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Transcendence Support Groups - Various types of organizations, some religious or spiritual, some wholly materialistic, formed with the goal of their members achieving ascension to a higher toposophic level.

prototype for a class of very young stars, still in the process of gravitational contraction.

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subatomic FTL particle possessing irrational mass.

Standard information and early interplanetary age baseline-friendly microtech comm, text and Net interface device

Theoretical particles that move at superluminal velocity.

Fantasy device that enables a vessel accelerate very quickly to relativistic velocity. Because tachyons cannot interact with normal matter, a Tachyon Drive cannot work in practice

middle information age to recent - any technology that allows one to use a virtual body to enjoy virch experiences by means of DNI or other neural implants or nanoneuronal or neurocybernetic mediation, which create the pattern of nerve signals that corresponds to a comparable rl experience.

Normal matter, particles that move at subluminal velocity.

When a sophont ascends to a higher toposophic level, great stress is put on the mind. When this stress is too great, it can have a very negative impact on the ascending mind. Most of the time, this results in a failure in the ascension process, usually leading to the destruction of the mind. However, in some very, very rare cases (1 in 100,000,000), the being ascends, but refuses to accept its new existence. The higher toposophic mind then creates as accurate a model of its pre-ascended mind as it can, and uses that model to interact with its environment. This model may or may not accurately mimic the pre-ascended sophont mind. In the few recorded cases of TAID to date, those models that have deviated from the  pre-ascended mind have deviated wildly - Such as a nearbaseline male creating a mental model of a female tigersplice rianth after the ascension process.

It is important to note that in cases of TAID, ascension was "successful". Underneath the mental model the sophont uses to interact with its environment resides the ascended mind. However, the model has no idea that it is anything more than what it appears to be, and the ascended mind will do all it can to maintain the illusion.

More than 80% of the cases of TAID have been self-correcting over time, although some residual personality alterations have been noticed. Over time, the ascended mind becomes accustomed to its new state and has less use for the defensive mechanism of the mental model. There is no "typical" estimate on the duration of TAID. It varies from individual to individual, and can last anywhere from days to centuries.

TAID is most commonly noticed among sapients ascending to S:1 or S:2.  It may be just as common among the higher toposophics, but would be much less likely to be noticed by normal sapients.

In many of the cases of TAID, the created sapient model the newly ascended mind is often embodied as a "leftbehind". This usually happens when the model is an accurate portrayal of the ascended being's pre-ascended mind.

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The largest and most important of five interstellar development megacorporations (or Big Five) of the first Federation period. The others were Truth-Santaya Networks, Terranova Foundation, K4H, and SecureSpace. In the colonies they were very often a law unto themselves. They eventually merged to become the NoCoZo.

During the post-ComEmp period a prosperous middle regions non-aligned assembly of worlds. In 9545 the AI ruling the Tanaka Cluster apparently decided to end its existence, and kills all life and technology down to the viral/bit level. Over a hundred planets remained apparently untouched but lifeless. Although there have been some minor attempts at recolonization, mostly by thrill-seeker and novelty tour start-ups, the system remains for the most part empty. Rumours that a virulent picotech trojan remains in the area ready to snare the unwary can safely be dismissed, although the tour entrepreneurs tend to play up the story for scare value.

A resource poor STC system. Tananana makes money through tourism, mediacorps, biotech templates, tantric ashrams, and erototech hedonics (some of the old erotocracy Dionysians ended up there). Well-served by wormholes to Cocac, Gilboa Reach, and a number of other prosperous nearby systems.

A totalrecall combined with a rl experience. Skilfully organized tandemrecalls can be so cleverly arranged as for the subject to find it impossible to tell where the rl ended and the implanted memory began, even when witnesses are available

A world of the Utopia sphere, known as the home of Walking Mountain phyto-provolves.

Popular and diverse hedonics techniques, based on use of the body and pleasure as a path to transcendence; a biological art and science of attaining ecstasy through somatic and especially sexual disciplines.

Taoist term for the absolute reality, usually described as inscrutable and beyond conception - "The Tao that can be spoken is not the true Tao"

Important NoCoZo system

Old Earth Chinese quietist religion, based on contemplation, non-contending, cultivating the ch'i, and understanding the interplay of yin and yang. Also includes more dynamic magical, alchemical and martial arts elements and sects

during the late ComEmp period the famous vec artist Outer Enrastered Link Connection underwent personal ascension to second singularity level.

A technique that dates back to early information age Old Earth, this takes a large number of preference questions answered by a target

A system of duties or prices imposed by a polity on imported or exported goods. Tariff regulation varies widely, from non-existent (much of the NoCoZo) to high (many of the more centralized lower toposophic or baseline polities)

uses subjective assessment to determine whether new foods produced by artificial methods are edible and pleasant

Terraformed by HIE236XZE

an early major empire in the first federation era that colonized the space around the Pleiades and Hyades. In 3263 the "Inner Sector" attempted to break free in order to become part of the NoCoZo, leading to one of the bloodiest early wars known. The surrounding empires annexed many of the worlds, and in 3400 there was not a trace of the Nexus.

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Splice/provolve clade derived from meerkat and other mammalian stock. Tavi are common along the growing edge of the Terragen sphere.

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Formal supra-individual rank of biological or artificial organisms - e.g. species, phylum, etc. (pl. taxa)

Temporary Autonomous Zone. A mobile or transient location free of economic and social interference by the state; a type of temporary Free Zone, very popular as a rebellion or lifestyle choice in some otherwise strongly centralized regions. First appeared during the Information Age, has been the bane of centralizing regulators ever since. See also PAZ