Galactography

Colonized Space

Currently defined as all space within a 12,000 light year radius of Earth. Exactly 80% of its systems are considered colonized.

Midregions

Currently defined as all space more than 12,000 light years but less than 24,000 light years away from Earth. Just a few million of its systems are colonized.

Wild Space

Currently defined as all space more than 24,000 light years away from Earth. Very few of its systems are colonized.

What counts as colonized?

A system is colonized if it has over 1,000,000 inhabitants by the official modern definition, while it is developed if it has sufficient infrastructure, and simply explored if it has been visited by sapient solspawn.

Timekeeping

Present Day

Present day is the year 6800 CE, this being in the same calendar system we use in real life.

Calendar

In-universe, the Gregorian Calendar has been kept as a unified timekeeping system for simplicity. However, most planets have their own local timekeeping systems and calendars that align more to their orbit and rotation, and a mix of both are used.

Vocabulary

Antigluon

Artificial particle that dismantles gluons, dissolving the proton or neutron they were inside of.

Bioid

Sapient that is primarily biological in makeup.

Changer

Member of a solspawn subculture that physically alters themselves extremely frequently.

Cyberverse

Collective term for all virch environments.

Darkdrive

Engine used for FTL travel in solspawn civilization, capable of speeds of up to 250c.

Envirch

To enter the cyberverse.

Envircher

Device that is the main means of entering the cyberverse.

Holopen

Writing utensil that can place and suspend photons midair, often used for artistic expression.

Ignitum

Artificial substance used in many modern energy applications.

Latticed Matter

Matter that contains sporadic nanites connected to one another and to the matter itself by weak energy streams. They are able to alter matter on the zeptoscale by sending near infinitesimal signals through the streams.

Latticed Package

Package composed of latticed matter that can be expanded when needed, used to compress larger items into a small space, and automatically produced by assemblers if an object is too large.

Neurobionic Interface (NBI)

Brain implant that allows for communication between the brain and computers.

Neuromechanized

Having a brain that is heavily modified by NBIs and other implants.

Omnipulator

Multitool that can change the state or kind of matter with a projected beam.

Periphery

Border of Colonized Space and the Midregions.

Prawn

Aerial planetary transport device that can travel at 99.999% light speed to any location on a planet's surface.

Sapient

Collective term for all sapient species.

Tachystream

Modern evolution of the internet powered by tachyonic computers.

Transfigurer

Large machine that when stepped inside of can transform its user into virtually any form desirable within seconds.

Virch

A virtual universe, or something related to the cyberverse/virtual space.

Volp

To transmit one's consciousness into a holographic projection via an envircher, or the result of doing so.

Xenoid

Sapients other than solspawn, e.g. Nymbrae.