Advanced Technologies

Limitations of Technology

First to describe a number of things technology cannot accomplish in the Hayven Celestia universe: while such means are only theoretically impossible, they have been studied for millennia by, at minimum, krakun scientists, but haven't resulted in additional breakthroughs, so any violations require significant justification.

• Even with space-folding, it is impossible to pass the lightspeed barrier to any practical purpose, either through relativistic means or otherwise. The only way around this is via wormhole gates that allow instantaneous travel, which must be constructed with both ends in place first.
• Wormhole gates cannot be built planetside without creating a host of problems, and so require construction in space. They also have a minimum diameter of 3 km and are very easy to detect.
• Besides gates, there are no known methods of instantaneous teleportation.
• The brain of (most) any intelligent, sapient creature cannot be hacked with any reliability. This means it is impossible to perform "clean brainwashing" where the subject will obey all orders without question, there is no way to reliably copy the brain of any individual beyond superficial skimming (aka no brain uploading to computers or other wetware), and computerized augmentations for the brain (should they exist) are very limited in ability.

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligences are very advanced, to the degree they can think and reason on par with biological life, but have limitations in their scope. In some cultures, these are considered to be living beings. The main downside, and the reason that krakun began a system of slavery as an alternative for menial tasks, is that AIs can be hacked with relative ease--all it takes is another, smarter, faster AI (or a very skilled hacker) to do the job. While this doesn't mean they serve no purpose, they generally cannot be given control of or access to critical systems without risk of opening up those systems to quick sabotage by altering an AI's allegiance.

Medical Technologies

Medical Foam

First aid supplement. Can plug wounds anywhere between small cuts and large gaping holes without causing toxic shock, allows for natural healing to take over or can be used as a stop-gap before assessment and repair by professionals. Application is dry and sets within moments, it flexes with skin and excess material sweeps away easily.