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<blockquote>[[File:Transitrelay ambience.png|thumb|A Singh-Jenkins relay]]''"A stone edifice, scintillant with sigils, is encased in a contrivance of steel and brass. This is a Singh-Jenkins relay, allowing transport (via a loophole in some cosmic mandate) across the sunless wastes to a far-flung district of heaven."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Transit_Relay|Transit Relay|Sunless Skies}}</ref></blockquote>'''Transit relays,''' also called '''Singh-Jenkins relays''' after the lost [[Singh-Jenkins Expedition]] that developed the first relays,<ref name=":0">{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Surveyor%27s_Proposal|Recall what your academic associates told you about her|Sunless Skies}} ''"[...] the Singh-Jenkins expedition. It constructed the first transit relays, exploring far-flung regions in an attempt to decipher the language of the heavens. The expedition was lost, years ago."''</ref> are methods of transportation through the [[High Wilderness]]. It is not clear how they work, but they are engraved with [[Correspondence]] sigils that appear to circumvent cosmic law, allowing locomotives to jump to other parts of space.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Construction_Continues|Supply Otherworldly Artefacts for the translators|Sunless Skies}} ''"The undiscussed truth of the relays is that while we know that they work, we don't know how. The sigils mounted on the sequencer-wheels function as something across between a key, a compass, a tuning-fork, and a legal exemption to fundamental cosmic laws."''</ref> The work of the Singh-Jenkins expedition was used to establish further relays.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Transit_Relay#A_Broken_Transit_Relay|Examine the relay's Correspondence for one of the lost sigils|Sunless Skies}} ''"The relays were based on discoveries made by Singh and Jenkins, who also led an expedition across the heavens in search of lost and hypothesised sigils."''</ref>
<blockquote>[[File:Transitrelay ambience.png|thumb|A Singh-Jenkins relay]]''"A stone edifice, scintillant with sigils, is encased in a contrivance of steel and brass. This is a Singh-Jenkins relay, allowing transport (via a loophole in some cosmic mandate) across the sunless wastes to a far-flung district of heaven."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.fandom.com/wiki/Transit_Relay|Transit Relay|Sunless Skies|}}</ref></blockquote>'''Transit relays,''' also called '''Singh-Jenkins relays''' after the lost [[Singh-Jenkins Expedition]] that developed the first relays,<ref name=":0">{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.fandom.com/wiki/The_Surveyor%27s_Proposal|Recall what your academic associates told you about her|Sunless Skies|}} ''"[...] the Singh-Jenkins expedition. It constructed the first transit relays, exploring far-flung regions in an attempt to decipher the language of the heavens. The expedition was lost, years ago."''</ref> are methods of transportation through the [[High Wilderness]]. It is not clear how they work, but they are engraved with [[Correspondence]] sigils that appear to circumvent cosmic law, allowing locomotives to jump to other parts of space.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.fandom.com/wiki/Construction_Continues|Supply Otherworldly Artefacts for the translators|Sunless Skies|}} ''"The undiscussed truth of the relays is that while we know that they work, we don't know how. The sigils mounted on the sequencer-wheels function as something across between a key, a compass, a tuning-fork, and a legal exemption to fundamental cosmic laws."''</ref> The work of the Singh-Jenkins expedition was used to establish further relays.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.fandom.com/wiki/Transit_Relay#A_Broken_Transit_Relay|Examine the relay's Correspondence for one of the lost sigils|Sunless Skies|}} ''"The relays were based on discoveries made by Singh and Jenkins, who also led an expedition across the heavens in search of lost and hypothesised sigils."''</ref>


