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Contributors in Fiction
Fiction
Hub
Literature; Fiction
A dense star cluster colonised by humans over more than three millenia. After a millenium of interstellar conflict and chaos, the Hub Conventions evolved to provide a framework for inter-colonial ...
Nanoscanners
Literature; Fiction
Ultraminiaturized surveillance tools used for covert monitoring and recording. They are available in several effective ranges, with powercells ranging from a few hours to over three hundred hours.
Mesrami
Literature; Fiction
Mesram Xina Colony was initially the dominant force in colonising the Ophiuchi Circuit, but lost their influence and power in a series of Private Wars with the Kim Sons Combine.
Lirasilk
Literature; Fiction
A fabulously expensive luxury fabric traded heavily among the decadent colonies of the Ophiuchi Circuit.
Universal Mercantile Convention
Literature; Fiction
A set of commercial treaties overseen by the Hub Mercantile Council, regulating trade conditions, currency exchange, private wars, transit standards, weights and measures, and other key elements of ...
Kress
Literature; Fiction
Sport involving launching variously-shaped projectiles from a rack, to create "patterns" of "lies" which are then hit with "tammers" to propel them toward a target spot. The process is repeated ...
Drones Year
Literature; Fiction
Social custom common in many Procyon Axis colonial cultures. Young men of wealthy families are provided with financial support for a period of social obligation, attending staged events intended to ...
