Category: Lexicon and Background
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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…