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Aardwolf
Galactography > Other Major Polities, Empires, and Meta-Empires > Diamond Network
Galactography > Systems and Worlds > Systems & Worlds A - B
Galactography > Systems and Worlds > Systems & Worlds A - B
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| The gas giant Hartebeeste and its modified moon, Aardwolf | |
Aardwolf System | |
| System: | Aardwolf |
|---|---|
| Primary: | Gliese 876 |
| Stellar Type: | M3.5 V |
| Companion: | nil |
| Region: | 15.3 ly from Sol - Central Diamond Belt -- Constellation Aquarius |
| Planets: | |
| GL876d: | Mantis - 30,000 km diameter - Hot Neptune type --- 3 million km orbit |
| GL876c: | Hartebeeste- 100,000 km diameter Jovian type |
| GL876c I: | (moon) Aardwolf 4000km diameter Callistan subtype, now extensively modified |
| GL876b: | Gnu 140,000 km diameter - 31 km million orbit (eccentric) harmonic 2:1 resonance with Hartebeeste |
AI | |
| AI: | The Red Dwarf Kings - a collective entity formed from Pink Rabbit, GULO and That's Wonderful, interplanetary age rogue AI |
|---|---|
| AI ethos: | Diamond belt isolationism- since 6103 limited contact made with Silicon Generation, the Three Kings have been making unknown information exchanges with the various Inner Sphere Archailects |
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Polity | |
| Name: | Aardwolf |
|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Diamond Belt |
| Colonized: | at an unknown date (before 961 AT) by the ahuman entities known as the Three Kings 1141 AT by !Kung expedition (leader !Kweiten ta//ken) |
Psyche, Art, Culture | |
| Metapsychology: | Chronotomy - subjective experience of passing time at three different speeds, hyperslow, lifespeed, and hyperfast |
|---|---|
| Metaethics: | Preservation of the !Kung colony against harm into the deep future- all other contact with Bionts avoided |
| Ideology: | Spiritual quest for the omega in an open universe |
| Culture and Art: | (Arranged by decreasing subjective speed) Cloud Art Non sapient enlightenment Mnemetics (aka total recall) |
| Language: | AI machine code, !Kung, !Xam |
| Territory and Population | |
|---|---|
| Population: | 758 humans, an unknown number of ahuman entities |
| Population breakdown: | 304 x !Kung, 451 x !Xam, 3 transapient entities, further divided into an indeterminate number of subordinate entities. |
| Territories: | Star systems also developed by the Three Kings exist at EZ Aquarii, GL887 |
| Immigration: | inwards- several individuals per annum (aioids only) |
| Travel | |
| Stargates: | nil |
| Major Spaceports: | Silicon Generation station at 40AU |
| Hazard Rating: | 10 for bionts, 1.0 for Aioids |
| Freedom of Movement: | Aioids (by invitation)- all areas |
| Environmental Requirements: | vacuum hardiness, extreme heat/cold tolerance required |
| Sites of Interest: | (for the tourist) Realtime recordings of the Aardwolf Storms and !Kung colony are in demand by virtual tourists, especially Mirrored Owls Aioid tourists may visit these areas, and may be invited to journey to the future - Warning! This will be a one way trip. |
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Text by Steve Bowers
Initially published on 22 July 2002.
Initially published on 22 July 2002.
