“Only the smallest, least enlightened minds accept the limits of the currently possible. Indeed, only small minds accept the limits of the possible, where greater minds strive to expand its reach. Some apologist philosophers would advance the claim that a finite mind is inherently limited in its ability to comprehend
Meat Moss: A characteristic of the esseli homeworld, and more specifically their cities, starships, and other facilities. Kind of similar to the way Star Control portrays it, actually. See, the esseli are biotech wizards and use it for just about everything they can – although there are many things for which
Mechanical Evolution: True for digital sapiences, with the proviso they note that ‘It is seldom shown as the equivalent of the biological process; rather, the mechanical species will be shown to actively design their own successors, or even “evolve” within their current generation through self-modification. This is similar to real-life
Lorcis Vianath-ith-Vianne & Selves Pty., Bonded Commercial Obligators, to Sens Dal Shen, Kar Riette, and Tir Ledeen, greetings. With regard to your communication of the 20th inst., we have undertaken a preliminary legal investigation into the commercial contractual arrangements between the specified parties, Sentir Industrial Products and Nen-Palan Environmental Atmospherics.
Since we’ve just passed the Matter Replicator trope, and since it may be relevant to an upcoming FAQ question, I thought I’d throw out some definitions relating to such things that may make things clear. Well, clearer. A nanofac is the basis of nanofacturing technology. Think of it
Mayfly December Romance: Mostly averted; in two different ways. The happy one is that immortagens are now available for just about every species, thus avoiding the tragedy of death. The less happy one is that… well, while one may well be able to love someone who is doomed to die,
Additionally, based on expressions of interest I’ve received, I’m going to open up the floor for questions from my Patreon patrons – one per $ per month – as suggested here, and now added to the Patreon rewards list. So! Let’s start while the iron is hot. It’s January,
Matter Replicator: The cornucopia machine or autofac, which can build matter into pretty much any object that you want and have – or can write – a recipe for. Sadly, they are required to obey the laws of thermodynamics and conservation of mass-energy. They also tend to incorporate – especially in larger models
So, uh, despite what I said the other day, I went ahead and set a TV Tropes page up for the Eldraeverse. Y’see, what I figure is that the hardest part in creating such a thing is actually creating the page. That’s a fair bit of work, so
Matriarchy: There are several of these in the Associated Worlds in general (although, note, that polities ruled by the female sex in general don’t necessarily carry the implications that they do for Terrans. Some species, for example, have only one sex being sophont, rendering them all patriarchies or matriarchies
FROM: TASK FORCE C-117 (CS THANEBLADE) TO: CINCCORE; FIELD FLEET COREWARD COMMAND (CS UNCONQUERABLE SELF) *** ROUTINE *** EYES ONLY FERVENT SPAN *** SITREP INFORMATIONAL: 1. ESTABLISHED FAR PICKET AS PER ORDERS IN SPINDLE SYSTEM. 2. SITUATION NOMINAL. NO HOSTILE CONTACTS. 3. AUTHENTICATION WILDCAT PAWN INCARNADINE ASH MAGMA SLIVER / 0x11EA49BD629A1132 VADM. EXPRY VALIN-ITH-VALADINE
A commenter over on Google+ suggests that the issues mentioned in my last post could also be satisfied by an Eldraeverse TV Tropes page. And, well, I certainly can’t argue against that. But while technically creators are allowed to trope their own works, I’m not terribly comfortable with