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    Thread: Xenosophont Civilizations in the Laniakea Supercluster (revision)
Post: RE: Xenosophont Civilizations in the Laniakea Supe...

If I recall our current description of it still has vot-like entities being used even in the real-world environment in which it is tested. So even if it is in the physical universe, it shouldn't make ...
extherian Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 24 329 02-21-2024, 09:19 PM
    Thread: Xenosophont Civilizations in the Laniakea Supercluster (revision)
Post: RE: Xenosophont Civilizations in the Laniakea Supe...

One thing that bugged me about the original cosmic virus is why the S3 supervisor built a real, physical working model of the computer on an actual planet. Sure, they probably had safeguards in place ...
extherian Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 24 329 02-20-2024, 03:32 AM
    Thread: Xenosophont Civilizations in the Laniakea Supercluster (revision)
Post: RE: Xenosophont Civilizations in the Laniakea Supe...

Yeah these are all fair enough takes on the matter. It is a rather eerie thought having the primitive golden tower builders being the only civilisation in Andromeda. Personally I think the real life a...
extherian Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 24 329 02-17-2024, 10:31 PM
    Thread: Xenosophont Civilizations in the Laniakea Supercluster (revision)
Post: RE: Xenosophont Civilizations in the Laniakea Supe...

In my opinion we should keep this paragraph from our current description of HEEC1: Quote: -- Beginning in the 9900's, major conflicts have been observed at the edges of this volume, evidently ...
extherian Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 24 329 02-17-2024, 05:41 AM
    Thread: Towards a Computronium-to-Virtual-Space Conversion Factor
Post: RE: Towards a Computronium-to-Virtual-Space Conver...

Given the real world techniques used to optimise processing power for games, Y11K would certainly have far more sophisticated methods for efficiently simulating reality that we have yet to imagine. De...
extherian General Setting Discussion 7 98 01-22-2024, 08:09 PM
    Thread: Best biochemistry for hiders?
Post: RE: Best biochemistry for hiders?

If it's to avoid detectable heat traces, the only solution that even comes close is to upload themselves into a substrate based on superconducting processors, but even then there will be some waste he...
extherian General Setting Discussion 4 76 12-27-2023, 10:28 PM
    Thread: Negentropy Alliance Update
Post: RE: Negentropy Alliance Update

How do the Negentropists cope with citizens creating large amounts of trivial information? Is this a society where people think carefully before they communicate, to ensure they are only producing qua...
extherian Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 15 219 11-06-2023, 10:17 PM
    Thread: Bioship article update
Post: RE: Bioship article update

When did the first fully vacuum adapted humans emerge? The Sailors of the Ebon Sea were the first, but that article mentions nothing about when they were created, and I think fully organic bioships sh...
extherian Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 32 454 09-28-2023, 08:45 PM
    Thread: Space pirates
Post: RE: Space pirates

What exactly would there be to steal? Everything you could possibly want can be manufactured by autofabs or served to you by Vots. The only things that can't be made are energy and matter, both of whi...
extherian General Setting Discussion 4 47 09-03-2023, 03:07 AM
    Thread: Dṛśānaḥjagat EG idea rough draft
Post: RE: Dṛśānaḥjagat EG idea rough draft

Quote: -- it is obviously unrealizable if it goes on ad infinitum. I hope MstrongStarkiller (or someone) has a better idea. -- Actually, I think this would be a great idea for a perversit...
extherian Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 16 161 08-26-2023, 09:19 PM
    Thread: Foundation of the Keter Dominion
Post: RE: Foundation of the Keter Dominion

Could an S4 really be restored from backup after having been destroyed or subsumed by another entity? Or if it is only supposed to have been an observer rather than a participant in the Da'at incident...
extherian Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 208 2,958 08-23-2023, 11:47 PM
    Thread: Mind hive: expanding
Post: RE: Mind hive: expanding

This subforum (https://www.orionsarm.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=10) is where you want to post stuff that could be interesting but isn't directly related to the project.
extherian General Off-topic Discussion 4 1,213 08-22-2023, 11:08 PM
    Thread: Updating the Negentropy Alliance
Post: RE: Updating the Negentropy Alliance

For some reason I thought the total biont population was like 30 quadrillion or something like that. Anyway, at least now I know where to find the relevant statistics.
extherian General Setting Discussion 22 226 08-17-2023, 03:56 AM
  Exclamation Thread: Updating the Negentropy Alliance
Post: RE: Updating the Negentropy Alliance

Quote: -- The NA mainly builds them around red dwarf stars, which make up the bulk of the stars in the setting anyway. Editorially such stars don't get a lot of love and so saying this would also a...
extherian General Setting Discussion 22 226 08-17-2023, 12:09 AM
    Thread: Known Canon Issues
Post: RE: Known Canon Issues

Quote: -- I don't disagree with this change, but where and when was it made? I don't see any reference to 'Derlekians' in the current article and don't recall this discussion. -- If you click on ...
extherian General Setting Discussion 397 6,198 08-17-2023, 12:03 AM
  Heart Thread: Known Canon Issues
Post: RE: Known Canon Issues

The article on Oia (https://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/48f952ba9a1f9) mentions a clade called the Synthetics, however this clade was renamed to the Derlekians (https://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/4...
extherian General Setting Discussion 397 6,198 08-16-2023, 06:51 AM
    Thread: Matrioshka Hypernode adjustment: locations
Post: RE: Matrioshka Hypernode adjustment: locations

The Laughter Hegemony should be left out, they are described as a low transapient empire, and are essentially a local blight terrorising poorly defended colonies in the Sagittarius Arm. They may well ...
extherian General Setting Discussion 12 167 08-16-2023, 06:24 AM
    Thread: Updating the Negentropy Alliance
Post: RE: Updating the Negentropy Alliance

Quote: -- As currently written, the TRHN doesn't specifically have any Hypernodes - so we'll be wanting to update that article at some point in all this to reflect whichever additional empires have...
extherian General Setting Discussion 22 226 08-16-2023, 04:15 AM
    Thread: Updating the Negentropy Alliance
Post: RE: Updating the Negentropy Alliance

Quote: -- I'm sorry if you weren't aware of that - I was under the impression you were familiar with this issue around the oldest articles in the EG. -- I was aware, the point I was trying to...
extherian General Setting Discussion 22 226 08-16-2023, 02:52 AM
    Thread: Updating the Negentropy Alliance
Post: RE: Updating the Negentropy Alliance

In terms of increasing complexity in a power efficient manner, I think the Technorapture Hypernation and its Matrioshka Hypernodes have got the Negentrophy Alliance thoroughly beaten. Or perhaps the A...
extherian General Setting Discussion 22 226 08-16-2023, 02:05 AM