There are rumored to be 6 (or perhaps more) pairs of greater clockworks in Monstru, and all are secret and carefully guarded by the Authority.
Formed in pairs, they allow instantaneous travel between the two synced devices.
It requires an immense amount of energy to move any amount of mass around, though it little matters how heavy an item is. (As long as it fits through the door.) A feather costs the same massive energy to move as does a 7 ton CrowBot Diplomat.
A Greater Clockwork can perform a “Fold” once every 24 hours, period. The rest of the time is spent recharging, recalculating the ether, and reinvigorating.
There are 4 dozen unique dataspools utilized for each transfer, which deal with mapping the ether, time/space calculations, and ether weather.
The Greater Clockworks were created at the same time, out of mirrored pieces of oak from the World’s Tree, which has now been totally consumed.
Sometimes things come through along with the Fold Traveler. Odd things. Bad things.
Quick Facts:
- G. Clockworks can only Fold to the one other synced G. Clockwork that they were created with.
- G. Clockworks require a key to operate.
- However, there are no doors on any G. Clockworks; one could come from the other side at any time, for goodness sake.