book
After a troubled period in its development, I am delighted to be able to announce that the third book in the Tales of the Associated Worlds series, Darkness Within and Other Stories, will be released on December 12th this year in Kindle e-book and paperback. Pre-orders will be open soon.
asteroid mining
In pre-space speculative fiction the image of the belt miner recapitulated the image of the prospectors of old. Grizzled belters in small ships, big enough to hold them, a small partnership, or perhaps a family, who would set out, hunt down a “motherlode” rock, hack the ore out of it
volition
So, stepping out of the ‘verse for a moment, why does paracausality exist? Thematically speaking, the existence of paracausality says something very important about the nature of the universe. It means that it’s impossible to deny the existence of free will. (Or, rather, you can, but it’s about
Precursors
Precursor artifact Spirel-1,147: “The Rolkifier” Recovered from a vault in the Spirel Precursor site (located on Spiridon (Dexlilal Convergence)), the Rolkifier is a 3″ x 3″ x 5″ teardrop-shaped artifact constructed from an unidentified green-bronze substance. Attempts to examine the interior reveal it to be solid and apparently homogeneous
eldraeic language
xatírár el rótaní: (“do the needful”) 1. (common) A request to do that which is necessary or required in a given context, with the respectful implication that the other party is trusted to understand the needful and operate autonomously. 2. (rare) A request to do that which is understood without
extranet
From: Anethil 0x98AA45B2 (COO) To: Ganly min Retholl (VPO, Calianus Passage) Subject: Data filtering – need official refusal? Ha! I almost admire their jír. Not often someone comes to us and requests help in censorship. Anyway, obviously, we’re not doing that. Tell them that it is against Bright Shadow corporate
necromancy
necromancer: 1. (archaic) In legend and story, an evil figure who makes pacts with various personifications of entropy, offering service in exchange for power. In these stories, the fundamental error of the necromancer is their belief that they hold the advantage in such dealings – perhaps not the most wise belief
cryptid
From: Tiryns Anandonos (AIB) To: Academician Iliys Roquentius; Academician Meris Tarisia Subject: Incident 7922/0011867 Gentlesophs, It is certainly the case that research into self-concealing patterns of information (so-called cryptomemes) is important, as is research into their applicability to and existence in the living world. This is only the more
Bring Me The Head Of
ALL SECURITY SITES // ORANGE SENSITIVE NOCONTRACT // NOFORN ROUTINE RED LIST // SPECIAL // UPDATE 7129/08/09 CANCEL REQ: Istar Oricalcios Veneri a.k.a. “the Mechanic” REASON: Subject acquired internally (7129/07/24). NOTES: Subject recovered from debris created in an attempt to access Secure Storage Facility CINDER NOISETTE. While subject
dead orbit
WANTED ADVENTURERS, BOUNTY-HUNTERS, AND SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE In recent months, at least one starship of scavver low-lives have been picking the bones of our deceased brethren rightly and properly committed to the Deep, walking bright on the dead orbit, and stealing genes, grave-goods, and the memorials set out for them.
worldbuilding
In recent questions: What’s the status of dark matter/energy in the setting? Munson sez: ‘There ain’t no such thing. Somebody just needs to correct their math, is all.’ The honest answer is “I haven’t established that yet”… …but here’s some bullshit I just made up
asymmetrism
The infamous tragalrás athánar (“meat machine”) – by whichever regional designation it is known1 – is both a awful and an excellent weapon. On the former point, certainly, it is crudely designed, generations obsolete, dumb, inelegant, and a wide assortment of other things which tend to give professional Imperial weapons designers fits