meta
So, I was invited to submit a story of mine to this siteâs contest, which I have therefore done. If you liked it when you read it, or if you havenât, when you do read it, Iâd very much appreciate it if youâd head on over
trope-a-day
Post Mortem Comeback: As in Dead Man Writing, the leftover personal and fiduciary AI systems, smart contracts, etc., left behind by the deceased are all still running, and since smart contracts arenât automatically terminated by death, itâs not all that hard to make sure that some of your
exosciences
exosciences (also xenosciences) (n.): Including exogeology, exogeography, exoclimatology, exobiology, exoecology, exosophontology, exomemetics, etc. An archaic series of terms referring to the various sciences when applied to off-planet phenomena, usually used with reference to the speakerâs homeworld. This terminology fell into rapid disrepute after the first full conference of the
meta
In todayâs entry in this series, the reality show that is basically a cross between Scrapheap Challenge/Junkyard Wars and Survivor: Mars, made possible in the science-fiction future by the wonders of noetic backups: In which we dump our hapless contestants onto a raw eutalentic-class (Mars-like) planet with a
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Possession Implies Mastery: Generally averted, as the very large pile of incomprehensible elder-race artifacts sitting around in museums and the vaults of companies like Probable Technologies, ICC would demonstrate. Some of them have been there for centuries, or even millennia, and are still no closer to being understood. Played straighter
spin gravity
âStation Ops, this is Clovis One-Four, reporting on-site from incident gamma.â âClovis One-Four, Station Ops, go.â âStation Ops, some damn tourist tried to board the garden âfuge by dropping from above again. No secondary casualties, thank AthnĂ©Ă«l, but the groundscapeâs a mess.â âClovis One-Four, do you need a medical
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Population Control: Averted. This is the thing the Empireâs Reproductive Statutes donât do. (They exist mostly to prevent violating the rights of about-to-be sophonts by creating them below the acceptable minimums for their species; this exercise in eugenics primarily means âno hereditary diseases or defectsâ, but does go
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Police Brutality: Usually averted, day to day, as the Watch Constabulary is very well trained, highly disciplined, and â as the instrument of force that is legally permitted to apply it, law for the enforcement of â rigorously monitored and audited to make sure that itâs doing it properly. Especially where
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(While Iâm posting â Iâm going to be on holiday for the coming week or so, and specifically in transit for most of tomorrow, so posting here will be somewhat irregular. There will be things posted over the next week, for certain â never did quite figure out that âtime
Imperial Security Executive
ICE BLUESHIFT MOST SECRET (INDIGO) / EYES ONLY ICE BLUESHIFT NEED-TO-KNOW ABSOLUTE ISE INTERNAL ONLY TRACKED-COPY DOCUMENT NOCONTRACT NOFORN SPECIAL SECURITY PROCEDURE BASILISK FIDELIS Proceed (+/-)? + SUMMARY: [SSP image eluded from file] ICE BLUESHIFT agents are specially developed units of the Fifth Directorate intended for deployment under exigent circumstances requiring extremal
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Poisoned Weapons: See Combat Pragmatist â the eldrae would, once again, like to point out that being honorable should not correlate strongly with being an idiot. Nor should being an idealist mean that you are obliged to give up all the efficacious advantages. As the book says: if you have to
Ballistic Brewery, ICC
Ballistic Brewery, ICC to Hanth & Mallon Restaurants (PĂĄdĂĂ€z System), ICC, greetings. ValmirĂĂ€n Oricalcios, Thank you for your interest in our selection of fine beers for the discerning spacer palate. To be sure that we can satisfy your requirements, let me explain to you how the Ballistic Beer process works.