Category: Science Fiction
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Niscorp 1743 is a small, frozen planet on the inner edge of the frontier. This small planet circles a small, dim orange star at the very edge of its habitable zone, running without a planar inclination in a stable orbit that takes 3.4 standard years to complete and is sufficiently circular that the planet does…
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I stand in a barren void that’s featureless No sight or sound can penetrate at all Though silent storms may try to tear me down When dusk descends, I’ll still be standing tall Daylight breaks and shatters empty skies Has nothing changed for better or for worse? The cycle just repeats itself again Can’t tell…
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Last night over a debauched dinner with two old friends, Drs. A and B, I made one of those stupid long-term bets that bloggers inevitably get sucked into. My specific bet was that the Republican party will not recover from Trump, and will fall into a long period of chaos and dissonance that will prevent…
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Date: 13th November 2177 Weather: Rainy Mood: Bored! The last two days have just been talking! talking! talking! That might be fine for all the crusty old men I hang around with but I’m a girl, I’ve got no use for all this talking! I need to fight and kill things! I don’t know why…
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When we left our heroes they had just discovered that the starport they had returned to was due to be destroyed in four days, due to contractual disputes. The company intending to do the destroying, Soleria, had sent two ships to pick up starport residents, but some 200 would not be able to travel on…
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Date: 12th November 2177 Weather: Rainy. Really rainy! Mood: Bloodthirsty. Beating corrupt scientists to death with power-armoured gloves is one of the most satisfying things I have ever done, and everyone was really happy to know what we freed those people from. But I am still on a high, replaying those final moments in my…
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I’m all alone Matter and shadow In the darkflow Treading deep waters Searching for the shore Waiting for the dawn to come – Catechism of the Tomb Masters of Duat Duat is a small desert planet on the Frontier. Its two big oceans frame one huge continent that appears to be all sand and stone.…
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The first adventure of the Spiral Confederacy campaign starts with just two adventurers, who find themselves looking for work on a Starport above the Remnant planet of Dune. The two adventurers for this first session are: Alpha, a psion with an interest in archaeology who has travelled out to Dune in hopes of exploring its…
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I have begun a campaign set in a post-scarcity science fiction setting, called the Spiral Confederacy. The setting is a sprawling corner of the galaxy that was once a sprawling human interstellar empire. This empire fell apart in some ancient catastrophe that separated all the planets, and over thousands of years they lost contact with…
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Mad Max: Fury Road is a masterpiece of Australian cinema, that makes the rare achievement of building on its predecessors in the series to bring post-apocalyptic film-making to what must, surely, be its apotheosis. Visually stunning, with a brilliant sound-track, incredible pace, and a simple joy in hedonistic old-school road wars violence that is deeply…
Compromise and Conceit 