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- | **Thread** is a resource that gives [[: | + | **Thread** is a resource that gives [[:Threadwielder|Threadwielders]] their descriptive name. Technically speaking, there is nothing that prevents any other creature from using Thread as well, but due to the way the evolution of the universe has favoured sophonts tightly bound to the 3-brane' |
To understand Thread and the effects it can have on the universe, it's helpful to first understand two properties of the setting' | To understand Thread and the effects it can have on the universe, it's helpful to first understand two properties of the setting' | ||
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The last two traits are used to adjust curvature, be it gently on a vastly macroscopic scale (as is the case with the **Anchor Lines**), or on a smaller scale (as might be the case with a **Gravity Bomb**). The way latter works can be approximatedly imagined in 2D by picturing the Thread growing itself between two points on the Static Thread lattice, then acting as a (temporary) lens for all rules that pass through it. | The last two traits are used to adjust curvature, be it gently on a vastly macroscopic scale (as is the case with the **Anchor Lines**), or on a smaller scale (as might be the case with a **Gravity Bomb**). The way latter works can be approximatedly imagined in 2D by picturing the Thread growing itself between two points on the Static Thread lattice, then acting as a (temporary) lens for all rules that pass through it. | ||
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The first trait' | The first trait' | ||
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+ | ===== Prevalence ===== | ||
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+ | Sheathed Free Thread is a reasonably plentiful resource in the universe. Unlike Static Thread, it's in constant motion, following wells of gravity. However, unlike Dark or regular matter, it isn't **attracted** by gravity. | ||
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+ | This may seem like a strange assertion - why would something follow gravity wells without being attracted by gravity? The answer lies in a // | ||
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+ | Note that Thread does little to resist being moved from this point of preference. You can picture it like a single corn of dry rice in a perfectly smooth, semi-spherical bowl - if you let it go, it'll slide back to its point of rest at the exact centre of the bowl, but it's trivial to move and hold to any other point on the bowl. That said, unlike the rice corn, Thread moves at an effectively constant speed to return to its point of preference, and as already mentioned, its point of preference does not coincide with gravity' | ||
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+ | Once Thread is unsheathed and delivers its payload, its gone - so it's possible to deplete a region of space of (Free) Thread by harvesting/ | ||
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+ | ===== Dangers ===== | ||
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+ | In theory, it's possible to completely undo the universe with Thread. In practise, the necessary payload would be immense and cryptic. It's unlikely even a dedicated Threadwielder would be able to pull it off, even if they wanted to invest a billion years into the endeavour. |
thread.txt · Last modified: 2020-01-24 23:54 by pinkgothic