Void and I were talking about this last night, since there's no real good established way to figure out where the expedition team is in relation to the maps themselves. Ez (who is on the expedition team) is a highly skilled cartographer and could, on a paper with the number on it, be drawing a live map. There was also the thought of placing cameras on a few of the people moving around, so that the control room can get a live visual.
The means of communication also concerns me a little bit, since 2-way radios probably wouldn't work at certain depths/can be meddled with/basically they would prove a way to easily lose signal or be intercepted in some way. I'm digging the mirror idea for everyone, but there should probably be one person with a more reliable means of communication reporting back. Luci's main objective (personally, at least) will be getting as accurate of a read on the underground as possible, even if they don't manage to find anything. Something easy to conceal, much like the mirrors, would be ideal.
Phones and 2-ways work on high frequency, which have a hard time passing through rock; this affects voice, text and being able to connect to WiFi. Ideally, she would want to find a way to use a low-frequency radio device and wireless ear pieces, but I wouldn't even begin to know if anyone in the Numbers would have a hold of that kind of stuff. TTE-receivers are usually used for mining purposes, so I don't know that they would have any kind of civilian application.
Again, it's possible that it's something Ez's dad might have given his career, but that one's a hard stretch. Also yes, she would know most of this (and probably researched the stuff she doesn't), because teenage genius.
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The means of communication also concerns me a little bit, since 2-way radios probably wouldn't work at certain depths/can be meddled with/basically they would prove a way to easily lose signal or be intercepted in some way. I'm digging the mirror idea for everyone, but there should probably be one person with a more reliable means of communication reporting back. Luci's main objective (personally, at least) will be getting as accurate of a read on the underground as possible, even if they don't manage to find anything. Something easy to conceal, much like the mirrors, would be ideal.
Phones and 2-ways work on high frequency, which have a hard time passing through rock; this affects voice, text and being able to connect to WiFi. Ideally, she would want to find a way to use a low-frequency radio device and wireless ear pieces, but I wouldn't even begin to know if anyone in the Numbers would have a hold of that kind of stuff. TTE-receivers are usually used for mining purposes, so I don't know that they would have any kind of civilian application.
Again, it's possible that it's something Ez's dad might have given his career, but that one's a hard stretch. Also yes, she would know most of this (and probably researched the stuff she doesn't), because teenage genius.