Trope-a-Day (R): The Alliance
The Alliance: The Conclave of Galactic Polities. Which sounds like it runs the Galaxy, actually in theory runs the relatively small chunk of the Galaxy called the Associated Worlds, and in actual...
View ArticleHow Unlikely Are We?
“The difficulties of interstellar travel are widely underestimated. Within the stargate plexus, even simple ships — capable of only relatively low accelerations, capable of being built by cultures...
View ArticleWhere’s Where in the Galaxy (1)
To begin at the beginning, the galaxy in which we dwell, the Starfall Arc, is a barred spiral galaxy, possessing four major spiral arms, and attended by a number of satellite galaxies, most prominent...
View ArticleThird Worldity in the Associated Worlds
In answer to a general question elsewhere about “Third World” nations in your setting: Depending on whose perspective you look at it from, the Associated Worlds have lots of these. From the point of...
View ArticleTrope-a-Day: Generican Empire
Generican Empire: Well, the thing to remember here is that the Empire of the Star was named long before it ever got into space (and has many stars, besides). It’s actually named after a philosophical...
View ArticleIn The Shiny Brightness of the Far Future…
In response to a wondering, which response grew too long to post as a replying comment. Mark Atwood: I do have to wonder what the Republic could possibly gain by invading the Empire. If their...
View ArticleAuthor’s Note: Astrography
So let’s talk a little about the setting of our ongoing fiction, the Associated Worlds. First: they’re big. Really, really frakkin’ big. Sci-fi writers with a sense of scale big. I mean, you may think...
View ArticleTrope-a-Day: One World Order
One World Order: Averted. Most species have more than one government. Even the Empire, huge as it is and prone to casual memetic imperialism and absorption as it also is, has spawned splinters – not...
View ArticleTrope-a-Day: Realpolitik
Realpolitik: The Ministry of State and Outlands would love to be able to pursue such interests as the Empire has (which generally excludes its private interests, who tend to pursue their own foreign...
View ArticleQuestion: Frequency of Life
And one more: How about approx. population density/sapient life occurrence frequency/percentage of races successfully achieved spaceflight without rendering themselves extinct etc. of Associated...
View ArticleThe Worlds Revealed
In partial apology for the lack of artwork thus far, I bring you a map of the Associated Worlds, constellation by constellation! (Click through for the full version. Caution: it’s a big image, 3049 x...
View ArticleThe Accord of Galactic Polities
The Accord of Galactic Polities, less formally known simply as the Accord, is a loose meta-civilization composed of the non-starbound polities of the known regions of the galaxy. The Accord is...
View ArticleThe Associated Worlds
Yes, if you were wondering, I just changed the name at the top of the blog. (It is the official name of the setting, after all, on the book covers and everything.) But carry on using the short name if...
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