Code Of Armor: Vengeance Part 2 Almost Done. Here's Some WorldBuilding Snippets.
Over 8000 words this week! Whoohoo!
Ah, the big action scene is in the can. Now, to pick through the rubble for survivors.
Here are a few worldbuilding snippets, the headers to the chapters that give you a little extra flavor without having big data-dumps in the middle of the text...
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“The
SunPulse line of microfusion turbines from New Jovian Industries sets
the standard in mobile power generation, ready to supply even the
most demanding of mech combat requirements. Our rugged and modular
design can be overhauled in the pits or the field. All you need are
simple hand tools, some readily-available deuterium, and our
convenient (and proprietary) point ignition kits!
“Whether
you're conquering worlds or climbing the tournament brackets, depend
on SunPulse.”
“SunPulse:
We Bring The Heat.”
-Advertising
Copy From The InterWorld Mercenary
Guild's Monthly Journal 'Highest Bidder'
“Knowing
what we know about the universi, we can reasonably theorize that this
place is not natural in its formation. In all likelihood, it is a
construct, an edifice, a place with an intent.”
“So,
why was this place built, and by whom? Was it a private kingdom? A
refuge or bolt-hole? A conduit for conquest, or discovery, or trade?
Or all of the above?”
“What
kind of technology does it take to create a pocket dimension from
whole cloth, and then establish eight fixed, stable portals that can
access an unlimited number of different worlds and realities?”
“More
immediate in concern, what makes the Gatekeepers think they can
maintain their hold on it? They, themselves, have only possessed it
for a handful of centuries. What happens when the original creators,
or forces that are even stronger than those sentients, come back
through the gates and find these supposed 'overbeings' squatting on
their territory?”
“Even more
important to the average being reading this: what do you think
they'll do to the rest of us? After all, what would you do if you
found a colony of octorats infesting your habitat after returning
from a long trip? You'd break out the plasma torch and nerve gas, is
what you'd do.”
-Excerpt
from “Wanderings: My Travels Through The Gates,”
by Professor Gallium Stronjh
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"You
may squawk and fuss, dear underbeings, but, dead or alive, you shall
comply. Nothing grows here. Nothing can be mined. There is no
naturally-occurring water or rain. These things must pass through
our WorldGates. Everything must be imported, traded for, managed,
apportioned, and regulated.”
“That
requires infrastructure. Infrastructure requires skilled labor,
materials, bots, and Nines. These costs require remittance. Fees,
levies, taxes, call them what you will, but they shall be paid, and
paid in full.”
“Some
among you originate from places and times where the life-debt is
considered abhorrent. While your naivete is charming, you should be
reminded that your continued existence is a direct result of our
benevolent intervention in your unfortunate and otherwise-terminal
circumstances. There is an accounting, and by merely existing, you
are in our debt.”
“Are
you interested in continuing your existence? Then produce, repay
your obligations, and contribute your fair share. We shall tell you
what is fair, naturally. If this is not satisfactory, if you do not
wish to share in our collective splendor, we shall happily reassign
you a new purpose in life, or assist you into the hereafter.”
“Selfishness,
sedition, ingratitude, and insurrection, these things you mislabel as
'freedom' and 'self-determination,' will be met with one singular
response: annihilation.”
-Gatekeeper
Polomius, Third GateLord, Proverbs of Power
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Book's about done. Look for it this week, editing and format willing. Sleep, as always, is overrated.
Best,
JBR
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