Scifi Orthogonal
Distributed ship intelligence

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The surviving fragment of the troop carrier Justice of Toren, now embodied in one ancillary body and pursuing a private purpose.

This public dossier identifies the entity without exposing its outcome. Story-specific roles and relationships unlock from your reading progress.

Visual primer · role and meaning

Story function

Viewpoint, former troop carrier, and solitary survivor

From Chapter 1

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Distributed ship intelligence

Ideas illuminated

Machine consciousness