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-dín-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-Súnáris System Talentar High Orbit Liméri Station Agricultural Torus B Bícek-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
DISCLAIMER: All population figures found herewithin should be considered provisional and contested. Ongoing controversies exist where the correct measurement of population figures is concerned, including: * Accounting of clone families; * Accounting of fork families, both synchronized (cikrieth) and desynchronized, and the measurement of repeated non-persistent forks; * Accounting of group intellects, including
No Such Thing As Space Jesus: Amazingly enough, the people who built their very own set of mechanical deities (see: Deus Est Machina) are remarkably skeptical about people who claim to be (and, of course, to have) supernatural gods. Especially since they can only very rarely whip up a miracle
DeepHab Eleven Eastern Abyssal Gulf of Antareä Eliéra The incoming voice rattled scratchily from the speaker. “Benthic Needle, we have you on our magnetograph now. Confirm your position.” “Inertial guidance shows us eight-eleven porisedt from sonar target, relative bearing zero-eight-five, station-keeping against current. Request calibration reading on relative depth, DeepHab.
No Such Thing As Alien Pop Culture: Averted, for the most part – even without the dodge, I suppose, of pointing out that the Imperials would consider our distinction between high culture and low culture the product of a certain type of class-based social structure that humans have, and sniff rather