farcaster-technology
Advanced teleportation portals critical for defense and evacuation, whose control is strategically vital in the conflict with the Ousters.
2 chapters across 2 books
Hyperion (1990)Dan Simmons
The prologue introduces the Hegemony Consul as he receives a fatline transmission from Meina Gladstone, informing him of his selection to join the Shrike Pilgrimage to Hyperion amidst a looming Ouster invasion and the mysterious opening of the Time Tombs. The Consul contemplates the grave political and military stakes involved, including the possibility of an Ouster agent among the pilgrims, and reflects on his painful past on Hyperion and the terrifying presence of the Shrike. The chapter ends with the Consul awakening aboard the Templar treeship Yggdrasil, preparing to rendezvous with the other pilgrims.
The Fall of Hyperion (1990)Dan Simmons
In this chapter, Severn awakens in St. Peter's Basilica and discusses a troubling vision involving the TechnoCore's influence with Monsignor Edouard and Father Duré. After Father Duré departs to seek counsel, Severn is urgently summoned by Leigh Hunt to meet CEO Gladstone, but when they attempt to travel via the Pope's Door farcaster, they are unexpectedly transported to an Earth-like vineyard landscape outside the datasphere, suggesting the TechnoCore has trapped them in a duplicate or alternate Earth to prevent critical information from reaching the CEO.