Timeline for What would the effects of static teleportation points have on a Renaissance society?
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| Aug 12, 2016 at 19:35 | comment | added | nijineko | This warfare aspect would, of course, lead to the creation of ninjas. | |
| Dec 22, 2014 at 22:53 | comment | added | Oldcat | The real advantage is to create a castle on an unoccupied bit of land with a portal in it. Then build up your army behind the walls as easily as you could in your own country, and instantly. | |
| Dec 20, 2014 at 20:21 | comment | added | HDE 226868♦ | @dsollen I hadn't thought about that limitation. I suppose the way around that would be to have a whole bunch of teleportation devices, but it does seem like they're hard to make, which would seem to preclude that loophole. | |
| Dec 20, 2014 at 20:16 | comment | added | dsollen | actually, the warfare one may be less of an issue. the implication from the OP seems to be that there is a limit on how fast people can be transported across the network. If so portal invasions are less concerning, sending one person at a time through a portal armed with a half dozen crossbow men each taking turns firing and reloading is a fun way to block a portal with dead bodies. For that matter you could go stargate style and add an iris for warfare. terrorist can be handled the same way immigration across borders are handled. | |
| Oct 8, 2014 at 23:58 | comment | added | HDE 226868♦ | @Rowanas I wanted to analyze another proposed "teleportation" system to see what effects it could have. | |
| Oct 8, 2014 at 14:28 | comment | added | Rowanas | The whole Harry Potter Floo powder thing seems like a really long winded way of mentioning something with only passing relevance... and I mentioned that the orbs are placed -near- to cities for exactly the reason you gave. Everyone going or coming is vetted, if they're using a near-city point. | |
| Oct 8, 2014 at 12:16 | comment | added | Danny Reagan | Excellent and very detailed answer. +1 for both Harry Potter and Redwall references. | |
| Oct 8, 2014 at 8:15 | comment | added | Raestloz | Your point 1 can be summarized as: "just like what bus stations do to us, only without all the waiting and vandalism" | |
| Oct 8, 2014 at 2:20 | history | edited | HDE 226868♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 8, 2014 at 0:52 | history | answered | HDE 226868♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |