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Aaron1947
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So I'm working on a creative writing exercise, and I need some ideas. It's futuristic science fiction, set about 100 years in the future. The plot in a nutshell is that a rogue element of the government (think DARPA, only more evil) is trying to develop faster than light communication using quantum entanglement in order to contact a malevolent alien race in a distant galaxy.
Yes, I know this is technically not possible, but it's fiction! So I need something semi plausible in the way of some future technology that would allow quantum entanglement to be used for communication.
Perhaps more importantly, the protagonists will need some hypothetical technology with which to jam the device, thereby preventing the message from being sent, thus saving the planet.
ETA: In the story, the protagonists are a group of university scientists, so whatever plot device I come up with has to be something subtle. It's a David and Goliath situation, so they can't just storm the castle and blow up the device or something. It has to be something they can use at a distance, remotely, without being detected, like a quantum jamming signal or something.
Yes, I know this is technically not possible, but it's fiction! So I need something semi plausible in the way of some future technology that would allow quantum entanglement to be used for communication.
Perhaps more importantly, the protagonists will need some hypothetical technology with which to jam the device, thereby preventing the message from being sent, thus saving the planet.
ETA: In the story, the protagonists are a group of university scientists, so whatever plot device I come up with has to be something subtle. It's a David and Goliath situation, so they can't just storm the castle and blow up the device or something. It has to be something they can use at a distance, remotely, without being detected, like a quantum jamming signal or something.