The Universal Atlas
Conception and Initial Product
Following the Mandate to Space, the Atlas Corporation needed a way to help explorers of the universe create articles and collect data about their journeys, as well as let others know about their findings and discoveries. This led to the conception of the creation of the Universal Atlas in 2330. In it's early days, the Universal Atlas system wasn't much more than a tablet connected to a ship-side server. The ship would contain a database of information obtained by it's crew over their journeys, and would report that information when the crew got to the nearest Atlas controlled space station, where a master database would update the entire Atlas System over a quantum internet network. The crew would then log any information and data they could gather with the Atlas Codex, a small portable tablet that was connected to the Universal Atlas system over wireless. The Universal Atlas system could also be added to with manual computer entries. Toward the late 2350's, Atlas introduced a new line of the Universal Atlas, one with a stable quantum internet connection to the database. It can communicate with master databases 100's of light-years away in mere milliseconds using the improved version of their quantum network. It featured a 1m3 design, and contained in it 32 petabytes worth of information about our universe using laser-glass hard drives. Although most Universal Atlas systems are 90% empty by default in anticipation for research data, 10% is filled with the biggest library in human history, including translations and audio books, as well as notable games in order to keep the owners of the Atlas occupied during their long journeys between star systems and planets. The Universal Atlas System is so common, that today the majority of articles about extraterrestrial planets, life, and the other cosmic wonders of the galaxy are written right on a handheld Codex, and shared with the rest of humanity.Remove these ads. Join the Worldbuilders Guild
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