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Not That Kind Of Doctor: To reflect that Eldraeic is one of those sensible languages that distinguishes between medical and academic credentials in its vocabulary, I gloss the latter as the Russian-themed “Academician”.
…stars glimmer white and yellow and red in the blue-black sky, pale light of the moon, running through the shadowed grass, feel of moisture underfoot, scent of flowers on the breeze, hot and sharp taste of the air, clouds part at a touch, voices of the trees whisper, leaping into
Not-So-Omniscient Council of Bickering: The Conclave of Galactic Polities, and how. Its Presidium, now, they can sometimes be useful. Its organizations, they can get things done in their areas of expertise, for the most part. But the main body? Embodies We ARE Struggling Together to the point that it makes
REFULGENT LIAR SECRET (YELLOW) / EYES ONLY REFULGENT LIAR Among the most dangerous agents fielded by the Theomachy of Galia are the a’hugal (“soulless”), designated REFULGENT LIAR. The a’hugal are operatives of the Theomachy’s highest-order intelligence agency, the Jeret-i-dĂn-Tanjgal (“Preservers of the Pure-Souled”), loosely analogous to the Fifth
Non-Mammal Mammaries: Averted, except in the highly specialized case of bioshells (emulating species in which one sex or another has, ah, notable mammary glands) built for infomorphs who prefer their sexual characteristics to match their gender-emulating code. Assuming you don’t make the point that mammalianism is a trait that
…the Senate discussed a proposal to include parthenogenesis in the alpha baseline recommended capability list, for further insurance against the requirement to rebuild population following an existential event. (After three hours debate, the proposal was returned to the Select Committee on Health and Genomic Affairs pending further studies on techniques
Kestal’s Raiders, Fourth Flak Platoon, Third Battery near Site SNASNY perimeter Golikkar (Night’s Cliff) System The ground shook under another distant explosion. “What’re we doing here, Sarge?” The blotchy linobir spat. “Getting’ paid, kid, same as last month.” “Yeah, but – what are we getting paid for? Who
No Waterproofing In The Future: Not merely waterproof, but also methaneproof, ammoniaproof, hydrogenproof, and proof to a wide variety of other hydrospheres and atmospheres. And pressure and temperature ranges. And vacuum.
Lumenna-SĂşnáris System Talentar High Orbit LimĂ©ri Station Agricultural Torus B BĂcek-Qor-Eleven’s nose quivered. The dried liquid that had left these marks on the floor of the conduit smelled… sweet, and sharp. Not food. Trouble. His trouble. Sniffing, he set off down the line, following it back to its – The
Notice This: Played straight in reality, what with augmented-reality interfaces. Your neural lace, VII, or wearable will be more than happy to highlight things you either need to notice, or that you’ve told it you want to notice, or whose v-tags indicate that everyone should notice, and project your
Stat-O-Vision: Augmented reality – hooked up to scanning equipment, civilian v-tags, mugshot databases, and suchlike provides exactly this for everyone, all nearly formatted with architect’s lines extending into secondary visual fields and more sophisticated UI systems for common stats (see Aura Vision for one example), with all the necessary basic