Extranet

The extranet is essentially the galaxy-wide equivalent of the internet. Information is transmitted in bursts across the bandwidth according to the priority of the recipient. The Citadel Council and Spectres have top priority, then military personnel, then civilians and corporations. For colonies, information is downloaded locally according to its usefulness and frequency of queries from the colonists. Because of the sheer volume of information on the extranet, virtual intelligences are used to handle queries.