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|Title = Communication Hub |
|Title = Communication Hub |
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+ | Tumblr nuk6k1svtL1smn4pqo8 1280.png|Partially rebuilt |
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+ | Communication Hub.jpg|Fully intact |
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+ | </gallery> |
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|Name = Communication Hub |
|Name = Communication Hub |
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|Type = Gem Structure |
|Type = Gem Structure |
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|FirstAppearance = "[[Coach Steven]]" |
|FirstAppearance = "[[Coach Steven]]" |
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− | |OtherAppearances = "[[Cry for Help]]" <br> "[[It Could've Been Great]]"(pictured) |
+ | |OtherAppearances = "[[Cry for Help]]" <br> "[[It Could've Been Great]]" (pictured) |
|LatestAppearance = "[[Buddy's Book]]" |
|LatestAppearance = "[[Buddy's Book]]" |
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− | }}The '''Communication Hub''' is an ancient place that was once used by the [[Homeworld Gems]] thousands of years ago to communicate through space. It was located somewhere in the middle of a desert. The place made its first appearance in the episode "[[Coach Steven]]" |
+ | }}The '''Communication Hub''' is an ancient place that was once used by the [[Homeworld Gems]] thousands of years ago to communicate through space. It was located somewhere in the middle of a desert. The place made its first appearance in the episode "[[Coach Steven]]" when [[Sugilite]] demolished it with her [[Gem Weapons#Sugilite's Flail|flail]]. |
The [[Crystal Gems]] visit it again in "[[Cry for Help]]" after discovering a transmission from [[Peridot]], seeing that she had managed to repair it partially and use it for transmitting messages to [[Gem Homeworld|Homeworld]] for [[Yellow Diamond]] to receive. |
The [[Crystal Gems]] visit it again in "[[Cry for Help]]" after discovering a transmission from [[Peridot]], seeing that she had managed to repair it partially and use it for transmitting messages to [[Gem Homeworld|Homeworld]] for [[Yellow Diamond]] to receive. |
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=== "[[Cry for Help]]" === |
=== "[[Cry for Help]]" === |
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− | When the Gems find out that Peridot is using the hub to contact Homeworld, specifically Yellow Diamond, causing many of the TVs on [[Earth]] to intercept the message. The group travels |
+ | When the Gems find out that Peridot is using the hub to contact Homeworld, specifically Yellow Diamond, causing many of the TVs on [[Earth]] to intercept the message. The group travels thereby warping with [[Lion]] since the Warp Pad is still destroyed. The Gems find a tower crudely assembled out of pillars and slabs salvaged from the ruins. Garnet, worried that Sugilite would go berserk again, fuses with [[Pearl]] to form [[Sardonyx]]. Sardonyx carefully destroys certain pillars, rendering the hub inactive. The next day, they find the tower reactivated, so Pearl and Garnet fuse into Sardonyx again to disable it and stop the transmission. When [[Steven Universe (character)|Steven]] and Amethyst stake out the hub, though, they discover that Pearl is the one reactivating the hub after Peridot did, using the [[Escape Pod|Escape Pod's]] tractor beam to do so. Garnet is furious upon learning this, and Sugilite has formed again instead of Sardonyx, demolishing the entire tower with a single punch. |
=== "[[It Could've Been Great]]" === |
=== "[[It Could've Been Great]]" === |
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== Trivia == |
== Trivia == |
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* Two fusion gems were formed for the same purpose: to destroy the communication hub. The two were Sugilite in "Coach Steven" and both Sardonyx and Sugilite in "Cry for Help". |
* Two fusion gems were formed for the same purpose: to destroy the communication hub. The two were Sugilite in "Coach Steven" and both Sardonyx and Sugilite in "Cry for Help". |
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− | * A floating chunk of crystals is seen in the center of the first floor of the hub. Their function or relation to the hub |
+ | * A floating chunk of crystals is seen in the center of the first floor of the hub. Their function or relation to the hub is currently unknown. |
* The hub is shooting beams of energy into space in a similar fashion to how other Gem temples shoot beams of energy into space while being activated or destroyed (such as the [[Pyramid Temple]]). |
* The hub is shooting beams of energy into space in a similar fashion to how other Gem temples shoot beams of energy into space while being activated or destroyed (such as the [[Pyramid Temple]]). |
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* The energy beams could be a visible manifestation of the messages it is sending. |
* The energy beams could be a visible manifestation of the messages it is sending. |
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* This is one of the few places to have its Warp Pad destroyed (in this case by Sugilite). |
* This is one of the few places to have its Warp Pad destroyed (in this case by Sugilite). |
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* It is powerful enough to send a message all the way to the Gem Homeworld. |
* It is powerful enough to send a message all the way to the Gem Homeworld. |
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− | ** Peridot complained that in "[[Catch and Release]]", she has not heard from Yellow Diamond yet, which |
+ | ** Peridot complained that in "[[Catch and Release]]", she has not heard from Yellow Diamond yet, which may suggest that Homeworld's technology has advanced to the point that they no longer look for communication on this frequency. |
** Sending messages from Homeworld to Earth via a [[Wailing Stone]] too required some assistance. In one case, [[Greg Universe]] had to change its frequency with the soundboard. |
** Sending messages from Homeworld to Earth via a [[Wailing Stone]] too required some assistance. In one case, [[Greg Universe]] had to change its frequency with the soundboard. |
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* It is destroyed by Sugilite in the episode "Coach Steven", but rebuilt by Peridot and later Pearl in "Cry for Help" before it is finally destroyed again by Sugilite in the same episode. |
* It is destroyed by Sugilite in the episode "Coach Steven", but rebuilt by Peridot and later Pearl in "Cry for Help" before it is finally destroyed again by Sugilite in the same episode. |