As of 1905, there are relays linking the Reach to [[Albion]] (from [[Port Prosper]]<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Ask_about_the_Albion_Transit_Relay|Ask about the Albion Transit Relay|Sunless Skies}}''"The Albion Transit Relay lies in a cul-de-sac close to the Port Prosper dock."''</ref> to [[Brabazon Workworld]]<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Brabazon_Workworld|The Brabazon Workworld|Sunless Skies}} ''"The Albion-Reach Transit Relay is located very near to this port."''</ref>), [[Eleutheria]] (from the vicinity of [[Hybras]] to [[Eagle's Empyrean]]<ref name="london">{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/London%27s_Enclave|Ask about the Transit Relay to the Reach|Sunless Skies}}''"We really should put a sign up. It's anticlockwise around the region from here. It's under Empyrean control, of course. In accordance with the treaty."''</ref>), and the [[Blue Kingdom]] (from the vicinity of [[New Winchester]] to [[Sky Barnet]]). The [[Empyreal]] control the Eleutheria relay,<ref name="london" /> and the Blue Kingdom controls their own relay.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Transit_Relay#The_Blue_Kingdom's_Transit_Relay_to_the_Reach|The Blue Kingdom's Transit Relay to the Reach|Sunless Skies}} ''"The Kingdom's only transit relay was built by London's embassy, then yielded to the local authorities."''</ref> There is a second relay between the Reach and Eleutheria, located near [[Achlys]], which is broken.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Transit_Relay#A_Broken_Transit_Relay|Transit Relay#A Broken Transit Relay|Sunless Skies}} ''"This stone edifice has the same contrivance of steel and brass as the others, but the metal is tarnished. The relay's sigils are cracked and worn. The lights are out. The relay station is unmanned and – it seems from the layer of old frost – has been for some time."''</ref>
As of 1905, there are relays linking the Reach to [[Albion]] (from [[Port Prosper]]<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Ask_about_the_Albion_Transit_Relay|Ask about the Albion Transit Relay|Sunless Skies|}}''"The Albion Transit Relay lies in a cul-de-sac close to the Port Prosper dock."''</ref> to [[Brabazon Workworld]]<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.fandom.com/wiki/The_Brabazon_Workworld|The Brabazon Workworld|Sunless Skies|}} ''"The Albion-Reach Transit Relay is located very near to this port."''</ref>), [[Eleutheria]] (from the vicinity of [[Hybras]] to [[Eagle's Empyrean]]<ref name="london">{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/London%27s_Enclave|Ask about the Transit Relay to the Reach|Sunless Skies|}}''"We really should put a sign up. It's anticlockwise around the region from here. It's under Empyrean control, of course. In accordance with the treaty."''</ref>), and the [[Blue Kingdom]] (from the vicinity of [[New Winchester]] to [[Sky Barnet]]). The [[Empyreal]] control the Eleutheria relay,<ref name="london" /> and the Blue Kingdom controls their own relay.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.fandom.com/wiki/Transit_Relay#The_Blue_Kingdom's_Transit_Relay_to_the_Reach|The Blue Kingdom's Transit Relay to the Reach|Sunless Skies|}} ''"The Kingdom's only transit relay was built by London's embassy, then yielded to the local authorities."''</ref> There is a second relay between the Reach and Eleutheria, located near [[Achlys]], which is broken.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.fandom.com/wiki/Transit_Relay#A_Broken_Transit_Relay|Transit Relay#A Broken Transit Relay|Sunless Skies|}} ''"This stone edifice has the same contrivance of steel and brass as the others, but the metal is tarnished. The relay's sigils are cracked and worn. The lights are out. The relay station is unmanned and – it seems from the layer of old frost – has been for some time."''</ref>


It would be fair to call transit relays wyrmholes. They follow the paths of the [[Burrower Below]],<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Surveyor%27s_Proposal|Press her for more information|Sunless Skies}} ''"She leans forward and lowers her voice. "Old paths cross the sky, worn by the passage of something ancient and vast. By building transit relays at either end of these paths, we can access them, and use them to travel to far corners of the sky. I believe I've located another such road, one that links Albion directly to Eleutheria. I want to build a new relay."''</ref> and using them frequently carries a risk of drawing her ire.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Transit_Relay|Transit Relay|Sunless Skies}}''Rare event (20%): +10 x Attention: the Burrower Below''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Attention:_the_Burrower_Below#TransitA|Attention: the Burrower Below|Sunless Skies}}''"The passage is less pleasant than you had hoped. A crewman swears he saw something vast stirring in the sky's deeps, and raves about a "many-eyed burrower" to any who will listen.""''</ref>
It would be fair to call transit relays wyrmholes. They follow the paths of the [[Burrower Below]],<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.fandom.com/wiki/The_Surveyor%27s_Proposal|Press her for more information|Sunless Skies|}} ''"She leans forward and lowers her voice. "Old paths cross the sky, worn by the passage of something ancient and vast. By building transit relays at either end of these paths, we can access them, and use them to travel to far corners of the sky. I believe I've located another such road, one that links Albion directly to Eleutheria. I want to build a new relay."''</ref> and using them frequently carries a risk of drawing her ire.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Transit_Relay|Transit Relay|Sunless Skies|}}''Rare event (20%): +10 x Attention: the Burrower Below''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Attention:_the_Burrower_Below#TransitA|Attention: the Burrower Below|Sunless Skies|}}''"The passage is less pleasant than you had hoped. A crewman swears he saw something vast stirring in the sky's deeps, and raves about a "many-eyed burrower" to any who will listen.""''</ref>


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