Category: Fundamental Concepts of Extrafacetary Society
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Time dilation
<< Lexicon and Background There are approximately 1.4237 Earth Standard seconds in an extrafacetary second. That is to say, there are more than thirteen billion cesium cycles in an extrafacetary second, as opposed to the nine billion which compose a second by Earth Standard measurements. Sixty four thirds compose a second, sixty four seconds compose…
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Rochambeau sequence
<< Lexicon and Background A descriptive model of the irreducible rules governing a corner of reality, roughly analogous to a Schläfli symbol or a Backus-Naur form notation. If one can fully encapsulate the structure of a facet’s Rochambeau sequence, one can draw up a comprehensive model of how any system in that facet will function.…
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Old(, Being of/Servant of/Despised of)
<< Lexicon and Background A member of a collection of apparently immortal sentient beings, each of whom can employ extraordinary capabilities of various descriptions and nearly always possesses a peculiar item or set of items (referred to as an Old’s “tool”) tied to their identity in some fashion. Olds frequently exhibit the capacity to alter…
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Interruption
<< Lexicon and Background Upon reaching a certain milestone of computing and storage technology, an individual’s brain-state can be saved with perfect fidelity to an external medium. In practical terms, this means that one’s legacy lives on indefinitely provided that uploads are done either continuously or at regular intervals. This further means that the average…
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Hiek machine
<< Lexicon and Background Magic, as long defined by the greatest minds in Bequast, is precisely “anything done by or with or on account of, sustained through or affected by, or effected as a product of a Hiek machine.” Put another way, the Hiek machine is the governing mechanical unit by which all thaumaturgy works.…
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Gem
<< Lexicon and Background A term used as a pseudo-analogy for a structure characterizing almost the whole of reality. A beautiful infinity of carved surfaces, thus “facets,” compose the reality within which very nearly everything that ever could have existed or may exist does, indeed, exist. Each of these facets has its boundaries carefully defined…
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Facet
<< Lexicon and Background A facet is the largest possible formally structured mutually exclusive subset of existence in the gem. By their very essence, facets impose order and orientability upon reality, one macroscope at a time. Facets can be thought of as manifolds having shapes not representable through traditional generalizations of geometry, being infinite in…
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Extrafacetary territories
<< Lexicon and Background Rhaagm, Bequast, and Yrdky. Sometimes, the holdings of these realms are considered to be independent entities in their own right, but most frequently one refers to the “big three” when referencing “extrafacetary society” without qualifiers. Stabilizing and pioneering other truly non-gem-sourced locations has been a matter of some interest for not…
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Dæmon cluster
<< Lexicon and Background A technology which resembles the idealized form of the so-called utility fog. The exact process of generating the constituent semi-magical semi-living members of a cluster hides behind many, many layered Ktarebte machines, preventing owners from reverse-engineering their design even while they create more. In essence, they are a fusion of femtotech,…
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Cerv-mesh
<< Lexicon and Background Surgically implanted neural integration technology that is introduced through a relatively easy-to-install augmentation. A small number of one’s own cells are used to create a protein scaffold, which is then filled out and reinforced with a chosen structural material (usually something heavy or metallic) in a box shape. Extensible frameworks for…