eldraeic language
demév: (from old Cestian deméthír, “wizard”) skilled practitioner, professional, one of notable expertise in a given area. Casual descriptions of such expertise can be given using tra- compounds; however, various formalizations of these exist both general, such as alathdemév (loremaster), eléfdemév (obligator, “oath-master”), haindemév (warmaster), and mahademév (craftsmaster); and specific
memetics
Item: In fresh cognitive threats this month, the Bureau of Internal Memetic Defense reports that the popular song “And A Plan I Found Atemporal” is the first known example of a memetic resource-hijacking, rather than a simple memetic resource-consumer. Sufferers from the Plan-Atemporal hijack find themselves coining additional lyrics to
Cultural Crossovers
As before. * Someone with blue blood? Finally! How natural! * The Kree homeworld, eh? Thought they were blue-skinned, too. * Well, that’s an interesting approach to warrior philosophy. * Oh, that kind of Supreme Intelligence. * Ah, shapeshifting infiltrators. * We do have to wonder about what is going on with the Skrulls, given
Lumenna-Súnáris System
So, having completed all ten planets of Lumenna in this series, we now move to its companion star’s nine, once again, beginning with the innermost: I/1. Andrár Class: Eurymic Orbit (period): 0.08 au (6.198 T-days) Orbit (ecc.): 0.06 Radius: 2,850 miles Mass: 2.51
computer
“The typical computer in use in the modern Empire remains the parallel array of binary-encoded Stannic-complete processors that has been in use since the days of the first settled Stannic cogitator architecture. This is the case at all scales, from the smallest picoframe microcontroller to the largest mega, with the
clothing
From Karuna Couture, ICC, comes the very latest in fabulosity optimizers: Our Girl in the Flow software agent seamlessly integrates your personal preferences with information gathered from your social circles and geolocative vicinity to optimize color and pattern to suit both your taste and to integrate pleasingly into local style,
memetics
The devices and techniques classed under PATELLA FLEXION are products of ISS research designed to assist field agents in social engineering, making use of hierarchy-based and submission instincts present in many sophont species. Rather than direct coercion or deception, the cerebroergetic and memetic technologies in this class function by projecting
Accord of Galactic Polities
The Accord of Galactic Polities, less formally known simply as the Accord, is a loose meta-civilization composed of the non-starbound polities of the known regions of the galaxy. The Accord is frequently conflated with the Associated Worlds, which is more properly a galactographic term. (While the Accord is primarily composed
military
Belchar’s World, Battle of: The Battle of Belchar’s World – a term referring to Fourth Belchar’s, 6882 – while in most respects another of the minor squabbles endemic to the Shadow Systems, has attained a degree of fame through being taught in the majority of the Worlds’ military academies
Lumenna-Súnáris System
I/10. Raziké Class: Alessán Orbit (period): 32.4 au (184.424 T-years/67,362.71 T-days) Orbit (ecc.): 0.06 Radius: 37,668 miles Mass: 1.01 x 1027 kg Density: 1.08 g/cm3 Cloud-top gravity: 1.86 g Axial tilt: 4.1° Rotation period: 12.1 T-days
Cultural Crossovers
You know the drill. * Ah, flashback. And presumably the non-flashback part is taking place pre-Thanos, or we would probably have noticed. * A quantum tunnel. Oh, god, that’s a pun, isn’t it? Aargh. * Aww. The father-daughter heist is adorable. * And doing the right thing continues to suck. * The quantum
worldbuilding
A reader pointed out on this Discord that this (go read it there) has a vaguely eldraeic flavor. Which it does. Not something a direct analog to which would exist *there* , mind you, inasmuch as defending yourself and civilization is something written right into the Imperial Charter, Section III, Article