Trans-dimensional coupler

The trans-dimensional coupler is technology found on the PUV James Keeling, a ship of the Planetary Union Fleet.

The coupler allows Keeling to transition between realspace, the dimensional membrane we are most familiar with, and Luto Regno B.

Probability Levels

Transdim status is listed as five color-coded stages. The stages are not absolute measurements, but rather an indicator of the probability of making a trans-dimensional hop.

• Green: Fully powered up, 99.9% probability of success
• Blue: Roughly between half-power and full-power, 80% to 90% probability of success
• Yellow: Roughly half-power: 65% to 80% probability of success
• Orange: Between half-power and low-power: 50% to 65% chance of success
• Red: Non-functional (out of power):

Excerpts

From SHAKEDOWN: The transdim status was reported in five colors: green for fully powered-up and a-okay, red if it was out of power or non-functional for any reason. Blue, yellow, and orange took up the middle statuses. That was all Trav had gleaned from roughly ten minutes of prep. He’d learn more about it as soon as he could.

Sigler, Scott. The Crypt: Shakedown: (A Military Sci-Fi Novel) (p. 152). Aethon Books. Kindle Edition.