( text | un: sweetie )

[retrorsum]

I haven't been here that long but something that I haven't heard talked about very often is space. Planets, specifically and those of you for who this isn't your first trip to another planet.

Though anyone who isn't from Earth I'd also be interested in hearing from. Sharing experiences as it were.

Comments

[therewillbeorder]

There seem to be many people here who are from more primitive cultures which haven't developed space travel.

Going to the local moon doesn't count as space travel.

[retrorsum]

Well, I'm glad I'm not alone in this knowledge.
Do you live off-world?

[therewillbeorder]

I'm not from Earth, thankfully.

I'm from a small planet in the Outer Rim of the galaxy but have spent most of my life in space on various ships.

[retrorsum]

Did those ships ever stop anywhere?

[therewillbeorder]

They did but I didn't go planetside until I was older. There was never a reason to leave the ships when I was younger.

[retrorsum]

What is the reason now?

[therewillbeorder]

Overseeing operations and missions as part of my job as a general. I don't go down every time but sometimes matters need a personal touch.

[retrorsum]

A general? I didn't imagine I'd run into one so soon.

[therewillbeorder]

I doublt I'm the only one, there seem to a wide variety of people brought here.

[provenforce]

I haven't seen that many people who are familiar with space travel, either. There's a few of us, though.

[retrorsum]

I almost wondered if I were alone.
I wonder if any of our planetary knowledge crosses.

[provenforce]

It's possible, though it's a large universe. There's a few people here from my own galaxy, but I'm entirely unfamiliar with the one that Earth is from. I'd never heard of the planet before coming here, though it seems a lot of people are from there.

I'm from Jakku.

[retrorsum]

A planet I've never heard of either though the universe is vast. There's far more to it than I've ever visited.

[provenforce]

It's not entirely unusual to have not heard of Jakku even in my own galaxy. It's in the middle of nowhere and most people call it a junkyard.

[whateternityis]

Being out in deep space to help put it all up probably isn't what you mean, but it's what I've got.

[retrorsum]

Putting it all up?

[whateternityis]

Well, someone had to, didn't they? Universe wasn't going to just create itself.

[retrorsum]

( very interesting indeed )

The entire universe? Not just one planet?

( whilst river has seen and believes in amazing things she sounds disbelieving of him. it's sounding as if he's claiming to have done it all )

[whateternityis]

Oh, not nearly all of it. But I did help.

[retrorsum]

How?

[whateternityis]

Stirring up starstuff where She wanted it to look more substantial, mostly.

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[tookashirototheknee]

I've been to Kerberos, one of the moons of Pluto, as well as a number of other planets.

We have some space travel that's Earth-based at home, mostly to the Moon base and Mars, but Kerberos was the furthest people had gone.

And then a race of purple aliens abducted my father, my friend and I from Kerberos, and we found out that we're primitive idiots compared to the rest of the universe. A bit of a rude awakening, to be honest.

[retrorsum]

Purple aliens? Do you know who they are?

[tookashirototheknee]

They're called the Galra. Some are cat-like, and some are more lizard-featured.

Mostly imperialistic and militaristic and really mean.

[retrorsum]

Mean or you haven't yet found a way to coexist?

Video (because it's just his preferred format)

[fractaljesus]

Space is a polyseme, but by the definition you've specified, Prismatica is the second planet I have visited. Earth was the first.

[retrorsum]

Is Earth your home planet or somewhere you visited?

[fractaljesus]

I visited it; I do not have a home planet.

[retrorsum]

Not even somewhere where your parents came from?

[fractaljesus]

The concept of "parentage" only applies to biological entities to define the individuals whose genetic information had successfully replicated and passed to a subsequent generation. It is a process that developed in response to the nascence of the concept of life and death as a means to circumvent mortality.

Anisotropic beings predate this nascence. As a result, we do not possess genetic information, thus the concept of reproduction does not apply.

[Which is just a fancy way of saying "I don't have parents," but saying only that would likely result in misunderstanding.]

My origin is Novo--planets as you understand them do not exist there.

[retrorsum]

You might not have genetic information but there are other artificial species that assign familial relationships.

( she'd seen them. almost got caught in with some of it. accidentally, of course )

If you don't have planets -- what is there?

[fractaljesus]

[The white-haired man shakes his head, brows furrowed as he tries to find words to communicate a concept for which there exists no equivalent in this world.]

"Artificial species" is inaccurate. Neither word applies to Anisotropic beings; we are neither artificial nor can we be classified as a species. Additionally, our concept of interpersonal relationships is different from yours, and we lack a concept of familial relationships entirely. [They don't even have a proper name for their kind; they are entities that exist within Novo--anisotropic space--thus they are called 'anisotropic beings.']

Novo possesses higher dimensions than this universe. No equivalent concepts exist in this world--the conditions are fundamentally disparate.

[Which is why he considers Earth the first planet he'd ever visited.]

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[illusionistic]

I have traveled to Earth. And this is another planet to have visited...or perhaps visit is not the correct word.

[ After all visits are temporary...whereas this feels very much permanent. ]

[retrorsum]

Where did you travel from?

[illusionistic]

My planet...Noxutus. It is akin to Earth but different in many ways as well. We share common technology but we all have access to magic and our gods live among us. Something that Earth does not. ]

[retrorsum]

I imagine many on Earth would enjoy having access to magic.