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HUD Specs and Earpiece

xenoergonomics

Here's some HUD specs and an earpiece for audio output. The HUD specs use a minimal, mostly text-based, UI. This is due to the very low data rate required by FTL communication. All the microelectronics sit in the muzzle bridge. The earpiece may use bone condu...

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On the Womb Nest and Kit Development

biology

Oviposition in yinrih is a voluntary process. In tree dwellers and presapient yinrih it's triggered by geophagy (eating soil) which sets of a cascade of metabolic processes that results in egg formation. In modern yinrih, eating dirt is replaced by clean sanit...

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Making Mistakes

culture

Many offices in the Bright Way have a master-apprentice dynamic. Hearthkeepers have acolytes, Knights of the Sun have squires, Farspeaker anchorites have apprentices. All of these have a similar tradition when showing a newbie the ropes. While demonstrating a...

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Yinrih Social Media

culture

HolyHandGrenade! wrote: 2024-11-04T13:44:54+00:00 What’s the yinrih equivalent to social media? With the exception of their lack of libido and their less private bathroom habits, yinrih have the same social impulses as humans, so they have similar social media...

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Addendum

ecology

Glenn wrote: 2024-11-11T14:41:44+00:00 Indeed! An interesting and creative (if slightly disturbing) alternative form of parental feeding of their young. An addendum: Wormcows are regarded much like Terran cattle--placid, slow-moving herd animals that aren't to...

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The Beginning of the Allied Worlds

history

After the War of Dissolution, the Partisans were still on the war path. The old Claravian hierarchy was laid low, but the Partisans wanted to make sure it could never rise again, and the only way to do that, at least if you asked the Partisans, was with the Pa...

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On The Light and Interspecies Ecumenism

humans

The Light is the most common title given to the being worshiped by the Bright Way. It is a non-contingent incorporeal entity possessing a will and intellect that exists independent of the universe, outside of spacetime, and is said to have brought it into bein...

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The Eschaton

religion

The Eschaton, or Omega Point, is, according to Claravian doctrine, the ultimate end state of the universe. It is the point at which the epistemological Realm of the Known finally fills the Realm of the Knowable and breaches the hitherto impassable boundary obs...

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Visions of the Future

religion

A bit of Claravian popular piety says that right before a martyr dies, The Light grants them a vision of how their sacrifice will benefit the Bright Way's progress toward obeying the Great Commandment.

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Mech

Science and Tech

Here's a typical mech used by the Knights of the Sun.

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Drinking Bowl

xenoergonomics

Here's a typical drinking bowl design. A flat bottom to allow it to rest on a tabletop, a flange around the rim and a smaller ridge around the middle to help the tail wrap around the bowl for easy carrying, and a broad bottom to allow the muzzle to comfortably...

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Rediculously Sour Breakfast

culture

Steadfruit juice and some steadtree fruit. Size may not be final.

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The Partisan Perspective

culture

Woo that was 600 posts! Who knew that my hyperfixation on these maladaptive daydreams would teach me so much. I didn't know anything about Blender before, and I'm certainly still not good at it, but it's fun to mess around with. Anyway, here's some lore on the...

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The Outlands

focus

The citizens of Partisan Territory refer to the polity as The Outlands, and to themselves as Outlanders. Moonlitter objects to this usage, since the term historically implies a larger territory than the Partisans currently control.

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Fossil Fuels

history

I had originally assumed that Yih would not have coal or oil deposits since I assumed that required very specific biological factors (absence of certain decomposers allowing organic matter to form fossil fuels). After a little wiki walk it seems that it's most...

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3D Printed Star and Gear

meta

Here's my first self-designed 3D printed project, or at least the rudiments of one. It's the star and gear symbol. I took the SVG file used to make my avatar and imported it into Blender. I gave the shape some thickness and then exported the model as an STL fi...

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3D Paw Print

meta

Here's a 3D print of the front left paw (male). I'm surprised the claw marks managed to show up at all. I'm still learning a lot about how all this works.

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More on Firefly

people

So I've decided that Firefly is going to be more literally lich-like. Instead of the Eternal Womb being located in a lavish throne room, it's squirreled away somewhere deep within the cavernous capital complex, which occupies the entire surface, and possibly i...

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