Laser-Light Communication

The Laser-Light Communication System is a technology widely used in the Orbital Era and is featured in Mobile Gear Gundam Blues.

Description & Characteristics
With the establishment of the Orbital Era and the boundaries therein, wireless communication methods would've been ineffective in quickly sending messages back and forth across the long distances of space. Immediately, the idea of using light was hoped upon, and work was set to figure out how to accomplish it.

The Laser-light configuration consisted of a laser pointer affixed inside a lens that would widen the laser out to a large radius. The pointer would flash its laser approximately 92.2 million times per second (though the naked human eye couldn't perceive it), sending out a visual binary sequence. A sensor would then receive the light and interpret the flash sequence until it finally could translate it into its proper data form.

While development was meant for long distance communication, it was realized that it could be used on-site if wireless transmissions were to be interrupted for whatever reason. Because of the simple construction of the laser pointer and its lens, it could be equipped onto almost anything without much hassle. Spaceships, Mobile Gears, smaller vehicles like cars, boats, airplanes, and much more.

The speed of light is 186,000 miles per second (or 299,337.98 kilometers per second), while the distance between even the Earth and Mars is 48,678,219 miles. Because of the proliferation of laser-light communication, ships going back and forth across the borders could act as relays for getting a laser-light message from point A to point B more quickly. While not instantaneous, it proved to be slightly faster than wireless and able to retain 99.5% of its information across the journey compared to the gradual decay of a wireless transmission (and could not be blocked out by interference unless a relay was physically destroyed before it could send the message). With the desire to mainly use an independent relay system, devices are left at key points between the distances of the planets that had sensors and laser lens all across its body.