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Ouroboros Virchspace Theory:
(Alternatives, 'Closed Loop Virchspace Theory', 'Eternal Virtual
Universes')Belief that there is no true 'real' universe, but that our universe is a virchspace held within another virchspace held within yet another virchspace, going eternally until one comes back to our own universe again.
Generic term for vast region of mostly lightly settled space (with provincial capitals of greater population and/or technological density) extending outwards from the Middle Regions some 3000 to 6000 LY in every direction. It is divided into 16 sectors; each sufficient to be a vast volume of space in itself. The Outer Volumes area is thinnest above and below the plane of galactic disc, and most populated in the Cygexba, Carina, Serpens and Perseus sectors.
more Early discovered chlorine ecology.
TRHN world, one of the centers of the Artists of Gleia
This is a deliberately destructive biostimulant
cocktail designed to greatly amplify the capabilities of the baseline
body. It is often considered to be the 'last gasp' of the pure baseline
warrior concept.
Allegedly originally designed by a fairly small well equipped outpost
in the fringe after recurring raids by violent nearbaseline semi-hider
clades, Overcharge is a fluid that must be injected into the aorta so
as to prevent cardiac arrest while assuring proper dispersal through
the tissues. Not only does it magnify the biochemical twitches that
trigger muscle action, it dampens pain and increases focus and
concentration. With proper neurochemical matching, there are no other
short-term side effects, but unmatched Overcharge can lead to various
forms of mania or other psychoses, as well as twitching and other
physiological symptoms.
The only real problem with Overcharge is that it's fatal. The baseline
biosubstrate can only withstand so much force before parts begin to
degrade, sometimes violently, and the neurochemical 'boosting' is
accomplished in part via 'burning out' transmitter ion pumps, leading
to a slow, irreversible degradation in neural transfers.
While this was used by the aforementioned outpost as a boost to counter
some of the illicit augmentation of the semi-hiders, it was primarily
meant as a spoiler device. Once the invaders noticed the enhanced
capabilities of the baselines, some of them immediately began utilizing
its capabilities. As the degradation was deliberately designed to be
slow and lingering, some 95% of the invading clades were using
Overcharge before the side effects began showing up among the early
adopters.
It didn't save the outpost, but it did give them revenge, even after
their demise.
Overwatch Processora briefly-popular dedicated system linked to a being's perceptive faculties and a large database (which manufacturers always recommended be constantly updated, usually at an additional subscription fee).
It was used to determine when the being is submitted to unwelcome memetic material, or entering into other such dangerous conceptual areas (such as unencrypted transmissions, insufficiently encrypted transmissions, unproven target destinations, etc) After many litigation activities, manufacturers required a waiver stating that they are not responsible for dangers imperceptible to the user or if the overwatch processor is overridden at any point during a known attempt. This lead to a final escalation in 'nuisance' assaults on beings with such devices, attempting to swamp them in warnings until they cancel the protection offered by the device. This would be followed with a serious memetic assault as soon as the implant was confirmed overridden. This implant is still occasionally found active in beings from the periphery, often with significantly outdated but still somewhat useful databases.People who downloaded too much info from the local computer net onto their internal computers, overwriting vital organic memory. Most overwrites can't remember their own names.
Utopia Sphere world, homeland of a number of species of Dinosaur provolves
astragen capable of producing pressurized 'pods' (also the seed) of O2 when in contact with oxygen bearing materials and a specific wavelength and intensity of light.
Many different genomes exist, with most models featuring broad 'ground' hugging petals which conjoin at a single 1/2 to 2 meter stalk. This stalk ends in one or more pressurized pods. The 'ripeness' of these pods can be determined with a shake. If the seed inside rattles, the fruit pod is ready for harvest and use. As these are generally designed for various systems' Oort belt, they typically require low light levels but are usually capable of much higher production levels under brighter conditions.Vela Sector - NoCoZo. Capital world of the Genen gas-giant extremophile superfamily the Premacy
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