Quantum Pen Item in Kingsmaker | World Anvil

Quantum Pen

A product of Noctec™

"The recent abundance of online criminality rendered the Simulnet to a place currently riddled with security holes.
We apologize for these inconveniences and are actively working on fixing the Simulnet.
To offer you an alternative to keep your much-needed privacy, we ventured down into our vast array of discoveries and inventions unusable for the market of then.
But searching for discoveries usable for the now, we stumbled across the theory of quantum entanglement.
May I present to you, dear investors, the Quantum Pen!"

Tech Guru of Noctec
 
The quantum pen is an invention based on an ancient and sadly quite limited natural phenomenon called quantum entanglement.
The dire need for the intertwined quanta to be kept all the time in a state of absolute congruence rendered previous attempts to utilize the phenomenon impossible.
The newly invented quantum pen or much rather quantum pen-box utilized the recent advancements in artificial magic developed by Noctec.

A simple aluminium box fed with the necessary technology to maintain a gravity field and an ordinary pen with a special tip. And still so effective.

Mechanics & Inner Workings

The quantum pen appears as a black box able to get connected to a keyboard as well as a mechanical printer.
The box holds up artificial zero gravity on its inside allowing the name-giving pen to hover freely and completely unaffected by anything at all.
The pen is always with its quantum ballpoint in contact with the writing wall and is able to move through gravity bending commands interpreting the typed in letters on the keyboard.
The writing wall recognizes the movement and secures it as a command string for the printer on the receiving end to get printed out after the message got fully written. While the sender utilizes its gravity engine to move the pen, the slight movement of the entangled quant in zero gravity on the receiving end moves accordingly without the need for an actual connection.

The sender is at the same time the receiver and vice versa.

Significance

The quantum pen quickly grew in populace assuring a non-trackable and completely secure way of texting.
It got however not commercialized due to its considerably large place needed to only maintain a single unchangeable connection.
 
"So much money for a small box, that literally gets destroyed if I only move the table I placed it on?
Way too fragile to be bought for normal conversations."

Customer
Item type
Tool
Manufacturer
Owning Organization
Weight
200 g
Dimensions
210 x 297 x 1000 mm
Base Price
8.000 credits
Warranty
"Noctec is not responsible for any break-downs of quantum pens and doesn't offer cash-back.
Through signing the contract, the buyers agree to provide the necessary immovable surface for the pen to be anchored to."

Manufacturing Progress

The instalment of a quantum pen couldn't be more simple and at the same time more complicated. The instalment begins with a timed creation
of an entwined quant within the ballpoint after both boxes got installed at their desired locations. When the quant is stable and got tested by the instalment team from Noctec everything is set up for communication.

Setting up the quantum pen requires the involvement of Noctec, as the company keeps the possession and usage of a quantum generator for their companies usage only.


Cover image: by Vertixico

Comments

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Jul 6, 2021 11:40 by Amélie I. S. Debruyne

Seems complicated and cumbersome, I'm guessing it's mostly used by the army or for important government offices to communicate together? Great idea and article! :D

Jul 6, 2021 11:48 by Soulwing

Mainly, yes. But it also got quite popular in the Underground after a corrupt Noctec scientist ditched an uncertified copy of the quantum generator to the new godking of the Underground to prove their loyalty. Slavers welcomed this technology to further anonymize their illegal buisness.

Creator, artist and writer of the science fantasy world Kingsmaker.