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A utopian dream, to build a new society based on the tenets |
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of collectivism and community. |
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The crew and colonists of Slantwise Convection set off from |
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earth thousands of years ago, and have only recently awoken |
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from the depths of cold sleep. |
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Their story is told by the crew members, in their official |
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and personal logs. |
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Augment (n.) |
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An individual who has been implanted with a direct |
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connection to the Computer Core. These individuals |
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are the only persons ordinarily in contact with the |
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core. |
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CentCom (n.) |
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Central Command. Those persons randomly selected to |
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direct the colonial effort. |
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E.S.S.I. (abb.) |
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Exoplanetary Survey Synthetic Intelligence - the |
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Computer Core, familiarly referred to by the crew |
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as Essi. |
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Waker (n.) |
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Crew member whose role is to waken when the S.C. |
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passes through a system, to carry out preliminary |
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evaluation in consultation with E.S.S.I., to take |
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decision on waking the crew, and to assign a new |
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target system. All Wakers are Augments. |
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Dramatis Personae |
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Arthen Damastra |
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Lead Pilot appointed by CentCom. |
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Salzen Urtiv |
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Assistant Pilot, and a friend of Arthen. |
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Bartik Ama |
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Augment, third Waker, friend of Arthen. |
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Slantwise Convection - Ship Log |
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184 >> Slantwise Convection - Waking to Darkness |
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187 >> Slantwise Convection - Past and Present Events |
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209 >> Slantwise Convection - Von Neumann and Augments |
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© 2024 Daniel Goldsmith <dgold@ascraeus.org> |
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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (share with attribution, no commercial, no remix) |
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