Imperial Charter
…continued from part three. SECTION IV: NATIONS OF THE EMPIRE Article I: On Sovereignty This Charter guarantees the local sovereignty of nations of the Empire underneath the overall sovereignty of the Empire. No interference with local law or custom is contemplated, except where such local law or custom is in
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Color-Coded Emotions: A common way of encoding emotive data for the use of, say, emoji v-tags, along with geometric shapes and other such abstract symbolism. Very handy for passing along this sort of information when you don’t necessarily share body language, etc., with your interlocutors, especially since it tends
Imperial Charter
Continued from part two. SECTION III: SHAREHOLDING AND CITIZENSHIP Article I: On Imperial Shares The Empire, as a corporation sovereign, shall issue a number of shares of citizen stock equivalent to the number of Imperial citizens. Such shares shall be nontransferable, and issued to each citizen-shareholder of the Empire at
worldbuilding
I have a feeling I know what the answer to this one is going to be already, but just for the sake of clearing the air: If, knowing that what you are about to do is wrong, you attempt to make restitution before committing the offense (sort of like as
Imperial Charter
…continued from part one. SECTION II: THE EMPIRE Article I: Definition The Empire shall be a corporation sovereign, endowed with delegated sovereign authority over a polyarchy of locally sovereign nations, governed by a constitutionally limited diarchy, a Senate of representatives from the constituent nations and selected from among the citizen-shareholders
Imperial Charter
So, in a number of responses to questions, fics, tropes, and other posts I have had occasion to cite various bits of the Imperial Charter. It seems easiest, then, to save a little time and just post the whole document up for y’all. Well, sort of – it’s not
Resplendent Exponential Vector
RESPLENDENT EXPONENTIAL VECTOR SAFER SCIENCE INITIATIVE IT’S BEEN [2] DAYS SINCE OUR LAST UNSCHEDULED REALITY EXCURSION (that we noticed)
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Colony Ship: More than a few. The most iconic, of course, are the Deep Star colony ships the eldrae used to establish the first Thirteen Colonies subluminally, and indeed the galari equivalents that let them colonize Tessil and Qeraq in a similar manner, but the concept still goes on; even
crime
ILINSHEN (UNITED VIRIDIAN STATES) – Debate continues today in the capital district of the United Viridian States over the troubled extradition of orbital real estate mogul Uskert Lannod. Lannod, 70, made history four months ago by receiving the highest fine thus far assessed for an offworlder in the Empire’s Courts
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Cloning Body Parts: It used to be done, but in the current era is obsolete twice over; first, replaced by organ printing tech (basically, 3D printers for organs), and second, by healing vats and having things built by medichines in situ. Hospitals and clinics probably have some organ printers lying
things you are not allowed to do
(by – sort of -request; very dubiously deuterocanonical in parts) 1. It is polite to offer immortagens to your new offworld friends. It is not polite to spike their coffee, beer, or punch bowl with them. 2. Even if everything is quaint, you shouldn’t keep calling it that. 3. Very
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Clone by Conversion: It’s possible, with the right abominations of technology (basically, start with a healing vat and a cerebral bridge, then add evil) – but since you’re just using the original person as organic raw material, the applications are sharply limited. Basically, if you need reinforcements and have