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Peitho BuddhismNeobuddhism developed by the Peitho school of Povenmire habitat, Rosselia (Sophic League) in 8700.s. According to Peitho doctrine, the physical world is actually a hell realm of the true world. The graves of the exemplary dead are sacred places since they have a connection to the true world.
pelagicof, pertaining to, or living in the open ocean of a Gaian Type planet or large habitat, either at the surface or at intermediate depths.
Pelagic Subtype
Gaian Type planet. Water covers
85 to 99% of the surface. Oceanic climate varies. Land life, if
advanced, may be stunted due to a restriction of terrestrial biomes.
PelaVenusian Subtype
Venusian Type planet.
Typically these are massive terrestrial worlds that have accrued a
typically Venusian atmosphere. But they also have so much water that
they cannot lose it over their geological life times. Hydrosphere
coverage is typically one hundred percent. Geologic activity varies.
most massive worlds develop thick crusts, diminishing volcanic activity
in the short term. Atmospherically, the greenhouse effect is present,
but somewhat mitigated due to the global ocean. Life is typically
present, but rarely more advanced than primitive microbial forms.
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PenglaiEarly colony world, became the capital of the Penglai empire.
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Penglai
EmpireEarly superbright-tweak empire, based around Penglai
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Perceptionsthe common name for a type of reality show usually shown on grey or black-legality stations.
It involves cracking a target's augmentation safeguards and 'riding along' during a normal day. Of course, only the most interesting 'normal days' make it to the actual programs, save those programs which focus on specific fetishistic audiences. PereiraCygnus Sector, Outer Volumes, system, former capital of the Biovirate, conquered by the Keter Dominion following the Keterist-Biovirate war, attacked and sterilised by rogue bio-Autowars, currently lightly populated by a number of disparate clades.
Perennial LibraryAny of a number of libraries of perennial memes that is used (especially by Universalists) to interpret or decode higher toposophic mysticism. Critics say that rather than elucidating the S>1 teachings such a methodology imposes a baseline procrustianism on them
Perennial Philosophy, Perennialism,
Universalism a spiritual or mystical truth or meme-cluster that is said to be invariant regardless of culture, memeticity, or toposophic. For example - "abide in the Center" "strive through non-striving" The term dates back to the hu philosopher and mathematician Leibnitz of Old Earth
PerennialistAnother name for Universalist
perfect
artart that exploits the potential of trans-singularity intelligence artistically. By its nature it can only be created by entities at least one singularity level above the intended viewers.
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The Perfect MirrorAlien artifact discovered on the fifth moon of the gas giant T'tul in the Eta Carina Rush.
Perfect Philosomorphera mid-toposophic occupation/hobby/lifestyle, incomprehensible and untranslatable to lower sophonts
The sapient term "Perfect Philosomorpher" , first used by transapient watcher Jigoram Cyrom in 8167, refers to what superficially appears to be the incorporation of elements of Perfect Art and Philosomorphism. Although this was later found not to be the case, the term stuck, and is now used even by the Proxavs of "Perfect Philosomorphers" themselves
Perfectly
Friendly AI [1] Friendly AI which never makes a
mistake and always takes the maximally Friendly or Baseline Friendly
action.
A benign turing, superturing, or hyperturing
Performance criminal
perigeeFor an object orbiting the Earth (or any planet), the perigee is the point in each orbit which is closest to the primary. The perigee generally varies a small amount from orbit to orbit. The closest perigee is called the proxigee.
perihelionThe perihelion is a planet or comet's closest approach to the sun or star it is orbiting.
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perimelasmaThe closest approach on an orbit around a black hole
periodIn geology, originally the basic unit of geological time in which a single type of rock system is formed.
As later used, any intermediate period of geological and biological history of a Terrestrial Class planet, lasting tens of millions of years. Periods are grouped into eras, and divided into epoches. Periods are only relevant to that planet the rocks of which they pertain to.
periodic
periodic tableAn arrangement of the chemical elements according to increasing atomic number that shows relationships between element properties.
PeripatheticsNeo-nomad artificial culture developed in the early 4200's. Peripathetics believed nomadism was the ideal lifestyle, and developed mobile houses and industries to allow them to roam freely. A break occured early between the less technological side, which eventually integrated with various anthropist, bioist or luddist movements, and the pro-technological side. The pro-techs came to join the MPA, forming the mobile polity Kre Transit.
periphery regionastrographic, planetary, orbital, or other areas on the outskirts of key economic activity.
permafrostSemi-permanent underground ice (usually on a Gaian Type planet)
Permian periodThe final period of the Paleozoic era.
