Technology between Era 3 and Era 4

[therunner he/him]

On 7/28/2025 at 12:47 PM, Bzhydack said:

That's actually not true. We never get to know if this map is fully accurate. Dajer had just vague region to scout, and Starlink was intercepted before reaching destination. They just assumed Perpendicularity was there, because of Dakwara.

No you are mistaken, Starling thinks they found the perpendicularity at the Dakwara place, because it was where the coordinates led them. They were not intercepted, they went where they were looking for, thought they found the place and then they were intercepted.

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An island, out here in the middle of the emberdark, near where the coordinates had led them. It was true.
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“Well,” Starling said, sitting back down, “at least this means the map is accurate, right?”
 

And she is wrong, because the perpendicularity is certainly hundreds of km away. If Dusk wasn't there, they would be kind of at a loss.

So again, this is evidence that Shadesmar even near perpendicularity drifts up to hundreds of km if there is no regular travel. 

So random non-perpendicular piece is probably basically constantly moving then.

On 7/28/2025 at 12:47 PM, Bzhydack said:

But this will matter only if we want to use Physical Realm map to map Shadesmar. 

Which (unless you are Navigator from First of the Sun) is one of the only ways of mapping Shadesmar. The only semi-stable regions are those near perpendicularities, and those are identified by the location they lead to PR. Silverlight being the only known exception.

Dusk is quite explicit that in emberdark, there are no landmarks to navigate by.

Edited July 30, 2025 by therunner