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Really good stuff here, I love the Archailects bits the most. Kind of reminds me when SCP used to be good before it was inundated by Dr. Soandso self-inserts.
by VectorLock 6y ago
Really good stuff here, I love the Archailects bits the most. Kind of reminds me when SCP used to be good before it was inundated by Dr. Soandso self-inserts.
- WJW 6y agoThe setting really allows for some fantastic stories: - There's a story about a world where the local archailect forbids all non-animal power sources for some reason, but high tech itself is still allowed. This leads to hyper-optimised tech like computer-stabilised bicycles on metal rails that have so little resistance they get up to hundreds of km/h. - The "rebuild nanotech civilisation from scratch" reality TV show where a group of people gets dropped naked onto an uninhabited planet and have to work their tech level high enough up to get back to orbit, kinda like factorio but as a game show. The current record is 72 years, set by a group of superhumans who gene-engineered themselves to need less food and no sleep. - The whole sub-genre of humans who don't trust the ruling AIs and build their ships to be invisible against the background radiation of the universe. And so many more. Highly recommended.