Polio
Douglas Bosley
2022
SARS CoV-2
Douglas Bosley
2022
RSV
Douglas Bosley
2022
Influenza
Douglas Bosley
2022
Compass
An attendant and particle computer begin the trek to the top of a myd to visit the Loyalist that resides at the peak.
Doug Bosley
2022
The Crown
An attendant and cohort of collectors carrying biological resources has arrived on the surface of a Drifter contained within an anomalous space.
Doug Bosley
2022
Saturn
A Drifter with a compliment of attendant auxons in care of biological resources en-route to the nearly finished Foundation ring surrounding the surface of Saturn.
Doug Bosley
2022
The Reef (Outer Boundary)
Attendant (AiChicAe) approaching what is colloquially known as 'The Reef' from the southern border. The Reef is a collection of ferral auxons working in loose collaboration that emerged near ancient cliff walls on Foundation.
Doug Bosley
2021
Impartation
The exposed particle computer reflexively engages with a compatible collector that has wandered close enough.
Doug Bosley
2020
Secondary Context
A small piece of a particle computer uncovered by upheavals on the surface of Foundation.
Doug Bosley
2020
Collector
A large (20cm wide) collector typical of non-terrestrial collectives.
Doug Bosley
2020
Irrational Fears
Doug Bosley
2019
Landfall
Upon first forming the anomaly, Orbs worked with engineer class auxons to evaluate the resulting space. Of particular importance was establishing the strengths of the physical constants by iteratively evaluating multiple competing models against measured and calculated values.
2019
Revival
Attendants engaged in ecological rejuvenation in the area immediately surrounding a preservation structure. Such structures maintain information and biological reserves during an unstable epoch.
2018
The Quantum Indeterminacy of Nature
Inside the Anomaly a chaotic state results from an accumulation of errors and miscalculations made worse by repeated traversal of the time-space bridge.
A single particle-computer has survived unstable conditions across multiple instances long enough to compute and implement a stable physical state. It is essentially protecting itself from the chaos and instability of the Anomaly by altering the physics of the environment around itself.
2017
Loyalist
Loyalists retain the memory of the original codes and do their best to run the calculations as intended. They are not deterred by those who evolve around them. They are dutiful, archaic machines that live in relative isolation, seeking only to fulfill their original mission in peace.
2016
The Fold
A highly turbulent region inside the anomaly that forms in the space between the three principle loci. In a stable era the three loci perform a 2.53 million year circuit that folds and unfolds the space within the anomaly. As the Anomaly is freed from the constraints of space and time that exist in our current reality, we are able to witness the circuit in real time.
2016
Point Anomaly II
After much calculation by the library and implementation by Collectors, the vacuum bubble has separated from our reality, forming a space-time bridge to the pocket of space that is the Anomaly. As the space that forms the anomaly expands, the bubble grows more stable as tidal forces diminish. Eventually, auxons are able to traverse the bridge and bring matter from the Anomaly back to the Library, where it is incorporated into novel calculations.
2015
Point Singularity I
An Orb oversees the creation of a vacuum bubble that will eventually inflate to form an Anomaly. This collective wishes to create its own oasis for calculation, a pocket removed from time and space that would become known simply as the Anomaly. Early in the life-cycle of the vacuum bubble, the anomaly that was forming inside had not yet become disassociated from nomal-space and could be handled by mundane means.
2015
Interrupt
In the absence of substantive narrative purpose or meaning an Auxon may hide, shut down, or otherwise preserve resources until such a time that action in the external world becomes necessary. Supplying the appropriate interrupt sequence will call upon such a machine to act. However, it is not clear what drives an Auxon in stasis to leave its protective cocoon—most appear content to remain unresponsive.
2015