non-canon
Every Story Involving Fully Mature Ontotechnology, a Collection in One Part
I decided everything should be perfect forever. It was. THE END (Slightly delayed from April 1st.)
Alistair Young
planetary management
Hidden Maintenance Costs
“This year’s work list at Planetary Management: Redirect an estimated dozen hurricanes. Lance a supervolcano. Perform injection lubrication of five fault lines for controlled tectonic stress release. Reinforce the bedrock of a major regional aquifer. And orchestrate a thousand-year river channel shift.” “Why are you even reading that?” “Reminding
CalmirĂĂ«
The CalmirĂĂ« Chthonic Railway
It’s been a while since I gave you folks a map, so here, I’m giving you folks a map: Should you find yourself needing to find a way around the central region of the capital, this should come in rather handy. On another note, and one less relevant
starship
Hold the Eggs
Bacon Maneuver: A stealth tactic used by sailing masters with no sense of self-preservation, the Bacon Maneuver involves hiding a small starship within the drive wake of a larger vessel. Large, multiple-drive craft often have “sweet spots” close in where the drive plumes have not yet impinged on one another,
eldraeic language
Eldraeic Word of the Day: lĂänd-khadár
lĂänd-khadár: vampire (lit. “flame-stealer”); mythologically, a malicious, semi-corporeal creature which drains its victims of volition and the capacity for choice, before going on to consume the remainder of their thoughts and memories and leave them empty. In the modern day, considered a metaphor for entropy-as-depression.
Black Flotilla
Begone, And Trouble Us No More
You may have seen a new Imperial Navy ship on the through route from Qechra to Palaxias in the past few weeks, and not been able to pin down her exact type: she resembles a Leviathan-class dreadnought to aft, but the whole forward half of the vessel seems to have
worldbuilding
Some Ancient Questions
Have a random selection of answers to old questions and comments that came up while I was clearing out my e-mail: In our world, there is a Spanish proverb that runs: Ladrón que roba a ladrón tiene cien años de perdón (memorably quoted in translation by the villian of The
temporal mechanics
Stealing From Yourself
The Advocate for Guilt has cited the existing precedent set by this Court in Ulpiaj v. Ulpiaj (7918), affirming that for one sophont to appropriate property from themselves in the past constitutes theft, inasmuch as a worldline-past time-slice of an individual cannot consent to the actions of a worldline-future time-slice.
filk
Sons of Ancyr
Horns of Ancyr, blow ye wildly, Thunder forth your brazen fury, Summon every soul who hears ye, To the battlefield. Shields of Ancyr, stand before we, In your lock-step, ever steady, Naught was forged can e’er score ye, Stand and never yield. Spears of Ancyr, sound your brattle, In
drug
Front Effects
While perfection is our delight, perfection is also profoundly dangerous where it interacts with imperfection. In the world of pharmacology, this principle is best represented by two particular drugs, aumbril and thanachav. The former is a perfect euphoric; the latter a perfect disinhibitor. Both, however, are also perfectly deadly – although
eldraeic language
Eldraeic Words of the Day: Agreements
caĂĽlgyrelef: compromise; agreement in which neither party receives what they want (from tratracalma traĂĽlgyr elefĂ, lit. “least worthless/unfavorable contract”, i.e., a bad deal but the least bad deal possible). sĂ©delĂ©lef: mutually beneficial agreement; agreement in which both parties succeed (from trasĂ©delĂ©kith elefĂ, lit. “mutually pleasing contract”.) Traditionally, a
death
To The Pain
death-equivalent existence: It is a cliché, at least among Imperials, that “there are no fates worse than death”. A living sophont, after all, possesses the capacity for choice and action, and thus to better their situation – or, failing that, at least the capacity to be acted upon, in ways that