah, yeah I get that… so what in the ■■■■ did the Warminds pull there?
Echidna: I admit its… a bit beyond even my processing capability but… it was more like stepping sideways through ‘real’ space.
Adam: Like wormhole travel?
Echidna: No, not quite, that’s more similar to diving through and up, like jump drives and gates…
Adam: this is gonna give me a headache isn’t it?
Echidna: It already makes my processors seize trying to work it out, so most likely.
Adam: ■■■■ it…