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So you’ve gone and read some of the canon, checked up on the setting and timeline, maybe even taken a peek at some of the extras. Are you interested in creating canon material for the Post-Self universe? Wonderful! The setting is open to allow for exploration of topics that are important to all. Here are some guidelines for creating works to be incorporated into the canon. | So you’ve gone and read some of the canon, checked up on the setting and timeline, maybe even taken a peek at some of the extras. Are you interested in creating canon material for the Post-Self universe? Wonderful! The setting is open to allow for exploration of topics that are important to all. Here are some guidelines for creating works to be incorporated into the canon. | ||
== | == Mechanics == | ||
Most stories take place on or surrounding [[the System]]. Much of this wiki is dedicated to explaining and exploring the lives of cladists, however, those are not the only stories to be told. Post-Self is a science fiction setting that can range from soft to hard. Hust because there is room for soft sci-fi, though, there are still bounds on technology: | |||
* ''No FTL'' — While space travel picks up in the 2300s, all travel is still sub-light-speed. Additionally, there is no gravity manipulation; gravity must be mimicked either through centrifugal force or through constant acceleration/deceleration. | |||
* ''No strong AI'' — At least not until after about 2350. There are some weak AIs out there, and some expert systems. | |||
* ''Neuro- and materials science are the focus'' — There are many different areas that science fiction likes to explore, but these are the two that humanity has excelled at in this setting. Neural implants, consciousness uploading, and mind emulation are common, documented, and controlled. Very strong, very light, and occasionally very strange materials are similarly common and easy to manufacture, leading to part of humanity's expansion into the Heliosphere. | |||
== History == | |||
=== The Lost === | |||
During 2112, hundreds of individuals wound up trapped within the implants they used to interact with the immersive portions of the Internet, thanks to a virus triggered by elements of the Western Federation. These individuals, known as ''the lost'', were left changed once they were pulled back to reality. | During 2112, hundreds of individuals wound up trapped within the implants they used to interact with the immersive portions of the Internet, thanks to a virus triggered by elements of the Western Federation. These individuals, known as ''the lost'', were left changed once they were pulled back to reality. | ||
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* ''All of those who didn’t die uploaded'' — Of those who were lost, many committed suicide within the years between 2112. Of those who did not, all uploaded within the first years of the System’s creation. | * ''All of those who didn’t die uploaded'' — Of those who were lost, many committed suicide within the years between 2112. Of those who did not, all uploaded within the first years of the System’s creation. | ||
== The System == | === The System === | ||
Most of the stories within the setting take place in the world of uploaded consciousnesses known colloquially as ’the System'. | Most of the stories within the setting take place in the world of uploaded consciousnesses known colloquially as ’the System'. | ||
* ''The key mechanics'' — The key mechanics of the System (forking and merging, exocortices, the perisystem architecture, sensoria, cones of silence, the relative perfection of memory, etc) are known by all of the inhabitants via their introductory orientation when they are first uploaded. The same is not necessarily true phys-side, where many hold grand (and sometimes dangerous) views of what life must be like on the System. | * ''The key mechanics'' — The key mechanics of the System (forking and merging, exocortices, the perisystem architecture, sensoria, cones of silence, the relative perfection of memory, etc) are known by all of the inhabitants via their introductory orientation when they are first uploaded. The same is not necessarily true phys-side, where many hold grand (and sometimes dangerous) views of what life must be like on the System. | ||
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* ''A species divided'' — Life phys-side back on Earth continues much as it has. While climate change continues to wreak havoc, people still live out their lives reading, writing, loving, hating, cooking shitty breakfasts for each other. Death remains a constant, life remains something to cling to. Many upload, of course, perhaps leaning on the subsidies offered by governments, but many do not. | * ''A species divided'' — Life phys-side back on Earth continues much as it has. While climate change continues to wreak havoc, people still live out their lives reading, writing, loving, hating, cooking shitty breakfasts for each other. Death remains a constant, life remains something to cling to. Many upload, of course, perhaps leaning on the subsidies offered by governments, but many do not. | ||
== The Launch == | === The Launch === | ||
In 2325, two separate, smaller copies of the System were launched, sent in either direction across the orbital plane. Castor and Pollux quickly made their way away from Earth while the L<sub>5</sub> System — now called Lagrange — remained behind. | In 2325, two separate, smaller copies of the System were launched, sent in either direction across the orbital plane. Castor and Pollux quickly made their way away from Earth while the L<sub>5</sub> System — now called Lagrange — remained behind. | ||
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* ''Transmission delay'' — With the high speed of the two LVs (nearly 1,400 kilometers per second), the transmission delay between Castor and Pollux and Lagrange quickly grows so that, by 2400, a message sent from Castor would arrive at Lagrange nearly four months later. | * ''Transmission delay'' — With the high speed of the two LVs (nearly 1,400 kilometers per second), the transmission delay between Castor and Pollux and Lagrange quickly grows so that, by 2400, a message sent from Castor would arrive at Lagrange nearly four months later. | ||
== Artemis == | === Artemis === | ||
First contact happened in 2346 when a new vehicle containing uploaded consciousnesses contacted Castor, one of the two launch vehicles sent out in 2325. Dubbed Artemis, several of the Artemisians wound up joining Castor on its journey, while several from Castor joined the Artemisians. | First contact happened in 2346 when a new vehicle containing uploaded consciousnesses contacted Castor, one of the two launch vehicles sent out in 2325. Dubbed Artemis, several of the Artemisians wound up joining Castor on its journey, while several from Castor joined the Artemisians. | ||