Elsewhere Society Deep Probe One. En route to Greater AncĂĂ«l Whirl. Velocity: 0.9 light. Mission Elapsed Time (empire-time frame): 1 kiloyear. The stargate cruised onward through the empty void, its linelayer’s drive shut down after its last major vector change, leaving the galactic disk and acquiring its destination.
Powered Armor: In multiple kinds. Regular legionary armor (also used by the Watch Constabulary, and indeed similar suits without the militarization are used in the civilian construction and other hazardous-environment industries) provides only moderate power-assist, but does come with kinetic barriers, self-contained environmental support/NNBC protection, medical and tactical computer
Pointy Ears: Yes, for the eldrae. Just at the tip, and no larger than human ears on net, because – with all due respect to World of Warcraft, et. al., fans, those giant freakin’ ears look completely ludicrous. The dar-bandal, of course, have pointy ears too. They’re canids. Other species
“I don’t believe it’s that the Transcend doesn’t want the competition. Of course, that’s exactly what I would say in either case, so there’s very little point in my denial; I’ll leave that up to your viewers to decide.” “It’s not a matter
“Welcome to the 60° Line. This station is Lip Shuttleport. This is an express Stem train, terminating at Docks and Locks, calling at Outer Interchange, Centerpoint, Underwater, Inner Interchange, Conclave Mall Axial, Hydrogen Habitats, Station Control, Manufacturing Hive, and Reactor. Please note that stations between Station Control and Reactor are
Organic Technology: It does exist in the universe (see, for example, the Gardeners of Rechesh we mentioned back in Flesh Versus Steel and the qucequql, who went an organic-technology route due to their underwater origin, or for Imperial examples, the bioengineering esseli, and the colonists of the planet Kythera (Imperial
So few people appreciate estxĂjir. Tonight, for example, I had dinner with some local Telememe associates. The meal itself was merely ordinary, vatsteak and the usual trimmings, but the service, on the other hand, was exceptional. Our waitress had truly mastered her art within the parameters of available perfection. Every
Inhumanly Beautiful Race: Quite possibly, since the eldrae started out a very pretty people and have been engineering further in this direction for a long damn time; of course, it’s not like they aren’t happy to sell this technology on the open market in the interests of a
“Vinav Amanyr-ith-Amaranyr is a good man.” “You are surprised to hear me say that? You shouldn’t be. Many of our Renegades are – the ones who become Renegades because they’ve seen the Galaxy’s problems and can’t stand not doing anything about them.” “So what do you do
Uncanny Valley: Largely averted where other species are concerned, simply because they’re far enough apart in appearance from each other that it never comes into play. (Now, eldrae and humans, both being humanoids, are probably close-and-yet-far-away enough to fall right into this where each other are concerned – proportions off,
This is the Code of Saravoné, the Just One, the Scale-Bearer, by whom all Law is upheld. To live is to exist to possess to act. All that lives shares this wellspring: existence, property, will; a single threefold truth. All crime transgresses against this truth; by using another for one’
For Science: Played terrifyingly straight, at least from dear old neophobic humanity’s point of view; while the Imperial science establishment does have a few notions of ethics (informed consent – while the Monument to the Martyrs of Science is large, it’s also to volunteers, really – sophont and prosophont rights,