A Primer on the Races of Humanity – Arnam

by on May 5, 2017 at 12:01 am
Posted In: The Races of Humanity

The Arnam appear to have pure black eyes, which can be very uncomfortable for people to look at. But Arnam eyes are far more sensitive to light than normal human eyes. They can see at light levels we would consider pitch black, whether deep underground or underwater. They have multiple eyelids that they close over those sensitive eyes as they enter brighter environments. At standard light levels for most of humanity, they have closed so many eyelids to filter out the bright light that their eyes appear pure black. Because of the physiological impact those eyes make on most humans, most Arnam wear sunglasses when dealing with other humans. At least that is the excuse they use. I think they just like to wear shades because they look fancy. There certainly is a lot of business when it comes to Arnam-targeted shades, at least, and many of them are…exotic.

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Dylan

by on May 4, 2017 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Art, Character Profiles

Dylan Davies’ parents, siblings, and other related family members moved to Earth after Contact in search of a new life. They settled in Rainy Lake on the Northern Minnesotan-Canadian border and began to do what most new colonist do. They became fruitful and multiplied. They expanded into nearby lakes and rivers, and soon became a major trading partner with their surface dwelling neighbors. Dylan was born several decades later and grew up in the years before The War with both the children of his own Rainy Lake City and the neighboring International Falls. He spent much of his youth in a rotating series of lifeguard positions, fishing drunk vacationers out of the water with an impressive regularity. And like many who grew up in that area of the world, he never wanted to leave. It was paradise. Then the Shang changed everything for all of us.

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Aeryn

by on May 3, 2017 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Art, Character Profiles

Aeryn wasn’t born to fight The War. She didn’t pick a pilot to be her partner. She was alive long before the Shang changed us all. How do I know? Because I remember her. The Arnam have always loved Northern Minnesota because of all our lakes and rivers and such. You can see their towns at the bottom of many of them, and beach parties have a tendency to attract the Arnam since the sound travels underwater. So I knew a lot of Arnam before The War began. Aeryn was one of them. She was the mind of Rainy Lake City, just outside my own International Falls, and she used to come up to the surface for our parties on a weekly basis. She wore a younger avatar back then, to fit in with us kids, and the kids who followed us. Then the Shang attacked and changed everything.

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A Primer on the Races of Humanity – Arnam

by on May 2, 2017 at 12:01 am
Posted In: The Races of Humanity

Like the Peloran they were based on, the Arnam can survive on far less oxygen than most other Races of Humanity, granting them far greater endurance. The Arnam have half-sized lungs compared to most humans though, which pulls back much of that endurance. They can run or exercise far less than a Peloran when in air, and they are at a decided disadvantage to their cousins when in full combat. The half-sized lungs allowed the Albion to place a set of fully functional gills into the Arnam that allow them to breathe under water. They work in both fresh and salt water, making them capable of operating in the waters of most human-occupied worlds without needing breathing systems. That is where their true advantages come in, and most Arnam spend most of their lives underwater.

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Manticon

by on May 1, 2017 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

I’ll be going to Manticon at the May 26 to 28 this year. It is a little convention put on by a few hundred close friends in the Twin Cities, Minnesota who happen to like science fiction, much like me. And God willing, we won’t have any snow by then.

The convention focuses on military science fiction, mostly on David Weber’s stuff, but anybody who likes sci-fi is welcome. The Klingons will be crashing our party, for instance. They’re a rowdy but friendly bunch. Most of the time. 😉

If you come, I’ll be the one wearing the Green Lantern Baseball Jersey, and maybe a fedora. That gets negotiable the more hot I get. And I might even be there with some copies of my first book in actual Dead Tree Format if everything works out right.

Well, here’s the fun little link to the Manticon website if you are interested.
Manticon

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