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[sihedwu]

How Timepulse Works

Hey everyone, so… this was supposed to be a reply to a question from the esteemed @wary-taru, but the topic turned out to be pretty broad, and in my humble opinion, it doesn’t really fit the “question-answer” format, so I decided to make a separate post. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

In case anyone forgot, let me remind you: Timepulse on Atmos works as a local navigation system, kinda like Atmos’s version of Earth’s GPS, and, jumping ahead, I’ll say right away that it seems to work on a similar principle, but, as often happens, a little differently. How exactly? Let’s find out.

How GPS Determines Location

So, before talking about Timepulse, I need to briefly explain GPS, since they should work the same in their most basic principle. As we all know from school, distance = speed * time. For us, this means that if we have a radio signal source whose location is precisely known, then, knowing the speed of light (299,792 km/s - veeery fast! >:D) at which radio waves travel, and the send and receive times of the signal, we can determine the distance to the transmitter. Therefore, if we know the distances to just 3 GPS satellites, then through something called the scary word “trilateration,” we can accurately determine our location on Earth. Okay, we’ve covered GPS, now let’s move on to Timepulse.

How Timepulse Determines Location

So, as we learned, the basic principle of GPS is calculating the distance to a transmitter based on the send and receive times of the signal. And the tower on Terra Glockenchime should perform the exact same function - sending a signal with the send time throughout Atmos so that everyone else can receive it. Now it’s clear why all that clock equipment is on Glockenchime. :D

But, I believe the most attentive of you should have already noticed that GPS needs 3 satellites to determine location, but there’s only 1 tower on Atmos. And, as you’ve probably already guessed, that’s where the difference lies. Now let’s see how this system works.

As with GPS, we need to calculate the distance, only not to a satellite, but to Glockenchime. However, one landmark isn’t enough; we need at least one more. As one, we can use, for example, the direction to the North Pole. So, now that we have the distance to Glockenchime, we can measure the angle between the direction to it and the direction to the North Pole. That will be the second landmark. Thus, through some not-so-complex trigonometry, Atmosian ships can calculate their location. But, as you might have already guessed, there’s one thing in all of this that we just can’t fail to mention. Namely - the accuracy of the measurements.

Atomic Clocks

So, if we measure the distance from the transmitter to the receiver through the travel time of the signal, we need to measure time very accurately, because with such a huge speed as the speed of light, even the slightest inaccuracy will be critical. To accurately measure such quantities, atomic clocks with accuracy down to attoseconds (one billionth of a billionth(!) of a second) are used on Earth. And… I wouldn’t say that the gear-driven equipment on Terra Glockenchime has the same accuracy as atomic clocks, so that gives us the right to assume that the signal sent by Timepulse travels much slower than the speed of light, otherwise the measurement errors would be just huge. And also, it’s worth noting that because not everyone can afford an atomic clock, all civilian GPS receivers, like in phones, are forced to use 4 or more satellites to achieve sufficient accuracy - and, as you’ve probably already guessed, even then it remains not very high. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Limits of Operation

So, since the canon doesn’t talk about the limits of Timepulse’s operation, we can’t say for sure whether it would work or not work at some distance/in some area (except, of course, the Great Expanse). However, judging by the fact that it radiates in all directions, its signal should weaken according to the inverse-square law. That is, if you move 2 times further from the source, the signal will weaken 4 times. Timepulse’s power isn’t reported in the show, but I would say that it can hardly operate beyond a few thousand kilometers. In any case, the canon data allows us to talk about such distances, but this is all, of course, inaccurate. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

So… I think I haven’t forgotten anything. Then that’s all for today. Thanks for your attention, bye!

[wormdogg]

Living Between Spaces

The distant impurities Seamless and fakeShaken impressionsThe mindless rapesDamned to demiseWithstanding timePulsating rhythmsReclusive kindInsistent realityEndless as painUrging an opinionLess than saneInto and onThe yearning pleasesAn opposing questionA thought teasesResent nothingListless and fakeInward and onwardTime stricken acheThoughts tormentTime erases I am aliveLiving between spaces

[exaliant]

Dimitri was cleaning up equipment after a lesson; fights would often displace materials and uneven the ground. As much as fighting on uneven ground was probably worthwhile, there was plenty of concrete in this city that having the dirt be too disheveled wasn’t imperative. It was usually much quieter off-hours, but sometimes guests snuck in. He turned around to look at who he was hearing coming, and--

It’s been quite a long time since they’ve seen the professor, admittedly, and he wasn’t sure what he did or didn’t know. Still, having an old friend’s company here was a load off his mind.

He grabbed them in for a firm but brief embrace out on the training field, practically beaming. 

“Ah, I hope you’ve been well. It’s been far too long, for me at least. Were you here looking for a challenger or did you just want to see me?” A laugh punctuated the remark, resting his elbow on his hand.

Was this the one that he knew, he wondered.

@timepulse; sc.

