ontotechnology
Snippet: Today, at the Vector
(Inspired by the Inevitable Certainty Engine, of course.) “So your Incomparable Excellence Engine is better than – is like – is something similar to – …okay, what the cryptoontological fuck?“
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ontotechnology
Don’t Do That, Then
lookforward monitor: a specialized optronic circuit containing a signaling microwormhole or temporal tangle channel from the near future. (The precise time period depends on the application, and has been configured for periods as short as one micropulse and as long as a full hour.) The function of the lookforward monitor
Imperial Navy
Unstuck
FROM: CORE COMMAND (OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT) TO: ALL SHIPS ***** ROUTINE ***** FLEET CONFIDENTAL E2048 ***** ADVISORY ALL FLIGHT COMMANDERS: 1. THIS MESSAGE CONSTITUTES A ROUTINE UPDATE OF STANDING ORDER 147 (TEMPORAL IDENTIFICATION PROTOCOL). 2. AS PER STANDING ORDER 147(A) TRANSPONDER/IFF SUFFIX PIP 1471 IS TO BE USED BY ANY IMPERIAL NAVY
Imperial Service
Service
I, [insert name], pledge surety in the light of the Flame that I will faithfully and well, to the utmost extent of my skill and power, preserve the Imperial peace and prevent all offences against life, liberty, and property; and that I shall do so without fear of or favor
ethics
By Example
The Master said: First, do no evil. Then, do good. This is the Way. The Student said: What if I must do evil in order to do good? The Master immediately struck the Student with his staff, knocking him senseless. And it was good. – The Book of Five Leaves
Annik Sodality
Enheaviment
Among the acknowledged greatest and most disruptive grifts in the history of the Worlds is that perpetrated in the early 5800s by Murin Eldvell in the Annik Sodality. An executive for a fuel-manufacturing corporation specializing in the production of tritium and heavy (deuterated) water, Murin was inspired by the florid
citation
Citation
With the gratitude of the Empire and the thanks of the Lords of Admiralty: that Ardíra “the Bathrobe¹” Octarthius-ith-Octarthius, while commanding Their Divine Majesties’ destroyer Faithful Hound, did successfully escape a surprise attack mounted by linobir vessels of approximate cruiser and battlecruiser type at the commencement of the Linobir-Embatil War,
military
Awkward Introductions
On the sea or in space, a battlecruiser is a cruiser putting on the airs of a battleship, and a fast battleship is a battleship cosplaying as a cruiser. This doesn’t become a problem until the types start to overlap. Admiral Brandel Tsurilen, First Shore Lord
exoarchaeology
Diggers
There are those who accuse Mer Vadális Exoarchaeological University of being home to, if not infested with, one of the Starfall Arc’s greatest collections of adventurers, looters, graverobbers, smugglers, treasure-hunters, weirdseekers, and other scoundrels of like nature. It is my honor to assure them that they are understating the
eldraeic language
Eldraeic Phrase of the Day: cla-elén bríäz jé elén duenissí
cla-elén bríäz jé elén duenissí: (literally “without blades or maidens¹”) an ancient idiom, this phrase provides a way of discussing dangerous or forbidden topics. If all parties to a conversation (or other means of communication) agree on discussing a matter “without blades or maidens”, the conversation may proceed without concern
antipropertarian
Six Renegades from Eliéra
Hyadíne Ossoric-ith-Ossoric, Sixshires (4162-4550): Advanced a doctrine that certain peoples could not be content in a state of liberty, being incapable of comfortably serving as their own directive authority, and should therefore be made subject for their own contentment. Proclaimed a heretic of the Uncaring Rider in 4372. Accepted exile
eldraeic language
Eldraeic Word of the Day: ulargydar
ulargydar: (from ul, negation + argyr, worth + daráv, person or sophont) Usually translated “nithing” or “nihility”, ulargydar literally means “worthless person”, used to describe the worst miscreants. The implication is that Entropy has devoured all the worthy qualities and virtues present in the ulargydar‘s soul, leaving behind only a nothingness