INTERSTATION COMMAND NETWORK
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Intent: To create a network that will help with keeping command networks afloat if any one of the command stations go down. The network will keep command going and plug in the hole until the station is brought online.
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Manufacturer: First Order Corps of Imperial Engineers, First Order Naval Engineering
Model: FIHN ISCIV “Interstation Command Network”
Affiliation: First Order
Modularity: No
Production: Mass Produced
Material:
Hyperwave Frequencies
Subspace Frequencies
Subspace Communication Beacons
Central Command Subspace Area Network
Central Command Virtual Private Network
Auto-Activation Alert Signals
Encryption Modules
Command Hex-Encryption Modules
SPECIAL FEATURES
Encrypted network that enables all of the First Order’s “command” stations to speak to one another and relay crucial information.
The network creates a virtual copy of all “command” station data, and can mimic a “command” station once enabled via auto-activation.
Communicates through both subspace and hyperwave frequencies on dual-encoded channels.
Virtual Station: Acts as a virtual station when necessary, and enables the virtual communication between all “command” stations along encrypted channels. It does so by mimicking a “command” station once alerts have been sent to do so.
Terminal: While it can act and mimic a “command” station, it can not perform any actions on its own. Meaning it works only as a terminal, an endpoint in which to host and read through the data but cannot write data on its own.
Subspace Vulnerabilities: Communication for the network works two-fold for both hyperspace and subspace, hyperspace for high priority messages and subspace for low priority. Subspace harbors more network vulnerabilities than the First Order would care to admit, and makes for a tempting way in for any hacker.
Degradation: Subspace communication degrades over distance, causing lags and server issues for those further away from the main hub in Avalonia - causing datapackets to be lost.
DESCRIPTION
When the FIS Kuragin faced its untimely demise, its construction left a gaping hole in the command network. This hole was temporarily plugged by the FIV Warspite, but the Warspite was not the Kuragin and served as a dutiful reminder to have something in place. Should another station be lost, and thus the ISCN was created. The ISCN is a simple network that works to not only enable the First Order’s higher-end command stations to communicate with one another. But, it also gives them the ability to mimic or create a virtual station.
But this works only to read data that was already put in, and not write it. It is only a terminal and serves with limited functions. The purpose is to keep the network up and running, enabling all of the other command stations to continue their work without the gaping hole. In essence, all the command stations would be able to continue their work with no interruption. Which was the key, and for this there is a dual-encoded encrypted channel to help keep information secure. Secondly, the network works on two frequencies, hyperwave and subspace with subspace being the more vulnerable of the two.
The network creates a subspace area network for all the command stations to input and share data with one another. This network operates in a virtual private network created by Central Command so that it can monitor all the data going in and out of the network. The CCSAN works with all of the First Order's stations this enables them to easily share data without the hassle of going back and forth between stations. The ISCN operates within its own private CCSAN that is dual-encoded specifically for "command" stations.
