Teleport Pads

Teleport Pads are essentially stationary teleporters that one enters, to get transported to a different location. There are two different kind of them.

Eodon
On Eodon, they were an invention of the inhabitants of the ancient city of Kotl. Stepping on one teleports the person to a teleport hub north of the Sakkhra Tribe, from where the other teleport pads can be accessed. A similar system can be found inside the city itself as well for fast transportation between districts.

In Savage Empire, the Avatar used these platforms to great effect to quickly travel through Eodon. However, the teleport plaza was located next to two entrances to the Myrmidex Caves, so trouble with its inhabitants was common. Also, the teleporter of the Old Pindiro Village was defunct for unknown reasons, thus that location was deactivated on the plaza. Even after the destruction of Kotl, the outside platforms still worked, thus they had to have an independent power supply.

Teleport Locations
Here are the locations for the different pads:


 * A - Kurak Tribe


 * B - Nahuatla Tribe


 * C - Jukari Tribe


 * D - Disquiqui Tribe


 * E - Barrab Tribe


 * F - Sakkhra Tribe


 * G - Barako Tribe


 * Defunct - once lead to the Old Pindiro Village



Britannia and Serpent Isle
In Britannia and the Serpent Isle, teleport pads are used as stand-alone devices.

Usually, the target location does not have a receiving pad, and if it does, it mostly is not two-way. Only seldomly are teleport routes truely two-way. Usage is simple; just stepping onto them is enough. Due to the fact one can not know in advance where a teleport platform leads to, it is very possible to land in a very uncomfortable to downright lethal sitauation on arrival.

Teleport platforms like that first appeared in Ultima VII and were also seen in Ultima VII Part Two. By the time of Ultima IX their usage had become inflationary and unexplainable in many cases.

Trivia

 * Looking closely at the teleport pads in Ultima IX, one can see that on the sides, there is Runic written onto it. It is the word "teleport", being repeated several times.
 * The mass of teleport platforms in Ultima IX obviously had the simple reason that it made herding the player easier and also saved considerable time that would have been spent with extra worldbuilding to create normal routes.