The Unexplored Places

CONTENT WARNINGS: scenes of interrogation, discussions of police violence, medical procedures and severe injury QUERY: [[ SNOWMELT // NOVITZE // DARK STAR SYSTEM ]]  …   RETURNING QUERY RESULTS FROM "" TL-TRU HOSPITALITY DATABASE ""   …  SNOWMELT IS AN INDUSTRIAL SETTLEMENT IN THE NORTH-EASTERN HEMISPHERE OF THE HABITABLE BELT-OBJECT NOVITZE. THE ONLY MAJOR SETTLEMENT ON NOVITZE, SNOWMELT LIES IN...

CONTENT WARNINGS: police violence, discussion of space-related oxygen deprivation, severe injury, discussions of interrogation methods and drugging [ EXCERPTED FROM MARTINET PROTOCOL MANUAL XVI, SECTION 12.B: PERSONAL EFFECTS AND CONTRABAND, SUBSECTION J - REGULATIONS AND RAMIFICATIONS ] . . .  ANY OFFICER OF ANY RANK FOUND IN POSSESSION OF ANY CONTRABAND TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: A...

'Twas the night before Christmas and at the North Pole each elf and each reindeer was playing their role in the last preparations before the big flight of the sleigh and the presents and Santa tonight...   In this year's Unexplored Places Christmas Spectacular, we bring you a daring adventure to save Christmas in HOLLYTECH & JOLLYMANCY , a preview to our new bimonthly Patreon series of wild and wo...

[ ENCRYPTED COMMUNICATION, RECOVERED FROM SCRUBBED AND DELETED DATA FROM THE PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS LOG OF MARTINET COMMANDER FLETCHER SONG, RECEIVED COMMUNICATIONS, COMMUNICATION ORIGIN CORRUPTED, SEND DATA CORRUPTED, METADATA UNRECOVERABLE ] Well? Is that a "yes?" You gotta give me something to work with here, man. -W     This week, on Tango Sector: In search of evidence to clear the Gravesent'...

[ excerpted from the private correspondences of Dr. Olivia Key ] The problem is that without a catalyst, there's nothing more we can do from here. There's no next step. And we've run low on potential catalysts. Everything else we have tried has done something , but none of it has had the intended effect. If we're to find an alteration that will truly make immortality possible, well… yes, I realize...

[ FROM THE ARCHIVES OF "HERALD," INTERNAL PRIVATE MESSAGING SYSTEM OF THE COURT IN APOGEE ] TO: THE MARQUIS OF SWORDS FROM : VISCOUNTESS SPLENDID FAIRYWREN alert alert he's back and he's worse than ever  TO: VISCOUNTESS SPLENDID FAIRYWREN FROM : THE MARQUIS OF SWORDS nooooo I thought he wasn't going to be back for another month ⚔️️ TO: VISCOUNTESS SPLENDID FAIRYWREN FROM : THE MARQUIS OF SWORDS so...

[ ILIAN ROYAL ARCHIVES :  A ROYAL PROCLAMATION GIVEN IN THE YEAR 14 OF THE REIGN OF HER VERY MAJESTY THE HIGH QUEEN MYRIAD HELOISE ] Yes, Ilia, our people have long since taken to the stars; yes, we have seen the universe far and wide beyond the Great Curtain of our Luminous Skies. Yes, we have found friendships and allegiances and loves outside our Great and Sheltered Homeland. But it is our not...

INTERNAL MEMO #96735 TERMINUS NEWS NETWORK OFFICE MEMO: Permission & Restrictions for External Guests Dear all, It has recently come to my attention that, on more than one occasion in the past several weeks, a staff member has invited a guest into the Culture & Arts Council building while bypassing security checks at the front desk, allowing at least one guest without clearance into the building f...

