A playground to get lost in while daydreaming http://constructed.world/ 2026-05-09T10:59:09+00:00 http://constructed.world/ http://constructed.world/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:logo.svg text/html 2026-05-08T22:59:29+00:00 lurker (lurker@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=blog:summoning_smoke&rev=1778281169&do=diff Summoning Smoke Summoning Smoke is an olfactory method for alerting a large group of people across a wide area. Conceptually, it's like a tornado siren, church bells, and the odorant added to natural gas. Its roots go way back, even before the Theophany, when the shaman of a shire would add more wood to her bonfire, producing a large amount of fragrant smoke. After the Theophany, hearthkeepers developed incense that would be added to the fire to call the shire to liturgy. text/html 2026-05-05T18:34:31+00:00 lurker (lurker@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=blog:we_have_no_fur_and_we_must_pet&rev=1778006071&do=diff We have no fur and we must pet I was trying to answer one of Visions' questions by extending the Leasemeat story, and ended up with this overlong character interaction that doesn't really fit, but I wanted to present it anyway. ---------- After a minute of silent travel, she spoke up. «You're a new scent around here. Are you a friend of Micah's?» text/html 2026-05-03T23:47:59+00:00 lurker (lurker@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=blog:more_on_growing_plants_in_space&rev=1777852079&do=diff More on growing plants in space OK, seems plants use light and water to guide growth in the absence of gravity. It may be more realistic than I thought to grow a wide variety of veggies in space. Like leasemeat they'd use the same hydroponic gel, but different lighting would be used. text/html 2026-05-02T12:37:13+00:00 lurker (lurker@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=megathread:start&rev=1777725433&do=diff Megathread Archive This is an archive of notable posts on the Lonely Galaxy Megathread on the CBB forum, up to the point that I created this wiki. Going forward I try to post stuff in the blog here and then repost it there. Unfortunately, the posts arenot in chronological order.megathread index text/html 2026-05-02T12:30:06+00:00 lurker (lurker@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=blog:start&rev=1777725006&do=diff Blog The blog namespace is for catching stray ideas. These may be less polished than the stuff you see in the Lore namespace. text/html 2026-05-01T17:37:11+00:00 lurker (lurker@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=blog:other_spacer_food_staples&rev=1777657031&do=diff Other spacer food staples Thinking about other crops that spacers can grow independently. Intuitively I“d lean toward things that are all or mostly subterranean, with peanuts and potatoes serving as inspirations. Like Leasemeat I imagine them growing in a gel matrix made from reclaimed sewage, though likely treated to account for differing soil preferences. text/html 2026-04-30T17:02:20+00:00 lurker (lurker@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:outlander&rev=1777568540&do=diff Outlander This article is about the language. For a resident of the Outer Belt or Moonlitter, see The Outlands Phonology Like all yinrih languages, Outlander possesses a very small phoneme inventory when analyzed from a human perspective. The language relies instead on subtle changes in pitch and volume to carry most of the meaning. text/html 2026-04-29T23:54:45+00:00 lurker (lurker@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:outlander_examples&rev=1777506885&do=diff Outlander Examples OBJ: object focus AMI: amicable pronoun REV: reverential pronoun TR: transactional pronoun ATTR: Attributive particle FA: familial Light shine upon you, friend. sg Bqqbsd rkr PLr sg      Bqqb-sd        PLr 2sg.AMI illuminate-OBJ light Light shine upon you, frind text/html 2026-04-29T22:01:31+00:00 lurker (lurker@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=blog:staple_crops&rev=1777500091&do=diff Staple crops Wondering what staple common food crops there are, like cereals. Those were instrumental in the agricultural revolution. Maybe yinrih use fungus. food text/html 2026-04-28T14:06:41+00:00 lurker (lurker@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=blog:sweetwater_immigrants_on_hearthside&rev=1777385201&do=diff Sweetwater immigrants on Hearthside The majority of Sweetwater immigrants on Hearthside are Wayfarers (primitive or not). The rest are politically opposed to the Allied Worlds, and don't want the radical lifestyle changes associated with becoming a spacer in the Inner Belt. text/html 2026-04-27T13:02:51+00:00 lurker (lurker@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=tag:meta&rev=1777294971&do=diff Meta The meta tag is about the project itself or things adjacent to it, so by definition there are no meta entries in the Lore namespace. Blog Megathread text/html 2026-04-27T12:13:41+00:00 lurker (lurker@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:womb_nest&rev=1777292021&do=diff Womb nest A womb nest, also spelled womb-nest, is a highly derived egg-sac with its own simple heart and circulatory system. A central bus artery feeds oxygenated blood to the kits, and returning veins pass through a semi-permeable dermal layer to allow for gas exchange. The arrangement of kits in the womb nest is what gives text/html 2026-04-27T12:12:54+00:00 lurker (lurker@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:writing_claw&rev=1777291974&do=diff Writing claw [The anatomy of the writing claw. 1: ink sac, 2: phalanges, 3: ink duct, 4: digital pad, 5: claw] The anatomy of the writing claw. 1: ink sac, 2: phalanges, 3: ink duct, 4: digital pad, 5: claw The writing claw can refer to the claw of the digit next to the inner thumb of the forepaw, or to the entire digit analogous to a human's index finger. text/html 2026-04-26T23:56:10+00:00 lurker (lurker@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=tag:xenoergonomics&rev=1777247770&do=diff Xenoergonomics This topic deals with how yinrih build their tools and architecture to meet the needs of their arboreal quadrupedal body plan. Lore Blog Megathread text/html 2026-04-26T23:55:24+00:00 lurker (lurker@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=tag:tech&rev=1777247724&do=diff text/html 2026-04-26T23:55:09+00:00 lurker (lurker@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=tag:starsystem&rev=1777247709&do=diff text/html 2026-04-26T23:54:33+00:00 lurker (lurker@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=tag:polities&rev=1777247673&do=diff Polities This is a list of sovereign states or countries. Some, such as Hearthside are limited to a single planet. Others, such as the Allied Worlds span several planets. Moonlitter claims a few bodies outside the orbit of its moons, and the Spacer Confederacy and Partisan Territory occupy primarily open space with a few dwarf planets. text/html 2026-04-26T23:53:46+00:00 lurker (lurker@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=tag:politics&rev=1777247626&do=diff Politics Lore Blog Megathread text/html 2026-04-09T16:05:30+00:00 lurker (lurker@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?image=megathread%3Aurban_center.png&ns=megathread&rev=1775750730&tab_details=history&media_do=diff&do=media <img src="http://constructed.world/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=500&amp;h=500&amp;tok=48e977&amp;media=megathread:urban_center.png" alt="urban_center.png" loading="lazy" width="500" height="500" /> text/html 2026-04-08T00:29:17+00:00 lurker (lurker@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?image=blog%3Acladogram_wip.png&ns=blog&rev=1775608157&tab_details=history&media_do=diff&do=media <img src="http://constructed.world/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=500&amp;h=500&amp;tok=fc8f7d&amp;media=blog:cladogram_wip.png" alt="cladogram_wip.png" loading="lazy" width="500" height="500" />