Chronoplate



A chronoplate is the device by which agents of the Time Corps travel through time.

Operation
Chronoplates are generally kept in a travel case. Altogether they are approximately the size of a briefcase.

Chronoplates consist of border circuits and the case also contains a computer and tracer apparatus.

Chronoplates are able to scan for nearby implants. This is not common knowledge amongst the Temporal Corps and is restricted need-to-know information. This function does not allow them to pinpoint the location of an implant with the accuracy of S&R team specialized equipment i.e. the Personnel Tracking System (PTS).

Chronoplates are fail safe; without knowledge of the correct sequence the plate self-destructs. They can be traced by S&R, like soldier implants, although the tracer function can be bypassed by someone savvy enough.

Usage
Leaving a time zone via a chronoplate is known informally as "clocking out".

Clocking out makes most people very sick. Eventually, most soldiers get used to it enough so they can hang on to their food at least some of the time, but most people still barf upon transition.

Occasionally - most would like to think rarely - people will get lost coming through a chronoplate and become stranded in the limbo of the dead zone. No one ever talks about it.

Limited Access
Only four branches of the service have steady access to chronoplates. Referee Corps, Observer Corps, Search and Retrieve and Airborne.