Re: The Abacus' Theories
Posted: 28 Jan 2013 12:43
OK, I have made some more revisions to the Portal Mechanics Theory and added to it what we have discussed after my last revision. Here it is (shame I can't do any indents after each paragraph):
Portal Mechanics Theory
Primary Goal: The aim of this theory is to show how it may be possible to navigate throughout the whole of the subnet by pointing out the limitations of existing technologies and theorizing solutions to them.
Commonly Referred-to Vocabulary:
Portal System: a system of portals that are connected and share the same origin coordinate
Origin Coordinate/Origin: the coordinate 000 on XYZ portal and 00 on the root transporters
Now, The Actual Theory
The normal XYZ portal can have up to 1000 different coordinates, but the subnet is likely much larger than that. The fact that the subnet CAN expand tells us that even IF we can currently navigate the whole of the subnet, this may not be the case in the future. A possibility that removes this limitation in the case of the XYZ portal the possibility of the existence of OTHER portal systems with different origin coordinates. I believe that this is likely because XYZ portal was reverse-engineered and however reverse-engineered it set the first portal system to have the coordinate 000 for the lab (dorm area). The fact that it reverse-engineered tells us that the origin coordinate is not a fixed point for all portal systems or the subnet (the lab, to our knowledge, is of no importance to the subnet itself unlike the core and other similar locations). Thus it should be possible to have other portal systems with different origin coordinates. We, however, are only aware of the existence of one XYZ portal system and there is no way to prove this until encountered.
The possibility of other portal systems can be applied to the root transporters as well because there are only so many cipher plates (a speculation suggests an original minimum of 6), which can only access that portion of the subnet. On the other the root transporters may not need another system for the same plane if the creation of more cipher plates is possible. However, multiple systems would still be needed as the transporters can only navigate on an XY plane and not an XYZ plane.
The possibility of other systems is almost certain in terms of the portal seen at the end of sub6 and the beginning sub7. We do not know enough about these portals to be certain of anything. IF these portals only allow navigation between 2 locations, it suggests the existence of other sets of these portals. However, if they can lead to multiple locations (via the information given through the connection pod) then other portal systems may or may not exist/be necessary.
In the case of transportation between layers, multiple systems are not required as there are 7 layers of the subnet and no more. The technologies we have observed may or may not have been built in other layers. If they are they should be possible to build as most of these were built and there is no reason to why we cannot build them again in a different layer.
I hope that this theory addresses any limitations in the navigation of the Subnet and shows how easy navigation throughout the whole of the subnet may be possible.
Portal Mechanics Theory
Primary Goal: The aim of this theory is to show how it may be possible to navigate throughout the whole of the subnet by pointing out the limitations of existing technologies and theorizing solutions to them.
Commonly Referred-to Vocabulary:
Portal System: a system of portals that are connected and share the same origin coordinate
Origin Coordinate/Origin: the coordinate 000 on XYZ portal and 00 on the root transporters
Now, The Actual Theory
The normal XYZ portal can have up to 1000 different coordinates, but the subnet is likely much larger than that. The fact that the subnet CAN expand tells us that even IF we can currently navigate the whole of the subnet, this may not be the case in the future. A possibility that removes this limitation in the case of the XYZ portal the possibility of the existence of OTHER portal systems with different origin coordinates. I believe that this is likely because XYZ portal was reverse-engineered and however reverse-engineered it set the first portal system to have the coordinate 000 for the lab (dorm area). The fact that it reverse-engineered tells us that the origin coordinate is not a fixed point for all portal systems or the subnet (the lab, to our knowledge, is of no importance to the subnet itself unlike the core and other similar locations). Thus it should be possible to have other portal systems with different origin coordinates. We, however, are only aware of the existence of one XYZ portal system and there is no way to prove this until encountered.
The possibility of other portal systems can be applied to the root transporters as well because there are only so many cipher plates (a speculation suggests an original minimum of 6), which can only access that portion of the subnet. On the other the root transporters may not need another system for the same plane if the creation of more cipher plates is possible. However, multiple systems would still be needed as the transporters can only navigate on an XY plane and not an XYZ plane.
The possibility of other systems is almost certain in terms of the portal seen at the end of sub6 and the beginning sub7. We do not know enough about these portals to be certain of anything. IF these portals only allow navigation between 2 locations, it suggests the existence of other sets of these portals. However, if they can lead to multiple locations (via the information given through the connection pod) then other portal systems may or may not exist/be necessary.
In the case of transportation between layers, multiple systems are not required as there are 7 layers of the subnet and no more. The technologies we have observed may or may not have been built in other layers. If they are they should be possible to build as most of these were built and there is no reason to why we cannot build them again in a different layer.
I hope that this theory addresses any limitations in the navigation of the Subnet and shows how easy navigation throughout the whole of the subnet may be possible.
