An unstrung and useless piece of cold wood, unless you happen to be dead.

Suddenly an east wind blew, and far above the clouds rolled and folded. Where there were once whisps of white there was now a long cloud formed in the shape of a recurved bow. Malakh bowed her head in humility. 'That which you have asked is granted you, O Warrior.'

...Vaakri reached and stretched, grasping at the sky. At first he seized nothing, but his heart was filled with the Empyrean Emir's winds and light, and finally he grasped the bow from the far sky and drew it to the earth.

- The legend of Vaakri

All the advantages of a hive mind, without all the horrible world and society destroying disadvantages of a hive mind, a sort of compromise if you will.

Massive beasts, the man made creations of Doctor Meredith Ermindgarde and an early success of the Arasaard Project.

It is the year 3582 on Earth and nothing is as it should be, my 1998 encyclopedia describes a beautiful, peaceful world. How do we get that world back? How do we close these gates and restore the Earth?

Say hello to our large robot friends. You will find them kind, generous, compassionate, and friendly. They are strong enough to lift several tons with one arm, but gentle enough to pick up an infant. Unharmed.

~ Salazar Vector

When a human mind occupies a machine body it's called a cyborg. When it is done remotely, it's a drone. When a machine mind occupies a human body, it's called a crime. You humans are simply disingenuous when it comes to dealing with anything that isn't you.

Testimony of Achilles L/AISC

Op-ed regarding the baygasm that is Age of Extinction. Spoilers ahead if you haven't seen the movie.

A first generation supersoldier program, Dynamo Atlas was a success, and there are still a good number of these 'titans' alive and active

A Revised and improved collection of scallywags, scoundrels, and nautical ne'er do wells.

Five crowns were created to bind together five regions into a single powerful kingdom, while a sixth crown was created to control the five.

Pity that someone went and destroyed the Crown of Crowns

A hoary old tower that serves as the lair of a necromancer, but not is all as it seems.

Big monsters and low lifes

Screenery - the images and loops shown on large screens and monitors inside space stations, arcos, and geofronts to counter the feeling of oppression or claustrophobia that can occur in such enclosed locations.

A bloodthirsty band of brutal barbarian brigands, baneful and bleak in bearing. Beware!

Dominated by Chinese colonists, most people refer to the red planet as Huo Hsing, rather than Mars.

A meretrix is a clone, or clone template that is used to create a sexual engineered humanoid

A most useful race - if one can get past their appearance, and avoid being eaten...

Habitats and stations that float