QUERY: [[ VISTA CITY // CHANDRA // ADEYEMI SYSTEM ]]  …   RETURNING QUERY RESULTS FROM "" TL-TRU HOSPITALITY DATABASE ""   …  IN THE TEMPERATE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE OF CHANDRA, VISTA CITY IS A SEASIDE TOURIST DESTINATION, WITH BEAUTIFUL BEACHES KEPT CLEAN BY A FLEET OF THE HIGHEST TECH CLEANING BOTS, SPRAWLING HOTEL COMPLEXES TO MAKE YOU FEEL AT HOME IN THIS SEASIDE PARADISE, AND A BUSTLING BOARDWAL...

[ BLACKFORD & DESAI BRAMBLE-CLASS RESEARCH VESSEL LORELAI // REMOTE ACCESS LABORATORY ARCHIVES // DECK 1,  LAB 7 // PROJECT CODE P9821, CODENAME ASCALON ] SUBJECT HAS RESPONDED NEGATIVELY TO [ ARCHIVAL DATA CORRUPTED ]  [ ARCHIVAL DATA CORRUPTED ]  [ ARCHIVAL DATA CORRUPTED ]  ON INITIAL TESTS, BUT ELECTROMAGNETIC READINGS INDICATE THE POSSIBILITY OF INITIATING A POSITIVE RESPONSE IN THE CASE OF [...

ENCRYPTED COMMUNICATIONS — BLACKFORD & DESAI HIGH-CLEARANCE SERVER  FROM: o.blue@lovelock.bd TO: m.zhivago@ascalon.bd z— glad to hear the test was a success. about time somebody got something useful out of one of these. if you can get here by the end of the week i think we can sync up and see if there's a plausible reaction here. from what yelena's told me of ascalon it sounds like you're well ahe...

[ EXCERPTED FROM THE FIELD NOTES OF ADLER KASSNER, REMNANT SPECIALIST AND PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AT THE TERMINUS SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, ON SABBATICAL TO CHANDRA ] What's most interesting about the Remnants on Chandra is, in fact, the pattern of them. Their distribution. Chandra is popularly known as having one of the highest concentration of Remnant artifacts in the Sector, and certainly is th...

QUERY: [[ H-C-E-4 DOCKING STATION AND SPACE ELEVATOR // HOMILY // ADEYEMI SYSTEM ]]  …   RETURNING QUERY RESULTS FROM "" TL-TRU HOSPITALITY DATABASE ""   …  WHILE THE H-C-E-4 DOCKING STATION AND SPACE ELEVATOR SERVES PRIMARILY AS A TRANSIT SPACE BETWEEN THE UNDERGROUND TUNNELS OF HOMILY AND THE REMAINDER OF ADEYEMI SYSTEM, AS SHIPS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO LAND ON THE HARSH AND UNWELCOMING SURFACE OF...

ENCRYPTED COMMUNICATIONS — BLACKFORD & DESAI HIGH-CLEARANCE SERVER  FROM: o.blue@lovelock.bd TO: y.small@damocles.bd y— found something i think you might want to see. it has to do with damocles. if you're feeling up for the trip, get to lovelock when you can. i really think you're gonna want to see this one, babe.  omega blue   This week, on Tango Sector: Separated by their plan and suddenly in a...

[ INSCRIPTION FOUND ON A PLAQUE ON THE WALLS OF THE TEMPLE OF THE HEREAFTER, ON THE SURFACE OF HOMILY ] THIS TEMPLE IS CONSECRATED BY THE FALL OF THE CATACLYSM AND THE BLESSED RETURN OF THE FIRST EXPLORER. IN THE BURNING SCARS OF HER RETURN, IN THE WOUND FROM WHICH SHE WAS MIRACULOUSLY REBORN, WE DEDICATE THIS PLACE TO HER WORK. SHE IS THE UNDYING, WHOSE RETURN FROM THE UNREACHABLE PLANES OF DEATH...

