8.0 Communications

Communications aboard the USS Camelot have two basic forms: voice and data transmissions. Both are handled by the onboard computer and dedicated peripheral nodes. Though those sections of the computer normally allocated to communications tasks are named the communications system, the metaphor of the Vulcan central nervous system is more applicable in this situation. The sheer mass of adaptable links, plus its self-controlling and learning links radiating outward from the main computers virtually assures that all information within the ship will be rapidly transmitted to the correct destination, and received with basically no loss of information. While the multitudes of communications functions are traceable to the same hardware, the operating modes and protocols they are built on are distinctly different and are worth taking note of.