So as we know since the first AP, messages can be sent cross-planet and cross-galaxy by sending communications through the drift (i believe there's been inconsistent statements as to whether said communications take the same number of days, or the number of days but by hours instead; i believe it's by hours since a radio signal can travel faster than a starship). However, one thing I'm uncertain about is: Can messages be sent within and received within the drift, or do they only arrive once you exit the drift? There's a few times in one AP where a message only pops in when you exit the drift, and I'm not sure if that's coincidence or if that's how the message relay system works.
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So as we know since the first AP, messages can be sent cross-planet and cross-galaxy by sending communications through the drift (i believe there's been inconsistent statements as to whether said communications take the same number of days, or the number of days but by hours instead; i believe it's by hours since a radio signal can travel faster than a starship). However, one thing I'm uncertain about is: Can messages be sent within and received within the drift, or do they only arrive once you exit the drift? There's a few times in one AP where a message only pops in when you exit the drift, and I'm not sure if that's coincidence or if that's how the message relay system works.
I seem to recall having real-time communications with the SFS while we were departing some distant world in one of the season 1 adventures we played (would have been 3rd level or less), so I don't think there is any official consistency here...