Theories on the current Global XM Drought
Theories on the current Global XM Drought
Not long after the Obsidian anomaly came to a close agents began reporting an absence of XM clouds at portals. Since the Acolyte had possession of the arrowheads from Harlan's Box and the Enlightened faction controlled the anomaly's frequency affinity most theorists attribute the XMWeather phenomenon to her activating the Obsidian Shield. I'd like to propose we consider possible mechanisms for the change.
As a default position I'll state one simple theory. The Acolyte wanted to shut out N'Zeer influence and used the shield to do so.from that one might assume the XM clouds were created by the N'Zeer and they can no longer do so.
Another possibility would be that the clouds were created by shapers to dampen N'Zeer transmissions at portals and those jamming signals are no longer necessary, freeing up the shapers to focus on some other goal.
It could also be that the XM clouds were a byproduct of friction between competing Shaper and N'Zeer signals. A clean signal would not produce that waste heat.
Finally, it's possible that the shield is absorbing the excess directly by tapping into the XM substrate to power itself.
Any other likely explanation I'm missing? Any thoughts on which of these is more likely and why?
Not long after the Obsidian anomaly came to a close agents began reporting an absence of XM clouds at portals. Since the Acolyte had possession of the arrowheads from Harlan's Box and the Enlightened faction controlled the anomaly's frequency affinity most theorists attribute the XMWeather phenomenon to her activating the Obsidian Shield. I'd like to propose we consider possible mechanisms for the change.
As a default position I'll state one simple theory. The Acolyte wanted to shut out N'Zeer influence and used the shield to do so.from that one might assume the XM clouds were created by the N'Zeer and they can no longer do so.
Another possibility would be that the clouds were created by shapers to dampen N'Zeer transmissions at portals and those jamming signals are no longer necessary, freeing up the shapers to focus on some other goal.
It could also be that the XM clouds were a byproduct of friction between competing Shaper and N'Zeer signals. A clean signal would not produce that waste heat.
Finally, it's possible that the shield is absorbing the excess directly by tapping into the XM substrate to power itself.
Any other likely explanation I'm missing? Any thoughts on which of these is more likely and why?
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