law
âOne of the chief problems with some culturesâ attitude towards professionalism is that it prevents their courts from issuing opinions such as â to quote Mandatory Benevolence Association vs. Suld â âThis court must affirm that the defendant possesses an unalienable derived right to be, if he so wishes, a bigoted sack
eldraeic language
delĂ©hain: A direct translation of the kaeth word harghcha, literally meaning âpleasure-fightâ; physical combat in social situations for the enjoyment of both the participants and any onlookers, which is a common feature of the kinesthetic kaeth culture. Note that neither the Eldraeic hain nor the original cha define a scale
eldraeic language
valĂ«ssef (n.): a principle of Imperial culture, valĂ«ssef is literally translated âI-am-nessâ, the particular aspect of oneself that one is manifesting at any particular time, or to put it another way, who one is in relation to present circumstances and present company. This peculiarly eldraeic concept is tied strongly to
worldbuilding
(also, questions from August; and since itâs a slow month, Iâm going to throw in some questions from comments, too.) Itâs been pretty well established that the eldrae place an immense value on pride and personal achievement, to the point that they hold people in contempt for
laser
âYou will hear it said that lasers have âa pathetically low rangeâ and are âsuitable only for point defense and the inner engagement envelopeâ. To put this statement into its proper context, one must understand the proper scale of starship engagements; i.e., that the pathetically low range in question
economics
Real Money Trade: The problem is that itâs hard to define what qualifies as âreal moneyâ versus âgame moneyâ when the Mythic Stars MMO alone has an internal economy bigger than some respectably-sized planets. The logical consequences of this apply in full, including the follow-up to the city guards
wormhole
(An in-universe explanation as to why the Empire, et. al., prefer to use their special â i.e., yes, per here, space-magic enhanced â wormhole technology.) A common question among newcomers to the field of spacetime engineering, especially as it applies to wormholes, is the reasoning behind our use of dynamic wormholes
stargate plexus
In partial apology for the lack of artwork thus far, I bring you a map of the Associated Worlds, constellation by constellation! Key-wise, gold constellations represent the Imperial Core and Fringe, blue the mainstream Associated Worlds, purple the Expansion Regions, and green the Periphery. Red constellations represent the off-the-edge-of-the-map places,
Eye-in-the-Flame Arms
The MMR-144 Parasol rockets launcher. No, itâs not a rocket launcher. Itâs a rockets launcher. Thatâs because the MMR-144 fires a single unguided projectile which acts as a bus for twelve smart missiles, which deploy at the apex of its trajectory and hunt target areas according to
religion
It occurred to me that the parallels that I drew here make less sense, and inviting comments and thoughts is less useful, inasmuch as to the best of my knowledge I never actually clarified (except in one still-to-be-completed series, by implication) exactly who all the eikones of the Church of
Cultural Crossovers
So hereâs a question I was asked recently: In the vein of questions about media, letâs throw at the Eldrae the 70mm IMAX versions of the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe (note, entirely cinematic, nothing from TV) with enough cultural footnotes to understand the context. Assuming all movies are
biotechnology
Living Battery: Given the amount of biotechnology around the place, it should not surprise you that there are, yes, more than a few living batteries. Itâs just that theyâre all lifeforms specifically created to serve as living batteries â large cultures of Spheroporus electri inside microbial fuel cells, artificial