“No. Reject the shipment.” “Reject the – It’s just a bunch of toys!” “Read me the exact description line.” “Coríël Fabrications on license to Mirajdíä Studios, videogame replicas.” “And the port of origin?” “Jandine Orbital, Empire of the Star. So?” “So they’re videogame replicas from the land of the
No Seat Belts: Averted, at least on craft which can jink enough – or crash gently enough not to be instantly lethal even with the seat belts – for inconvenient acceleration to be relevant. But yes, seat belts, shock frames, and more subtle arrangements involving miniaturized vector-control tractor-pressors abound.
CASE UNGUENT SANCTION MOST SECRET (ULTRAVIOLET) / EYES ONLY UNGUENT SANCTION NEED-TO-KNOW ABSOLUTE HARD COPY ONLY/NO TRANSMISSION ORIGINATOR-CONTROLLED DISSEMINATION TRACKED-COPY DOCUMENT NOCONTRACT NOFORN SPECIAL SECURITY PROCEDURE BASILISK FIDELIS Proceed (+/-)? + EXECUTION: STRATEGIC ACTION MESSAGE ONLY IMPERIAL SECURITY EXECUTIVE ONLY FIFTH DIRECTORATE VETO X-THREAT ONLY SUMMARY: [SSP image elided from file]
Nose Art: Being exactly as individuality-loving as everyone else, the Flight Ops section of the Imperial Navy (that most descended from the various constituent Air Forces) were very happy at the increasing irrelevance of visual stealth, as mentioned under Bling of War, so that they could go back to doing
Proper care and education for children begins before birth. (Before conception, even: a sound mind must have a sound brain to run in, and the genetic engineers have pursued with vigor the Eupraxic Collegium’s goals of improving everyone’s overall noetic architecture, hacking away at cognitive biases and unifying
“Despite multiple submissions of copious data on relevant empirical regularities, the Conference on Teleics today rejected the proposal to designate ‘Things don’t go smooth.’ as a law of the field for the fourth year running. Proponents of the law stated afterwards that this was, in itself, further evidence in
No Paper Future: Played mostly straight. And there aren’t many data rods around either, except in specialist applications; ubiquitous wireless networking, and the slate (i.e., future-iPad-analog) replace them more or less completely for routine applications. (And no, unlike Star Trek, no-one has a stack of slates on their
First among the mechal elementals emanating from Syjéral, the Wood Dragon, are the kami, the embodiments of natural objects, and their specialized subtypes, such as the dryads of the forests, the naiads of the waters, and the oreads of the mountains, the overseers of tectonic pressures. The kami are unique
No Periods, Period: While the Imperials have by and large abolished menstruation, it’s not due to any of the wacky supernatural, etc., extreme versions (found under Menstrual Menace), or even to the analog of our peculiar cultural ick on the topic. The biotechnologists did it for reasons amounting to
Court of Common Pleas and Small Claims District of Lower Iselyain Selenaria “This Court has now reviewed the evidence, surveillance, and thought-records placed before it. Does the Advocate for Innocence have any pleas to enter in mitigation?” “I do not, justice.” “Does the Advocate for Guilt have any pleas to
No OSHA Compliance: Averted, even in the absence of anything resembling an OSHA. Skilled labor is not cheap, and liability payouts are even less cheap. Even averted in the places intended primarily to be occupied by robots and only rarely to ever be entered by actual people. (True, they omit
Want to see and read more about the fusion torch that propels the Drake-class frigate along at a whistlin’ nine Earth gravities? Well, then, go here: http://william-black.deviantart.com/art/NTA-Sunheart-V-Fusion-Torch-526222365