It was upon an evening of such tempered splendour as might have satisfied the most fastidious painter of the golden age, that the lists of Avignon were again prepared for those exercises of arms which, in that singular age of our story, served less for the decision of feuds and questions of honour, than for …
Three Sisters and the Last Potato
Beneath the Bunker Lights If you’ve never tasted mashed potato grown in hydroponic gel, you haven’t really lived on Proxima Centauri. That’s what I tell outsiders when they ask about our lives. Not that many outsiders ever come calling on Proxima, or wander down into our sector of the bunker, where the sun’s red-purple light …
The Long Furrow of the Wise Hog
Before Sun, Before Thought There is a coolness to the world before first light. I rouse myself from where I have rested, the scent of damp soil and leaves already present, as if the earth itself breathes before anything else stirs. The weight of my saddle is a familiar pressure. The ground under my paws …
Auroraweave (2280–2301)
A new hope is born under the perpetual dawn of Proxima Centauri, where hyena-like mutants wear ninja suits woven from composite threads that shimmer with all the colors of the rainbow. Here, survival demands every ounce of wit and agility. By the third generation, the colonists had had enough. They choose to take their massive …
Vantablack (2162–2279):
As the interplanetary trade routes collapse, a new dark age begins. The darkness is even deeper on what was once Earth, now split between Terra and Oceania, since Luna, the Earth’s moon, has become a black hole. On the surface, people and sentient animals, including pigs and monkeys, build kingdoms around ancient artifacts and empires …
Fogskin (2119–2161)
This epoch belongs to mutants and “scientists.” A catastrophic event shatters Terran infrastructure, splitting Earth into two realms: Terra, still ruled by baseline humans, and Oceania, now home to engineered mutants. Originally created for space exploration, these mutants discover that their unique genetics also give them an edge in Earth’s seas and on its reshaped …
Aberration and Tarnish (2050–2118)
Period of the Space Exploitation Singularity This era begins with Ken Li’s foundational Transhuman Memorandum and culminates in the ascent of mutants, ushering in a singularity in space exploitation and human evolution. During this period, massive space mining corporations accumulated staggering resources from asteroid mining and shipbuilding. These corporations soon grew too powerful for their …
