After her routine teasing of Nie Yun, Codename began reporting on serious matters.
"From what we can currently determine, the Gemini Civilization's communications network covers its entire civilization, spanning eighteen star systems in total, including the Proxima Centauri system it recently brought under its control!
"Although quantum communication does not have unlimited range, Large Quantum Communication Stations can seamlessly link the various wormhole passages, essentially allowing delay-free communication throughout the civilization!"
Nie Yun nodded. For an interstellar civilization, especially one in an age of major cosmic expansion, the central government's control over its territories was measured not only by its military power, but also by its transportation and communications.
At least in communications, then, the Twin Stars had laid a solid foundation, eliminating certain potential risks that could lead to regional separatism.
"In addition, they divide network security into three levels: green for safe, orange for dangerous, and red for high risk!
"Star systems with stable domestic political conditions use safe-level networks, which allow virtually unrestricted browsing.
"Unstable regions that have only recently been occupied, such as Proxima Centauri, use orange-level networks. Access to technology-related fields is restricted, while most other areas are only partially open. Only entertainment and communications networks remain unrestricted!
"Frontier systems still at war use high-risk networks, with access limited to a small portion of military networks!"
Clearly, the main purpose of these network security classifications was to prevent hostile civilizations from easily learning about their civilization's internal affairs.
Once a hostile civilization obtained information on every aspect of their society-politics, military affairs, technology, culture, and so on-it would be tantamount to exposing all their strengths and weaknesses to the enemy.
"So these network restrictions mean we can't acquire large amounts of their basic technology tree?" Nie Yun frowned.
"Yes. Based on the Twin Stars' expansion