The Ansible

Item from enders-game by Orson Scott Card

An instantaneous communicator using paired philotes — the technology that let Ender command real fleets from a 'simulator,' that connected the Hundred Worlds, and that gave Jane a body made of light-speed conversations.

Also known as: Ansible, Philotic Parallax Instantaneous Communicator

What They Know

• Instantaneous communicator using paired philotes — no speed-of-light delay
• Originally muon pairs; first prototype linked Luna to the Belt; miniaturized from van to suitcase
• Ender commanded real fleets via Ansible from Command School's 'simulator'
• Jane exists within the Ansible network — shutting it down would kill her
• Every Hundred Worlds planet is connected by Ansible — enabling real-time interstellar governance
• Term coined by Ursula K. Le Guin in 1966, from 'answerable'

Connections

• hosts — jane
• connects — hundred_worlds
• used_by — ender

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