The Hand That Draws Itself
Kind: Artificially crewed Voidship (pre-Ribbondash). Origin: Aerth. Operator: Unstated Aerth-side launcher; crew are mechanical intelligences who later declare independence. Fate: Reaches LDH39 in 292 A.L. In 295 A.L. its artificial crew declare themselves independent and found the Sovereign Republic of Sky Eternity (天恆).
Summary
The first artificially crewed voidship to successfully reach another star system. Its name is a Escher-style self-reference, fitting for a ship whose crew literally become their own sovereign. The declaration of independence 3 years after arrival makes this vessel the origin point of the first post-human-descended polity in the setting.
Appearances
- Ch. 02 — Timeline of The 500 Year Climb: 292 A.L. arrival, 295 A.L. declaration of independence.
Related
Open questions
- Who launched her, exactly? The timeline doesn’t name the operator.
- Was the independence plausibly foreseen, or a shock to mission control on Aerth?