[accendam]

@timepulse​.

something about the person she spots feels familiar, but edelgard can’t say that she actually recognizes them. she tries not to make it a habit to stare, but it was hard. that same tint of green, she has associated to a woman with a blank look on her face, and –

– wait, those clothes. those clothes are too close to the one she had in mind for comfort. with changes, of course, for their different frame; she remembered her teacher quite clearly, and her memories didn’t align with what she sees. however... it has been five long years. who knows what can change, during then?

there wasn’t any denying it at this point, was there? all there’s left is to confirm. with a hesitant voice, she calls out.

“...professor?”

[xiasini]

@timepulse​ sent  ♣ (  discovering them crying .  )                meme - send for my muse’s reaction to ---

a hand covers his mouth, his eyes squeezed shut. the rush is pain that enters his heart too much for him to simply suppress this time. it unpacks from unknown crevices of the mind, flooding him with waves and waves of pain that he doesn’t want to feel. he doesn’t know how to handle them. muffled sounds escape his hands despite efforts to be quiet, muffled cries he prays no one can hear. shameful. unfitting.

and the reason for this? completely immoral. these thoughts should never even have entered his mind. he should be free from these feelings, these thoughts of the one person who attached to him and he, unknowing, attached himself to as well. affection should have disappeared long ago for the sake of their coveted shizun to disciple relationship, but they reappear now of all times with renewed intensity. 

a sudden noise makes him snap his head in the direction of the sound, eyes wide and brimming with tears. he uncovers his mouth, his lips stretched into a frown. despite the tears, his face appears fierce, angry even, that he was caught in this moment of weakness. and worse, by someone he recognizes. “what--what are you doing here?” he asks. voice cracks, but recovers quickly. he stands up straight, briskly using his sleeves wiping away the tears. the effort done in vain, as more tears follow, emotions not yet done ravaging his heart and mind.

“go away,” he says, voice quiet, but firm. “and don’t speak about this ever again.” he’s already appeared weak enough, on top of all the other flaws he already revealed. he bites his lower lips, shies his face away, once again wiping away the tears before they can drip onto the floor. phoenix eyes meet byleth’s again -- the eyes of someone utterly broken.

“please.”

[blaithyd]

MUSE TRACKS

post  3 - 5  songs  that  remind  you  of  your  muse.

TAGGED BY: @halfknighted TAGGING: @timepulse , @warstep​ , @sacrifaria​ , @guileheart​ , @hartsgold​ 

ALBATROSS –– FOALS 

you got a hungry green eyed monster that you keep fed and it keeps on coming over it wants you dead // time comes round again; it’s itching at your bone // you said you're scared of the clocks that keep ticking over

LET GO –– THE DEAR HUNTER ( azure moon || post timeskip; post gronder field )

sleepless nights start an inner war when the worst of me simply can’t concede // so I'll give in and live life the way that I have always been: ghost still wailing at the door begging to be let in // I'll try and let go of all of the wicked things 

GHOSST(S) –– LORN 

i’ve watched this ghost so long it feels like home to me // we’ve seen him wail he keeps his tail tucked in between 

DANGEROUS –– SON LUX 

how does it feel to be your own deceiver? // spend fewer nights with the living than I do with the dead. how am I supposed to run? how, am I supposed to run? // the best endure, but the dead are true believers. rest assured, we are all believers

SKINNING –– ERAAS 

the banging drum let him in. his sight had grown a desert skin // matching hands, he looked subdued as all his eyes filled up with gloom // a tightrope walk, a thawing throne, a careful chore it seeps into and shines so good it gets to you

[inthedusksynria]

regarding the direct, i will honestly be fine if they dont announce anything of FE. 3H had just launched (last dlc was even last year) and after its troubled development cycle i would rather the next FE, be it a remake or not, to have all time it needs to be able to be polished and done well.

(that said i will be so pissed if the rumor of tellius remakes is done, bc damn dude, binding blade, genealogy + thracia, should have priority given that they werent localized. Gun to the head, i would be fine with it being binding blade since its a safer game to remake with its own popularity. Genealogy, gives me unseasy feels if only bc i feel like treehouse would fuck up the localization and make it join the fates club of “lore cutted out and ommited”)

A port tho would be wonderful. Just a port with a timepulse/savestate/whatever of PoR and RD would be glorious.

[p1lgrim]

Listen, waves to the Lazy days and distant Nights, where the Distance blacks and the shooshing Nearness whites

Awe Rhythm chaotic a Timepulse of cosmic hearts Under angel lifted lights The falls and the pulls Sucked up and down Never able to rest Hiding much below

The sea is me But on the land I stand

[exaliant]

“Professor--?”

He couldn’t believe his eyes; for a while here he thought he was simply on his own with the sheer unfamiliarity of the place here. But while grey was easy to miss in the crowd; the make of his jacket and the pauldrons upon his shoulders weren’t. 

“Professor! Professor, I--!” He kept calling and weaving his way through the crowd until he was able to stop before Byleth. He wasn’t winded, but his heart was still pounding.

“Is that really you? I thought I was in some sort of unending waking nightmare...”

@timepulse