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| ==== The Essential Paradise ==== | ==== The Essential Paradise ==== | ||
| - | Taen is ring-shaped megastructure in orbit of the gas giant Illys in the Abrach system. It is approximately | + | Taen is [[wp> |
| - | 200,000 years old and has a completely self-sustaining habitat. It has vast continents, primarily composed of | + | Illys in the Abrach system. It is approximately 200,000 years old and has a completely self-sustaining |
| - | lush temperate zones, beaches of fine and brilliant sand, low-salinity oceans, and sharp, rugged mountains. | + | habitat. It has vast continents, primarily composed of lush temperate zones, beaches of fine and brilliant |
| - | Its diameter and rotational speed are such that the gravitational forces experienced by inhabitants near sea | + | sand, low-salinity oceans, and sharp, rugged mountains. Its diameter and rotational speed are such that the |
| - | level are around 0.8g. Its atmosphere has been configured with various inert or non-toxic gases to create an | + | gravitational forces experienced by inhabitants near sea level are around 0.8g. Its atmosphere has been |
| - | average air pressure of approximately 101 kPa despite the shallow depth of atmosphere necessitated by the | + | configured with various inert or non-toxic gases to create an average air pressure of approximately 101 kPa |
| - | nature of the structure. | + | despite the shallow depth of atmosphere necessitated by the nature of the structure. |
| Taen's original builders are unknown, and no evidence in Taen's fossil record or explored mechanical | Taen's original builders are unknown, and no evidence in Taen's fossil record or explored mechanical | ||
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| nations and individuals sought further wealth and resources, realizing that what could be built of clay, | nations and individuals sought further wealth and resources, realizing that what could be built of clay, | ||
| timber, and metal harvested from deep underground (the remains of Taen's colony cities founded some five | timber, and metal harvested from deep underground (the remains of Taen's colony cities founded some five | ||
| - | millenia | + | millennia |
| The Longing Search had taken a more humanist and philosophical stance, seeking truths about other worlds for | The Longing Search had taken a more humanist and philosophical stance, seeking truths about other worlds for | ||
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| hauled ashore by a recovery vessel. Over the course of the following fifty years, the Taen Frontier Union was | hauled ashore by a recovery vessel. Over the course of the following fifty years, the Taen Frontier Union was | ||
| formed from Taen's aerospace engineering firms, some government organizations, | formed from Taen's aerospace engineering firms, some government organizations, | ||
| - | researchers in order to collaborate on a space station orbiting the planet Illys farther out than their home | + | researchers in order to collaborate on a [[wp>space station]] orbiting the planet Illys farther out than their |
| - | ring. | + | home ring. |
| - | The transient extra-annular phenomena persisted, reappearing every few months, and the Taenites tracked them. | + | The [[wp> |
| - | Some attempts were made to intercept and examine them, but all of them failed. It was theorized that they | + | months, and the Taenites tracked them. Some attempts were made to intercept and examine them, but all of them |
| - | were sensor probes, and public imagination had many hypotheses as to their function. | + | failed. It was theorized that they were sensor probes, and public imagination had many hypotheses as to their |
| + | function. | ||
| Approximately 90 years before the present day, mere months after the Illys Orbital Research Station was | Approximately 90 years before the present day, mere months after the Illys Orbital Research Station was | ||
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| From this ship, to the surprise of the entire world of Taen, emerged humans. They brought translation | From this ship, to the surprise of the entire world of Taen, emerged humans. They brought translation | ||
| devices, whose internal datastores and algorithms were seeded by information collected from the probes. | devices, whose internal datastores and algorithms were seeded by information collected from the probes. | ||
| - | These far-traveling strangers were colonists and entrepreneurs from Sfaalic Imperial Cluster with military | + | These far-traveling strangers were colonists and entrepreneurs from [[Sfaal | Sfaalic Imperial Cluster]] |
| - | escort, and they came with an ultimatum: | + | with military escort, and they came with an ultimatum: |
| * Join Sfaal, with Taen acting as a frontier space station. Receive technological and economic aid from Sfaal and retain the natural state of Taen's surface and some local autonomy, but become culturally integrated with other worlds. | * Join Sfaal, with Taen acting as a frontier space station. Receive technological and economic aid from Sfaal and retain the natural state of Taen's surface and some local autonomy, but become culturally integrated with other worlds. | ||
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| For example: Metri Vaulla-Hamma Esck Taen. Metri, child of Vaulla and Hamma, born on the continent Esck, ring world of Taen. | For example: Metri Vaulla-Hamma Esck Taen. Metri, child of Vaulla and Hamma, born on the continent Esck, ring world of Taen. | ||
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| + | ===== Pronunciation Guide ===== | ||
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| + | * **Taen**: /ˈteːn/ | ||
| + | * **Illys**: /ˈilːəs/ | ||
| + | * **Abrach**: /ˈa.brax/ | ||
| + | * **Achte**: /' | ||
| + | * **Esck**: /ɛʃk/ | ||
| + | * **Mel**: /mɛl/ | ||
| + | * **Halymaet**: | ||
| + | * **Embrisn**: | ||
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