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I've only finished the first book in the Wayfarer series by Becky Chambers so no spoilers for future books pls. The main characters of the book work on a wormhole-drilling rig that drills wormholes through subspace to facilitate interstellar travel. In the book, the character describes the difference between a "blind punch" and an "anchored punch." In a blind punch, the drill sets up a "cage" around one planned terminus of the wormhole. The cage keeps the wormhole open and stable. They drill through subspace and erect a cage when they pop out the other side. They use blind punches to establish a wormhole tunnels to worlds that have no wormhole links. When they want to make a direct connection between two planets that are already linked by successive jumps, they use an "anchored punch." For an anchored punch, they erect a cage at one planned terminus, then fly the long way through the successive jumps to the other side, erect a cage there, then drill from one to the other. Okay, so here's my question: why don't they erect the cage on their end, have a third party set up the other cage at the target site, then drill directly from one to the other???
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hot date tonight! posted:Okay trap sprung I guess, I can't believe I've read these books. They do what you're suggesting in later books. I think they use the blind punches only for destinations where they can't get the equipment in place beforehand, either because the society at the destination doesn't have the technical ability to build it, or because there's no society there at all. Ok so why didn't they do it in the first book?
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Dec 2, 2021 12:11
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