Saturday, February 24, 2007

improvisational logic

Worldbio - Sigeki (30,0,30,15)

Sigeki is located in a system with the designation 'Kapteyn-733', near the center of the Mandelbrot galaxy. Although the system itself is near to the known origin point of IH-ian humans (a claim based mainly on the local mythos, due to their fairly nomadic nature) it has not been fully colonized until recently. Due to the multiversal fluctuations around this planet in particular, Kapteyn-733 has obtained a reputation as a sort of Bermuda Triangle of the Mandelbrot galaxy. Since the merger of Sideworld and the creation of the IH Anchor proper these fluctuations have decreased significantly.

The entire overall universe of IH has interplanetary space filled with a mostly-invisible material known as 'quintessence' or 'ether'. Although this material is not breathable and almost thoroughly non-reactive (save for plasma, which is amplified by an ill-understood process) it does provide some extent of latent pressure and, more importantly, a phenomenon known as 'quin resistance'. Because of this and the high rate of swapping between space and atmosphere, almost all ships in the IH universe are designed to be aerodynamic.

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