D-COMM 2.0

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D-Comm 2.0



The basic appearance of the current model D-Comm

With the re-boot of the Digital World, Yggdrasil has seen fit to replace the original versions of of the D-Comm and the D-Reader with a single device combining the features of both, commonly referred to as the “D-Comm 2.0.” Furthermore, the device has been optimized for serving as an assistant for Digimon Tamers, with the roles of Evolution and Digi-Xros being folded into three new ancillary digivices for each Tamer Class. This write-up focuses on the D-Comm 2.0; for the functions of the Soul, Matrix, Spirit, and Xros Digivices, see the respective Tamer class write-ups for each.

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Digimon chosen by Yggdrasil that do not have a partner are given a D-Comm, which has functions identical to those given by Tamers. Their ability to evolve comes from within, and needs no Tamer digivice.

General Description

The D-Comm 2.0 resembles and functions in a manner similar to a smart phone, with a single LCD-like screen and touch-sensitive buttons for which to select options. Each D-Comm is colored appropriate to its user and marked with a special symbol on the back. The symbol is usually one with a special connection to the Tamer, as well. In addition, the D-Comm 2.0 is linked to a device called the Rise Bracer, a bracelet that attaches to a point on the Digimon partner's body; this connects the digimon to the D-Comm and Tamer's respective digivice personally.

Finally, though the D-Comm 2.0 is a touch sensitive interface, a secondary interface where one can activate a three dimensional holographic display can be activated as well. This can improve ease of access and make it easier to use the D-Comm's more advanced functions,.

Functions

The D-Comm 2.0's functions are as follows:

Communication – The D-Comm's name stands for “Digital Communicator, so naturally, it is optimized for communication between Tamers and digimon. Each D-Comm has a unique ID Number that is used with these functions. The D-Comm can communicate in a number of ways:

- One Way Communication Between Tamer and Digimon: Opens a private channel between Tamer and digimon by way of the Riser Bracer, allowing them to communicate privately. This can be done over any distance, and requires no interface for the digimon itself, as they need simply to speak once the channel is opened.

- Network: Allows one to access the Digital World's journal network, and post text or audio and video recordings. It also allows one to view other individuals' posts, or see announcements given by official channels. All journal posts are set to be open to all readers by default, but filters can be applied to screen comments to or from specific individuals. However, these posts can sometimes be hacked, depending upon the relative competency of the applied filters. One can also use security filters to post anonymously, but one's ID Number can sometimes be determined through data analysis. [ooc note – the open-ness of a network post is open to the discretion of the individual posting them; if a post is labeled unhackable, it is unhackable, no matter your character's level of technical skill].

- Phone: Allows one to call up a friend and chat with them. This requires you to know their ID Number, which can be saved to contacts.

- Text/Instant Messaging: Allows one to exchange texts with other individuals. Like the Phone function, this requires you to know their ID Number.

- Please note that the D-Comm cannot be used to register as another identity. Even when posting anonymously, you are considered to be posting as yourself. The only way you can appear as “someone else” while communicating is with a second D-Comm, which are only given away by representatives from Witchelny on a case by case basis.

- The audio and video function is notoriously temperamental and prone to posting recordings without direct input from the user. This is a known bug with the D-Comm that has not been removed upon movement to the new model, and Witchelny does not view it as a problem, stating that “it is for all intents and purposes working as intended.”

Map – This brings up a map of your current surroundings with a range of up to ten square miles, while also providing you with signals on any nearby digimon or Tamers. Those digimon or Tamers who one does not know the ID Number for register as “unknowns”, and one can turn off the feature that allows them to register on another individual's map as well. The map's range can be broadened, but doing so decreases precision. The farthest one can broaden the map to is a global map of the digital world, which can only show the shape of land masses and key locations.

Digimon Analyzer – A database of Digimon that is always accessible, and can be browsed when not being used to identify a digimon. Studying the Analyzer is recommended in order to familiarize oneself with the Digital World's inhabitants as well as identify any potential hazards that come with interacting with a respective species. It can also be used to identify a digimon in one's immediate presence by pointing the D-Comm at said digimon, activating the Analyzer, and pressing the application for “Scan” (see below). Analyzer scans occur instantly.

