Isofonic Hypotheses
As stated in the Overview, isofons do not occur naturally, though theoretically it is possible for them occur naturally, statistically it is next to impossible to occur. Even in theory it would be diffucult to create a perfect isofon, since one would first have to be able to measure the fonon frequency to an infinitely precise measurement, and one would secondly have to be able to adjust a fonon to the same precision. Currently, the field that holds the most promise into creating isofons is fomicry, the copying of an object using a fonic arte or a fon machine.
The current method of fomicry by fonic artes first scans the object with the first and sixth fonons. Since the first fonon can dectect first, second, and fourth fonons, and the sixth fonon can detect third, fifth, and sixth fonons, these fonons are all that is required to scan the entire object. Then, the arte assembles the new object out of fonons and elements in the environment around the original. This is inaccurate in measuring the vibration speed to a degree relative to the interference in the measurement caused by the vibration of the first and sixth fonons themselves. Futhermore, this partially drains the environment around the object of first and sixth fonons, thus potentially causing a fonon impalence in the replica. The method of fomicry by fon machine works similarly. The fon machine shoots all six types of fonons through the original on one side and measures the positions of the fonons after they pass through the original on the other side. This may disrupt fonons in the original. The machine uses this data to recreate the original from stored fonons that have been altered to close to the original's frequency, but due to the fact that the first and sixth fonons can sense other fonons as well, there is usually an overbalence of first and sixth fonons in the replica, and the frequency is still not exact. A replica of organic fonons has not been attempted at this point.
Should an isofon be created though, the fonons in the two objects would tend to bond with the other due to the two objects being the same 'form' in essence. This would cause the fonons in either object to be unstable and prone to the contamination effect. If fonons from isofons were to come in contact on a direct collision, then there is a good probability that they would vibrate for a moment then split from their elements in a phenomenon that I shall refer to as 'hyperresonance'. This hyperresonance would, according to theory, release a large amount of energy that could possibly split other, nearby fonons from their elements as well. Hyperresonances may occur between pure fonons naturally, although only the seventh fonons can dissipate quickly enough for the fonons to be pure and the hyperresonance to actually occur. Should organic isofons be created, it may be able to transmit thought to its counterpart, much like one's mind can communicate with the rest of the body. However, there must be a complete path of isofons in between the two for this transmission to occur. This cannot be proven due to the lack of natural organic isofons.
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Before you go all "OMG, the explanation of fomicry here doesn't mention seventh fonons at all! And what's with the complete path of isofons? Asch/Luke/Lorelei never needed that!"...
1) Remember that this is a good 24-25 years before the game. The fomicry techniques at the time(invented by Jade) were, as revealed in the Nebilim sidequest, using the elemental fonons. We also know that the fonic arte method of fomicry results in the underbalence of first and sixth fonons... I made stuff up from there.
2) Maybe Asch/Luke/Lorelei did need the isofons to communicate. Remember that they all have exactly the same frequency as the pure seventh fonon, so perhaps they could communicate through the chain of seventh fonons emitted by the Planet Storm (heh, that would mean that Lorelei could eavesdrop on all of Luke's thoughts).
Also, I'm thinking of doing a follow-up Q&A session by Nebilim after the report to make sure Jade didn't make up half of this stuff. If you want to leave questions for me to use in the reviews, that'd be great.
And I probably won't ever have this long of an Author's Notes in this fic again. Probably.
