This is probably going to appear to people, the inhabitants of this planet, as a system of ley-lines and the voice of the sky-god, it's a continental consciousness that offers a very limited kind of guidance but that attracts a zealous kind of adherent.
It'll be slow, like you say, and maybe a meta-plot point will be advancing or hybridizing these consciousnesses - but for the moment - no.
The Powerful EM activity on this planet and on the star will also have a secondary effect that I really am going for - and that's EM spectrum static. Wireless comms are going to be very, very limited - only a couple of functioning bandwidths, heavily used/controlled, high power necessary.
Wired communications and a reason to go from place to place are drivers for drama/story and so I was looking for a way to interfere with the radio. This is a big one - and the consciousnesses here are likely to respond to radioed messages more than any other kind of message - maybe in a hostile way.
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It'll be slow, like you say, and maybe a meta-plot point will be advancing or hybridizing these consciousnesses - but for the moment - no.
The Powerful EM activity on this planet and on the star will also have a secondary effect that I really am going for - and that's EM spectrum static. Wireless comms are going to be very, very limited - only a couple of functioning bandwidths, heavily used/controlled, high power necessary.
Wired communications and a reason to go from place to place are drivers for drama/story and so I was looking for a way to interfere with the radio. This is a big one - and the consciousnesses here are likely to respond to radioed messages more than any other kind of message - maybe in a hostile way.