A community-driven sci-fi universe
It has been approximately 5 years since the silence. It’s late evening by the beach. The wind is calm but still manages to sway the dune grass in subtle coercion. Crickets chirp with the calm artificial waves, generated by a mechanical seawall some twenty miles out. Their peaks are what remain visible as the sun […]
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Dr. Xhith’raal had spent his life studying agriculture. As a leading biologist of the Ivory Spire Institute of Genetic Sciences, his research focused on the genetic optimization of crops to feed his species’ ever-growing civilization. They had harnessed the atom, conquered disease, and stood on the cusp of spaceflight; a golden age of scientific enlightenment […]
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Waiting has never been my strong suit. My chronic impatience is as much a part of me as the stars are part of the universe. And now, here I am, pacing the clinical confines of a med-bay hidden away in the outer colony of Trappist-9, waiting to see a bio-engineer at 23:29 station time. It’s […]
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Hidden in the treacherous depths of space lie ancient curiosities orbiting alien suns: the World Minds. Their creation predates the genesis of nearly every space-faring species, and those that might be old enough to have recorded the monolithic endeavor of creating these planet-sized AI are loath to share their secrets. And so, the World Minds […]
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Initiating Archive Retrieval Sequence… Stand by. Searching for Encrypted Entry: Captain Elu’Parata log #233 Security Firewall Detected. Bypassing… Decrypting… Decryption in Progress… Estimated Time Remaining: 2 minutes. Decrypting… 45%… 67%… 89%… Decryption Complete. As we hurtled towards Chastreon, I couldn’t quite wrap my mind around the extraordinary voyage we were embarking upon. The very notion […]
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[Accessing Voice Log #34532] Date: 14th Nebulon, 3204 B.P Subject: Unknown Survivor Location: Lal Hadaf Hey there, I’m recording this voice log to share what happened during that fateful day in Kar-chi and I am hopeful someone will find it to know what really happened. It was something out of a science fiction flick, but […]
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