Scan – In addition to the aforementioned use with the Digimon Analyzer, the D-Comm can be used to scan a digimon and various objects for a variety of functions. This is done by pointing the D-Comm at one's target and pressing the “Scan” application. It takes a full minute to do a storeable scan of a digimon, while scans done for the Analyzer function occur instantly.

- Digi-Code Scan – You scan the code of a digimon themselves, effectively “recording” their attack capabilities or their personal item in your D-Comm. For how to use them, see “Data Storage” and “Realize” below.

- Item Scan – You can scan an item and break it down into data, effectively storing it inside your D-Comm. See “Data Storage” and “Realize” below for more information.

- Note that scans made on the fly last only for the duration of one use, and are then lost forever. In order to use information like this permanently, a permanent copy must be acquired. These are given away at special events or are bought.

Data Storage – Data storage allows one to store personal data on the D-Comm, be it documents, audio, video, custom programs, or scanned data and stored items. Furthermore, any stored information can be used in conjunction with the Communication functions and sent as attachments. There are no size limitations for attachments, and can be received freely. Items that one procures in the Digital World, such as weapons or Digimentals, are automatically added to one's data storage upon being acquired.

- Each D-Comm's Data storage is equipped with a basic, regenerating survival package, with basic first aid tools, rations, and a tent, sleeping bag, and life raft for use outdoors. These can be Realized the same as any other item, and are replaced gradually when destroyed or used up.

- Living Tamers, pets, and digimon cannot be stored inside the D-Comm. However, Data Frozen Tamers CAN, allowing them to be easily moved in the event of an emergency. Upon reawakening, a Data Frozen Tamer inside a D-Comm is immediately ejected.

Realize – The Realize function allows you to utilize scanned data and items or remove them from storage. One can Realize an object in one of two ways:

- Realize Digimon - This equips the scanned and stored item to one's Digimon Partner. In the case of a scanned digimon's data, they can only be utilized in this manner, and are incompatible with Digimon Tamers. Permanent or multiple copies of said scans are required for permanent use.

- Realize Tamer - This equips the scanned and stored item to the Tamer themselves. This can be done with weapons or physical items that have been scanned or acquired. The same limitations on number of uses as Realize Digimon apply here as well.

- To put it simply, if one were to scan an Agumon, the Tamer could not utilize its Baby Flame attack, but their digimon could. If one scanned or owned a copy of a Leomon's Lion King Sword, however, it would be able to be equipped to both. There is, of course, an exception to this rule for Spirit Tamers.

- Basic Realize: This simply takes the item out of the D-Reader. This is used for basic objects, including the basic survival package pre-loaded onto the D-Comm.

Protect – This function has nothing to do with data or communication. It creates a barrier around oneself or their digimon, protecting them for a duration of fifteen seconds. This shield is fragile, and can be broken by most Adult-level digimon attacks. Furthermore, one can choose whether to surround oneself with said barrier, or their digimon. For this to shield both of them at the same time, the Digimon and their Tamer must be standing next to one another.

- Note that Matrix Tamers have a different kind of shield for personal protection, and thus, can only use the Protect function in regards to their Digimon partner.

Travel – The D-Comm can allow a user to travel from one lightpost to another as long as they have the data, and once they enter a location, that lightpost data is saved so they can go there at any time. The Map function also shows the location of individual lightposts, allowing one to find one easily. Lightpost data can be shared and transferred over the communication network as well.

Personal – Finally, the D-Comm is equipped with an audio and video recorder, as well as a camera, a word processor, and a function for designing one's own personal programs and applications. Furthermore, there are privately designed applications that can be downloaded off the Network, allowing one to access such things as the Digital World's television and radio networks, music, other forms of entertainment, and a great deal of other content. The D-Comm is, after all, designed like a smart phone.

This completes the run-down of the D-Comm 2.0. If you have any further questions about it, please ask us in the Ask a Mod topic.



An example of two individual, Tamer-specific D-Comms