Jumping FAQ

If you're using a Merge transpod, your pre-jump body becomes "a blank" and is typically put into hyper-sleep storage for a fee. If that body is a remote skin, it is generally stored for a short period of time and then recycled.

Generally no, unless CLBJICA98T37IMIJ89RLIM3CE1H6QOR7C53KCQJ169B7IORP89R64QA2 D1H6IGIGCHC54CR26D576MI388O64UA2DDH7IGJGCH1K4RB26D4MEPAN74OG. Skins are considered "owned" and you must prove ownership of a skin to have a Creator transpod generate it. You can however, rent or buy someone else's blank... if they gave permission.

Occasionally, one will experience "ghost residue," remnants of the borrowed body's consciousness.

No. You can extend your original body's life by jumping into skins for extended periods, but each jump degrades your consciousness a small percentage and brings the jumper one step closer to Zero Hour.

The experience of jumping is subjective and individualized. There is a dream-logic to it: what objectively takes no time at all can feel like hours. A particlized consciousness can't comprehend what is happening to it, so there's some elasticity to the perception of time as we jump.

Yes, it is possible to jump between planets without passing through the Hub, but only if the traveler has successfully made their initial jump from a Lander to the Hub.