The Espansors: Old and New
The name Espansor comes from ESP. These are the bands that allowed Rei and Rome to connect mind-to-mind. These bands have been around since the beginning, back when Rome's Revolution was still called VIRUS 5. This was in 1973.
In the first incarnation, Rei was a petty bureaucrat just waiting out his time to leave Schuyler Base (the spelling back then) and get on to the next colony world. OMCOM "delivered" Rome to him as a present for procuring OMCOM's gravity wave detector which eventually led to the discovery of the Stareaters.
In that version and the next revision, ironically called Rome's Revolution, they also met but now Rome Sevenate (she had a last name back in 1973) was escaping social persecution from a government which was forcing its members to use the Social AdjustMints to force them into planned behavior. Think of it as an early form of the Overmind.
In both versions, the bands were Rome's "secret" which were only available to a few select people. Rei and Rome used the bands to learn about each other's character in a very intimate way. The outcome was the same. Rei and Rome fell in love, joined forces and took on life as team thereafter.
In the current incarnation of Rome's Revolution, the Espansors once again come into play and allow Rei and Rome to connect mentally as part of a demonstration by Rome. In this book, the bands are a normal part of society. They are used by the Vuduri to communicate with the mandasurte (mind-deaf) in the only way they know how.
However, in Rei and Rome's case, the Espansors malfunction and they connect soul-to-soul, just like in the original versions. This allows Rome to overcome the social conventions of not having feelings and not wishing to interact with the mandasurte.
The rest is (future) history.
In the first incarnation, Rei was a petty bureaucrat just waiting out his time to leave Schuyler Base (the spelling back then) and get on to the next colony world. OMCOM "delivered" Rome to him as a present for procuring OMCOM's gravity wave detector which eventually led to the discovery of the Stareaters.
In that version and the next revision, ironically called Rome's Revolution, they also met but now Rome Sevenate (she had a last name back in 1973) was escaping social persecution from a government which was forcing its members to use the Social AdjustMints to force them into planned behavior. Think of it as an early form of the Overmind.
In both versions, the bands were Rome's "secret" which were only available to a few select people. Rei and Rome used the bands to learn about each other's character in a very intimate way. The outcome was the same. Rei and Rome fell in love, joined forces and took on life as team thereafter.
In the current incarnation of Rome's Revolution, the Espansors once again come into play and allow Rei and Rome to connect mentally as part of a demonstration by Rome. In this book, the bands are a normal part of society. They are used by the Vuduri to communicate with the mandasurte (mind-deaf) in the only way they know how.
However, in Rei and Rome's case, the Espansors malfunction and they connect soul-to-soul, just like in the original versions. This allows Rome to overcome the social conventions of not having feelings and not wishing to interact with the mandasurte.
The rest is (future) history.
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