culture
Given the overall emphasis the eldrae place on freedom of choice and freedom of choices, how do they deal with issues of overchoice and the apparently paradoxical consequence that having too many choices on the table makes people less likely to effectively make the right choice due to the need
trope-a-day
Capital Letters Are Magic: They are indeed: prominent local examples include the Flame and its opposite, the Darkness, in their theological senses. This, though, is Translation Convention for the Eldraeic augmentative affix, in a language that somehow doesnât have an augmentative affix. It means âqualitatively, not quantitatively, more soâ
worldbuilding
So. Thank you all for your comments, ye who commented. I have duly taken on board and rolled around some. It fits, too, with some of what I have been dissatisfied with in myself, a certain darkening of tone which probably is a result of spending too much time observing
trope-a-day
Bunny-Ears Lawyer:Â A highly individualist society, near-universal self-employment, and other similar factors lead to plenty of these, yes.
airlock
prophylock (n.): Used primarily by free traders, a prophylock is a collapsible docking module used when rendezvousing with untrusted vessels for cargo transfer. Similar to a standard docking module, a prophylock is a cylinder with an IUSI-P or IUSI-F androgynous adapter on each end, one to attach to the host
meta
With reference to Jade Nekotenshiâs comment here, the graph to the above taken from this survey, methinks, reveals another key application of the so-important primitives-barbarians dichotomy. See, if you donât have these technologies, that just classifies you as âprimitiveâ. Thatâs a term of art, not a value
trope-a-day
Bright Castle: Oh, theyâve got lots of these. One of the quirks of having to lead by sheer force of arĂȘte rather than force is that it helps to build a bloody impressive seat to impress people with your leadership qualities from; as such, generations of castle architects have
Expansion Renewal Union
From: Alvis Antarianus, Expansion Renewal Union To: Heriath Calliste, Inevitable Justice Foundation Subject: Re: Cleaning up the Union once and for all Look, your proposed operation is well designed. Iâll give it that. But thereâs no chance whatsoever that itâll pass the Senate. Galactic Relations or State
meta
A new writing blog for a shiny new posthuman SF universe appeared yesterday in my website logs, from a long-time reader here, and I just had to tell yâall to go check it out. The siteâs brand new, but thereâs already some juicy content there, and if
trope-a-day
Bold Explorer: While I shall leave specific examples to individual fics and so forth, they have a lot of these in the Imperial Exploratory Service, and especially in the first-in scouts and volunteers to crew (as infomorphs) far horizon probes. You have to be a little bit crazy to go
ethics
The first part of acting in accordance with jĂrileth is the easiest: do as thou wilt. To exercise the power of choice comes naturally to all who think, as it must, and in the hearts of the eldrae qalasĂr burns bright. We do as we choose, obeying only our need
trope-a-day
Body Backup Drive:Â Standard practice in civilized transsophont space, using cloned replacements grown specially â or, for budget body use, travel, or temporary copies, any one of a large number of premade âvatjobsâ. These replacements are designed never to be fully sophont on their own, though; their brains are designed to