Here's a short snippet from the opening scene of memory file 3, titled "SVC: KHVRM-12840, Index: W(ERR)-4812.1.4.1.11, Ynalt Haal"
“Standby for rip in three–” The sound of Wright starting the rip countdown always made Rudolph’s stomach turn. It was ever the precursor, the herald of liquefaction and spaghettification. His vision began to warp as the drop suit started to change phase in preparation for the rip. Cross-Planar Rip was a limited method of near-instantaneous transport between two unobstructed points across the Shine. Though effective, the process was associated with a high level of risk. It worked by differentiating special functions between the interior and exterior of the drop suit. The suit itself would enter and almost liquid phase in which it could safely stretch up to ten thousand kilometers. Inside the suit, the occupant’s body would be temporarily liquefied for up to one Planck second while the gravity rip was in effect. To reanimate the occupant on the receiving end there was a very quick and very painful infusion that the suit would automatically introduce into the occupant at a thousand points all over the body. Rudolph steeled himself against the pain as his suit whirred with the noise of a thousand motors all working in unison to turn him into human soup. A high-pitched, electric vibration passed through every fiber of his being as it began to tear itself apart at the cellular level. His vision became a water-color painting dropped in a pond as each color seemed to expand, revealing a rainbow of soft hues within. Time slowed to a near halt as he lost consciousness. When I'm thinking about technologies in Shine Amysgal, I try to start with good science and then distort the facts as needed. This isn't always the case, but the above is one example of when I feel it went well. Stay tuned! - Luke Joslin
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AuthorHailing from Seattle, Magnus Blackwood is a metalhead, amateur strongman, cape/cloak advocate and microbiologist who's been writing sci-fi since 2013. His stories focus on weaving horror and occult elements into futuristic hellscapes with a magical twist. Archives
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