[ INTERNAL VOICE LOG :  ANGEL-CLASS SHIP A456-J7N "CATACLYSM" :: CAPTAIN'S LOG : CAPTAIN AYAT AYER  :: TIMESTAMP : 68 YEARS AGO ] System check.  …  All system's nominal.  This is Captain Ayat Ayer of the A456 Cataclysm. Beginning asynchronous gate-independent transit from Homily to unidentified exoplanet Zeta orbiting star 948-Endymion. Distance 4.98 light years. Bearing 283.6, all systems nominal...

[ an excerpt from a public access pamphlet entitled UNINCORPORATION TODAY: A MANIFESTO FOR MOVEMENT , pseudonymously attributed to Professor Emeritus ] "Union" used to be a word that meant something: solidarity, collectivity, cooperation, unity. It used to be a word which stood for something, against the hegemonic control of capitalist interest and the fungibility of worker. It may seem like ancie...

[[ COMMUNICATIONS ARCHIVE OF SLEEPER-CLASS SHIP S-7680 "THE ARENDT" // LAST RECEIVED TRANSMISSION // COMMUNICATION SIGNATURE: EMERITUS NA ]]  Monument— I think we're really getting close, finally, to putting this plan into action. Keep on track and let Baz know I'll be needing a favor from them in a few days. Might want to get your bags packed and have Glitch keep his ear to the ground, so to spea...

QUERY: [[ LISIANTHUS // THISTLE // ADEYEMI SYSTEM ]]  …   RETURNING QUERY RESULTS FROM "" TL-TRU HOSPITALITY DATABASE ""   …  ONCE THE CAPITAL CITY OF TANGO SECTOR, LISIANTHUS HOLDS MUCH OF THE MAJESTY OF THE ORIGINAL HUMAN PRESENCE IN THE SECTOR IN ITS ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT. ITS UPPER DISTRICT, ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE SUIKAZURA RIVER, IS HOME TO BURGEONING TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION, AND THE FACTO...

[[ DIGITAL ARCHIVED RECORD OF PRIVATE MESSAGE // SENDER: PRAETOR ZEAL, LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE PRAETOR, THE ELECTORATE INC., ORITH CITY // RECIPIENT: AEDILE PRIME SAINT, PUBLIC-FACING AEDILE, THE ELECTORATE INC., ORITH CITY // CARBON COPY: ABSOLUTE ELYX, CONSULTANT, THE ELECTORATE INC., ORITH CITY // SUBJECT LINE: AUCTION ]]  The level of incompetence with which this situation has been handled is fra...

[[ INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT :  THE ELECTORATE INC MEETING ROOM, SEVENTH FLOOR ]] AE: What time did you notice that the item was missing from the vault?  JN: When Praetor Zeal used her pass to open the vault. AE: And what time was that? JN: She called you right after, I mean, [garbled] AE: It's for the record, Naismith. I need you to say it, for the record.  JN: It was around four. AE: And prior to Zea...

QUERY: [[ NADIR  // VERITY // IWASAKI SYSTEM ]]  …   RETURNING QUERY RESULTS FROM "" TL-TRU HOSPITALITY DATABASE ""   …  BECAUSE OF NADIR'S POORER VIEW OF THE PLANET OMIA, THE SOUTHERN CITY HAS NEITHER THE ATTRACTIONS NOR THE POPULACE OF ITS SISTER CITY ZENITH. FOUNDED ON THE SHORES OF A WIDE FROZEN LAKE ON THE EDGE OF THE NIGHT SIDE OF THE MOON, NADIR DRAWS FEW TOURISTS AND CAN BE DANGEROUS FOR U...

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[ excerpt from A Brief History of Piracy in Tango Sector by Eulalia Ward ;  access to the following file is granted by the Terminus Public Academic Archive, as overseen by the Records and Writings Division of the Tango Sector Labor and Transit Representative Union Technology and Public Access Information Division  ] … Of the five star systems currently member to Tango Sector, Adeyemi system saw pe...