Aldus Huxley imagined a future where the masses were controlled by readily available doses of a drug called soma. The Cosmic Era is rife with drugs, some illicit and some marketed with the accuracy of laser guided weapons. The only thing he got wrong was that there isn't one happy pill, there are hundreds to choose from.

The House of the Forsaken replaced the failed Order of Ixion with the cyborg commandos of the Gendarme Maschina

The Agonizer is a peripheral device used as a negative reinforcement tool

rejuvenation station

Squirt guns are typically non-lethal weapons used to deliver debilitating chemical agents.

A low end private security force, the Order of Ixium operated as the enforcers and henchmen of the House of the Forsaken

These are not, in spite of their name, the eggs of actual Doppelgangers...

An insidious weapon born from terrorists and adopted by the military

Here is the governing hierarchy of a standard western style modern military. This is mostly just an amalgamation of the military rankings used primarily within the US and UK armed forces with some inventions of my own. (For example, I gave the OF-10 to OF-7 Air Force ranks the title of 'Marshal' just to make them more distinct from their Naval and Army counterparts.) If you're wondering how I came up with this list, I used this link as a frame of reference: http://legacy.koveras.org/ranks/ranks.html

In the future, as Humanity expands into the stars, certain eras of history will repeat themselves, but tailored to the contexts of space travel. These are the following eras of history that will see new life in the stars:

A Dark Reflection of The Stolen World, The Shadow of What Is.

Seven Mermaids, some of them living their lives in the deep ocean, others, willingly or otherwise, on the land.

In the Federation Space Navy, there is an expression, the Battlestars get the glory, but the Normandy's do the work

The Liathghorm salmon is prized not only for its flavor, but the unique psychic properties of its flesh.

Fugitives forever. Followed by the doom.

'...needs to find balance in his personal life. However, his skill at diagnosing indicates a solid medical talent. I am confident that within a year a little guidance...'
(from the evaluation of a senior resident)

The sins of Goldeveki are beyond count, but chief among those sins is the creation of the chimera that bears their name.

For twenty seven years I lived a strange and unimaginable life, and one morning I woke up divorced from life. I was awake.

I wish I could go back to sleep

In a world filled with unique chimera, some are more unique than others OR A chimera divided against itself must fall!

500 word, chimera challenge

The summon spells of The Stolen World