Imperial Service
Imperial Navy Rank Insignia
…are what I have been working on today, so here’s a quick table for those interested:
Latest
governance
Today's Quotations
We are, undeniably, tool-using creatures. Eldrae sómintár. More, we are undeniably creative creatures, builders and makers – eldrae mahavár – who build in order to have tools, and have tools in order to build. An endless cycle of creation. Observe, too, the lesser Flames: the problem-solving ingenuity of the bandal, the hunting
meta
The Associated Worlds
Yes, if you were wondering, I just changed the name at the top of the blog. (It is the official name of the setting, after all, on the book covers and everything.) But carry on using the short name if you like. It’ll answer to it!
Spice Way
The Spice Way
In the year 8054, a forward-thinking Initiative of Ring Dynamics, ICC, evaluating the expansion program for the stargate plexus based on the recent advent of the frameslip drive, a free-flight capable FTL technology which would allow the positioning of stargates with speeds and at distances previously unattainable, made a proposal
recommendations
Recommendation: Starmoth
In this episode of “the author recommends other less known universes”, I’d like to point up CMDR Isilanka’s Starmoth setting as worthy of the attention and interest of Eldraeverse readers. From its own introduction page, it is described as: Once upon a time, humankind thought it was on
biotechnology
Friendly Stab
“I noticed the knife the first day we were assigned to work with the Spireguard. It was easy to notice: everyone knows what a hanrian looks like, and there aren’t many who carry around multiple fighting knives. But even among those who did, this one was always set off
the Empire's Shadow
Beneath Their Wings
the Empire’s Shadow: the common and collective name for a group of organizations on the interstellar scene in the Associated Worlds, loosely defined as those organizations which are not in and of themselves arms of Imperial policy, but which take immoderate advantage of their chosen work not being illegal
memetics
Force Not Required
“Always remember: memetics is no more and no less than the science of ideas. Applied memetics, therefore, is no more and no less than advanced persuasion. Memetics cannot impose ways of thought. Memetics alone cannot correct biases, or determine truth, or override the will. And no memetic technology can force
temporal mechanics
Time Travelers Strictly Crypto
PROTOCOL OROELLE BLUESHIFT FRATERNAL UNCLASSIFIED (INFRARED) FOR PUBLIC RELEASE SUMMARY: A protocol to verify the identify and whenwhere of purported time-travelers from future dates, claiming to be about Imperial business. PROCEDURE: 1. Secure from the purported time-traveler his Oroelle-block verification code and its random reference number, along with the precise
black hole
Squishy
COLLAPSITER (THRESHER MAELSTROM) Special weapons package THRESHER MAELSTROM, or the collapsiter warhead, is a kugelblitz-based delivery system suitable for deployment from a large-bore heavy mass driver. Put simply, the principle of the collapsiter is the activation upon detonation of a spherical array of annihilation-pumped lasers focused on a single point,
worldbuilding
Author on Authority
This is a little meta to begin with, but please do indulge me, for we will get there. It all started this morning when I happened to read this little piece of not-even-wrongitude: Authority by consent is no authority at all, like I say. Unless you can force people to
piracy
Nemo Me Impune Lacessit
PREVIOUSLY “Ledger Embiggening, this is the captain of the armed vessel currently on intercept with you. As you have noticed, we have our weapons locked on you. Your options are these: cut your engines immediately, heave to, and permit us to board and claim whatever passengers and items of cargo