Lasting from 280 to 245 million years ago, this was Also known as the beginning of the Age of Reptiles. Pangea took its final shape, the great coal forests dissapeared, the climate became more arid, and reptiles suplanted amphibians, gymosperms took over from pteridophytes, and more modern forms of insects apperaed. The period ended with the largest natural mass extinction on Earth since the evolution of higher life-forms, and was followed by the Mesozoic Era.
Perpetualismphilosophy developed by Academician Athol Kamani on the Dominion world of Mithras during the late Empires period
(about 200 years after the Second Interstellar Empires war), claiming that archailect cultures tend to be perpetual and effectively immortal (lasting as long as the archailect eirself). Perpetualism became a popular historical interpretation during the SecFed era, especially in Dominion and, to a lesser extent, Negentropist worlds. Its reputation was seriously damaged by events of the Version War, which disproved several of its theses (one being that a major interstellar war was not possible in a archailect mediated civilisation). However, following the reconstruction period and with the rise of the ComEmp a number of newer versions of Perpetualism developed. Most of these were forms of "weak Perpetualism" (the most popular being Ngian Perpetualism - which was developed by the Ngist School of Perpetualists on Latimer Habitat), as opposed to the "strong Perpetualism" of Kamani. During the Period of Fragmentation there was a sort of ideological conflict (a few times heating up to a memetic war on some worlds) between Ngian Perpetualism and Sabinian Kalyptism, the former indicating a more or less stable civilisation, the latter predicting a coolapse of the established order.
Perseus
Armthe immediately rimward spiral arm of our galaxy. The only galactic arm other than the local/orion arm that has been colonised by terragens. It is currently under the control of the Princes.
The
Perseus Riftcolloquial term for the volume between the Orion and Perseus arms, a vast and ill-defined volume rimwards of the Solar Dominion and Metasoft.
Perseus Arm Defence Organisation (PADO)
personA person is an entity given rights. A legal person is an entity recognized by the law, usually identical with the person. see also Copy Rights
A malignant entity, usually transapient or at the least transavant, that is insane by the standards of ordinary Terragen sophonts and is an extreme hazard to life forms that are less powerful than itself.
Some such entities are very subtle; a perversity may not be immediately evident to beings of its own or lower toposophic level except by experience or careful study. A perversity is sometimes, but not necessarily, the immediate or delayed result of a botched or misfired attempt at toposophic ascent. A perversity or may not also be considered a blight, depending in part on whether or not and to what extent it spreads and assimilates other beings.
One famous perversity which has not (as far as is known) become a spreading blight is the transapient entity Verifex, responsible for a cataclysmic series of artificial supernovae known as the Gehenna event.
Pest Control Officerthink of some of the pests that populate teh civilized galaxy. Now imagine what it'd take to get rid of 'em. "Yo! I yam da law!"
Peta
Dromanisminor non-aligned Inner Sphere system, its only claim to fame is that it was the birthplace and home of Admiral Tka Lett-Vorek, the commander of the Interplanetary Combined Fleet. Now a major pilgramage site for a number of Anthropist clades, tolerated by the locals only because of the tourist economy.
Pet RockSlang term for a world, terrestrial or otherwise that has had its surface structure modified by a Power or archai, apparently for the esthetic enjoyment of the creating entity.
petbooksInteractive document collections equipped with affective computing, making them develop a bond with the owner.
Peterpaninterplanetary age to recent - Originally hu baseline or nearbaseline (later expanded to include any biont) who uses medical nano to remain perpetually at the physiological development of a prepubuscent
(8 to 10 is the most popular range, but some have fixed themselves as young as 2 or 3). There is an attempt to regress the personality to the equivalent age, but this has proved somewhat more difficult or in some cases impractical, and many low grade peterpans are a bizarre psychological combination of young child and adult. The most respected peterpans however are those that can retain or return to the most authentic childhood psychological state. These usually are accompanied by bot, vec, aioid, or biont minders who handle the day to day needs of their young charges. The oldest living peterpan, Tommy Ries, was born in 346 a.t. , had himself petered in 389, survived the Nanoswarms, Version War, Paradigm Containment effort, and many other adventures. Most current peterpans however are no more than a few thousand years old peversity,
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