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* Whenever this location is shown on-screen, it is twilight. |
* Whenever this location is shown on-screen, it is twilight. |
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− | ** Whenever the Crystal Gems warp back to the [[Crystal Temple|temple]], it goes back to daytime, suggesting that the Communication Hub is located halfway around the world from [[Beach City]]. |
+ | ** Whenever the Crystal Gems warp back to the [[Crystal Temple|temple]], it goes back to the daytime, suggesting that the Communication Hub is located halfway around the world from [[Beach City]]. |
*** Another indication of the Hub's distance from Beach City is hinted in "Cry for Help". Lion is visibly tired by carrying Steven and the Crystal Gems to the Hub via portal travel. The only other time using a portal had noticeably affected Lion thus far is in "It Could've Been Great" when he carried Steven, the Crystal Gems and Peridot to the Moon Base. |
*** Another indication of the Hub's distance from Beach City is hinted in "Cry for Help". Lion is visibly tired by carrying Steven and the Crystal Gems to the Hub via portal travel. The only other time using a portal had noticeably affected Lion thus far is in "It Could've Been Great" when he carried Steven, the Crystal Gems and Peridot to the Moon Base. |
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[[ru:Узел связи]] |
[[ru:Узел связи]] |
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[[pt-BR:Cubo de Comunicações]] |
[[pt-BR:Cubo de Comunicações]] |
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+ | [[pl:Węzeł komunikacyjny klejnotów]] |
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[[Category:Gem locations]] |
[[Category:Gem locations]] |
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[[Category:Technology]] |
[[Category:Technology]] |
Latest revision as of 06:04, 5 November 2022
The Communication Hub is an ancient place that was once used by the Homeworld Gems thousands of years ago to communicate through space. It was located somewhere in the middle of a desert. The place made its first appearance in the episode "Coach Steven" when Sugilite demolished it with her flail.
The Crystal Gems visit it again in "Cry for Help" after discovering a transmission from Peridot, seeing that she had managed to repair it partially and use it for transmitting messages to Homeworld for Yellow Diamond to receive.
Description
Not much is known about this place, considering its very brief appearance and history lecture in the episode, "Coach Steven". The Communication Hub used to be a place where, at one time, Gems were able to send messages over long distances. The place contained many huge pillars adorned with triangular patterns.
History
"Coach Steven"
The Communication Hub had started to emit bursts of electromagnetic radiation, which, stated by Garnet, were hurting television. The Crystal Gems traveled to the hub and destroyed the structure by having Garnet and Amethyst fuse into a large fusion Gem, Sugilite, who proceeded to reduce the place to rubble. Doing so, a chunk of one of the pillars destroyed the Warp Pad located on the site.
"Cry for Help"
When the Gems find out that Peridot is using the hub to contact Homeworld, specifically Yellow Diamond, causing many of the TVs on Earth to intercept the message. The group travels thereby warping with Lion since the Warp Pad is still destroyed. The Gems find a tower crudely assembled out of pillars and slabs salvaged from the ruins. Garnet, worried that Sugilite would go berserk again, fuses with Pearl to form Sardonyx. Sardonyx carefully destroys certain pillars, rendering the hub inactive. The next day, they find the tower reactivated, so Pearl and Garnet fuse into Sardonyx again to disable it and stop the transmission. When Steven and Amethyst stake out the hub, though, they discover that Pearl is the one reactivating the hub after Peridot did, using the Escape Pod's tractor beam to do so. Garnet is furious upon learning this, and Sugilite has formed again instead of Sardonyx, demolishing the entire tower with a single punch.
"It Could've Been Great"
Schematics for the Communication Hub are seen on a Moon Base computer display.
"Buddy's Book"
While traveling around the world, Buddy Buddwick ends up at the Communication Hub at some point. Before this, it had been marked on his map by Garnet and Pearl. His journal names the Communication Hub the "Steeple of Hubris".
Trivia
- Two fusion gems were formed for the same purpose: to destroy the communication hub. The two were Sugilite in "Coach Steven" and both Sardonyx and Sugilite in "Cry for Help".
- A floating chunk of crystals is seen in the center of the first floor of the hub. Their function or relation to the hub is currently unknown.
- The hub is shooting beams of energy into space in a similar fashion to how other Gem temples shoot beams of energy into space while being activated or destroyed (such as the Pyramid Temple).
- The energy beams could be a visible manifestation of the messages it is sending.
- This is one of the few places to have its Warp Pad destroyed (in this case by Sugilite).
- It is powerful enough to send a message all the way to the Gem Homeworld.
- Peridot complained that in "Catch and Release", she has not heard from Yellow Diamond yet, which may suggest that Homeworld's technology has advanced to the point that they no longer look for communication on this frequency.
- Sending messages from Homeworld to Earth via a Wailing Stone too required some assistance. In one case, Greg Universe had to change its frequency with the soundboard.
- It is destroyed by Sugilite in the episode "Coach Steven", but rebuilt by Peridot and later Pearl in "Cry for Help" before it is finally destroyed again by Sugilite in the same episode.
- Whenever this location is shown on-screen, it is twilight.
- Whenever the Crystal Gems warp back to the temple, it goes back to the daytime, suggesting that the Communication Hub is located halfway around the world from Beach City.
- Another indication of the Hub's distance from Beach City is hinted in "Cry for Help". Lion is visibly tired by carrying Steven and the Crystal Gems to the Hub via portal travel. The only other time using a portal had noticeably affected Lion thus far is in "It Could've Been Great" when he carried Steven, the Crystal Gems and Peridot to the Moon Base.
- Whenever the Crystal Gems warp back to the temple, it goes back to the daytime, suggesting that the Communication Hub is located halfway around the world from Beach City.