The Seam
The Seam
also: Seam connection
The phenomenon that allows instantaneous traversal between distant points in space.
In full
Not a wormhole and not faster-than-light travel — something else. A connection in the structure of space that a correctly-tuned instrument can open and cross in no subjective time. The first signal arrived 14 March 2047; the first accidental human traversal followed in 2071. Every story in the franchise runs on it, and almost no one understands what it actually is.
Key facts
- First signal: 14 March 2047, 03:17:44 UTC, Svalbard Deep-Field Array, on the hydrogen line (1420.40575 MHz).
- First accidental human traversal: Erika Magnusdóttir, 4 March 2071 — moved +8 years forward and 1.3 km sideways.
- Not a wormhole and not FTL — a connection in the structure of space, crossed in no subjective time.
- Almost no one in the franchise understands what it actually is.