The Technology of Trailokya – Communication

In other editions of The Technology of Trailokya, I’ve covered transportation, weapons and armor, Bio Interface Machines, the Kapalanum, Zion’s gates, and the Penannular. Hopefully those articles both whet your appetite and deepened your experience of the series. Let’s continue now with communications.

Communications can mean anything from telephones to actual linguistics. Getting bogged down in the languages of the series feels a little superfluous. The duta do have their own language, which gave rise to the no longer spoken Sanskrit of southern Asia on Earth. Aside from them, the other soul races highlighted in the series would also have their own dialects and languages. For this installment, however, let’s talk about just technology, as the title focuses us there.

Managing a large scale offense or defense requires communication with military and other protective forces maintaining the borders. Zion has a clear hierarchy over which information is dispersed. The King deliberates with his council, and Metatron communicates with the highest authority in each department to disseminate the decisions and information that will be sent forward. For instance, Metatoron may go to Ganesha to apprise the Alders of information critical to their function, and/or got to General Michael to brief his forces on those aspects that affect the general’s section of the military.

In some cases, the written word is still very much in use in Zion. Not only would the sharing of messages in this manner be commonplace, but there are artists and scribes who produce their work via the written word as well. In this way, communications are achieved in the same way as on Earth. That would include both electronic and manual formats.

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