Remote Communication

Background

Remote Communication is the ability to communicate with others across distances without relying on standard physical or vocal interactions. This can include the use of advanced technology, magical relays, psychic links, or any other system that allows a person to transmit messages, thoughts, or sensory data across spatial barriers. This communication can occur in real time or be asynchronous, and may involve audio, visuals, telepathic impressions, or even full cognitive or emotional exchanges.

While the means of communication vary, the function remains consistent: the user is able to send and receive information beyond their immediate physical proximity, often across vast distances, inaccessible locations, or even alternate planes of existence. The nature of this power makes it invaluable for battlefield coordination, reconnaissance, emergency signaling, and maintaining connections in isolated conditions.

In some contexts, the method of communication can be entirely undetectable to others, allowing for covert operations or silent strategizing. In others, the system may be vulnerable to interception or interference, depending on its nature.

While often associated with mystical or science-fiction abilities such as telepathy or magical messengers, remote communication is just as crucial in grounded, realistic settings. Military operatives, intelligence agents, soldiers, and explorers frequently utilize technological devices to remain in contact with headquarters or teammates, allowing for coordinated efforts, tactical briefings, or emergency alerts in the field.

It enables users to maintain awareness, receive objectives, and adjust plans dynamically during missions or battles, whether through earpieces, wrist-mounted devices, holographic interfaces, or neural uplinks.

Also Called

• Long-Range Communication
• Non-Local Messaging
• Telecommunication (Tech-Based)
• Psychic Link
• Field Relay

Possible Applications

• Maintain contact with allies during missions, battles, or dangerous environments
• Receive real-time tactical or mission-based updates
• Deliver warnings, requests, or commands across great distances or barriers
• Establish silent channels of communication without alerting enemies
• Form communication networks between multiple users or squads
• Transmit images, maps, mental impressions, or data
• Contact individuals across dimensions, universes, or timelines
• Communicate with intelligent entities embedded in other locations (e.g. AI, spirits)

Practical Uses

• Facilitates strategic planning and coordination without line-of-sight
• Allows individuals to remain updated while separated from command or allies
• Vital for isolated characters or operatives acting alone in the field
• Can help characters avoid ambushes or relay enemy positions in real-time
• May reduce dependency on visible or audible signs, reducing exposure
• Enables multi-layered team synergy in split operations or missions
• Can simulate team presence or guidance even when the user is physically alone
• In more advanced or metaphysical forms, can allow emotional or sensory sharing beyond mere words

Variations

• Technological Communication: The user employs high-tech devices (e.g. headsets, AI uplinks, communicator panels, neural implants) to transmit and receive audio, video, or data over distances.
• Psychic/Mental Communication: Involves the use of telepathy or shared mental fields, allowing users to send thoughts, images, or emotional impressions directly between minds.
• Magical Communication: Messages are transmitted using spells, enchanted objects, spirit familiars, or arcane sigils that serve as conduits across space or realms.
• Dimensional Communication: Allows the user to speak with or contact individuals in alternate planes, realities, timelines, or dimensions through advanced means.
• Divine/Spiritual Communication: Contact through divine means, ancestral spirits, or celestial links, often seen in more mythological or metaphysical settings.
• Construct-Based Communication: Uses external avatars, drones, familiars, or created extensions to relay information or messages.

Possible Limitations

• Communication may be vulnerable to jamming, interference, or anti-communication fields
• Magical or psychic versions may require a shared bond, mark, or ritual preparation
• Technological methods can be hacked, overheard, or damaged
• May require a signal source, battery, or arcane energy to function
• Some methods are one-way only, preventing full dialogue
• Interdimensional or temporal communication may be delayed or unstable
• Communicated information may be misinterpreted, especially without tone or context
• Some forms of communication may unintentionally link the sender's mind or location to the receiver, causing vulnerabilities

Users

• Jak (Jak and Daxter): Uses a communicator to speak with allies who provide him with information on what to do at times.
• Solid Snake (Metal Gear): Utilizes the Codec system to maintain contact with mission control, receive real-time intelligence, and coordinate with allies across operations. In earlier games (Pre-Metal Gear Solid) he utilizes the standard radio system.