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|main character = | |main character = [[Hedeth]], [[Aliyya]] | ||
|featuring = | |featuring = [[Faction Paradox]] | ||
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|setting = | |setting = [[Dust (planet)|Dust]], [[the Armistice]] | ||
|writer = [[Greg Maughan]] | |writer = [[Greg Maughan]] | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the seventh story in ''[[The Book of the Peace (anthology)|The Book of the Peace]]''. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the seventh story in ''[[The Book of the Peace (anthology)|The Book of the Peace]]''. | ||
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== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Hedeth]] | |||
* [[Maddox (War During Peacetime)|Maddox]] | |||
* [[Aliyya]] | |||
* [[Little Sibling|Little Brother]] [[Taran (War During Peacetime)|Taran]] | |||
* [[Cousin (rank)|Cousin]] [[Noriko (War During Peacetime)|Noriko]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
'' | * The [[Spiral Politic]] exists as a [[fractal]]ling [[Fibonacci sequence|Fibonacci form]], which the [[War in Heaven]] spread throughout. | ||
* Hedeth and Maddox have been tracking [[Faction Paradox]] for years. | |||
* The Houses have an [[asset recall system]] to prevent [[corpse]]s of their soldiers from remaining in the Spiral Politic. | |||
* Noriko modifies traditional Faction rituals using the ''[[I Ching]]''. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
'' | * ''War During Peacetime'' was accompanied in the author-curated [[Spotify]] playlist by the songs ''War'' by Henry Cow, ''Mother Sky'' by Can, and ''Electrostatic Field Equations'' by Nocturnal Emmissions.<ref>[https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4evmcJ84PDEzfJNNJx6Wn1 The Book of the Peace playlist]</ref> | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
''to | * Hedeth and Maddox remember [[Dust (planet)|Dust]]'s history as "[[I.M. Foreman|Foreman]]'s World". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference (novel)|Interference]]'') | ||
* Foreman's World was discovered by [[human]] [[Generation starship|Generation Arks]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ark (TV story)|The Ark]]'', et al.) | |||
* Due to the [[War in Heaven]] fractalling throughout reality, all conflicts are reflections of the larger War. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Weapons Grade Snake Oil (novel)|Weapons Grade Snake Oil]]'') | |||
* Hedeth remembers hearing that soldiers at the [[Battle of Mons]] caught a glimpse of a higher level of the War. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[No Enemy But Despair (short story)|No Enemy But Despair]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Weeping Angels of Mons (comic story)|The Weeping Angels of Mons]]'') | |||
* Hedeth reflects that [[The Armistice|news of the Peace]] is spreading, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The End of the Beginning (short story)|The End of the Beginning]]'', ''[[Going Once, Going Twice (short story)|Going Once, Going Twice]]'', et al.) signalling a [[Re-anchoring of the Thread]] to initiate [[the Peace]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | |||
* Maddox tracks the Faction's [[Artron energy]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Day of the Master (audio story)|Day of the Master]]'', et al.) | |||
* [[Faction Paradox]] are converging at Dust. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The End of the Beginning (short story)|The End of the Beginning]]'') | |||
* Hedeth believes something significant happened on Foreman's World before the outbreak of the War as a result of War-time powers preparing for the conflict. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference (novel)|Interference]]'') | |||
* As [[regen-inf]] servants of the [[Great House]]s, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dead Romance (novel)|Dead Romance]]'', ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') Hedeth and Maddox have [[Nanotechnology|nanotech]] in their bodies. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Twilight of the Gods (BNA novel)|Twilight of the Gods]]'') | |||
* Maddox calls Dust a [[level 5 planet]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'', ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'', et al.) | |||
* Hedeth has a [[Time Ring|time bracelet]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Warlords of Utopia (novel)|Warlords of Utopia]]'') | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
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Latest revision as of 20:37, 9 November 2023
War During Peacetime was the seventh story in The Book of the Peace.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Spiral Politic exists as a fractalling Fibonacci form, which the War in Heaven spread throughout.
- Hedeth and Maddox have been tracking Faction Paradox for years.
- The Houses have an asset recall system to prevent corpses of their soldiers from remaining in the Spiral Politic.
- Noriko modifies traditional Faction rituals using the I Ching.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- War During Peacetime was accompanied in the author-curated Spotify playlist by the songs War by Henry Cow, Mother Sky by Can, and Electrostatic Field Equations by Nocturnal Emmissions.[1]
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Hedeth and Maddox remember Dust's history as "Foreman's World". (PROSE: Interference)
- Foreman's World was discovered by human Generation Arks. (TV: The Ark, et al.)
- Due to the War in Heaven fractalling throughout reality, all conflicts are reflections of the larger War. (PROSE: Weapons Grade Snake Oil)
- Hedeth remembers hearing that soldiers at the Battle of Mons caught a glimpse of a higher level of the War. (PROSE: No Enemy But Despair, COMIC: The Weeping Angels of Mons)
- Hedeth reflects that news of the Peace is spreading, (PROSE: The End of the Beginning, Going Once, Going Twice, et al.) signalling a Re-anchoring of the Thread to initiate the Peace. (PROSE: The Book of the War)
- Maddox tracks the Faction's Artron energy. (TV: The Deadly Assassin, AUDIO: Day of the Master, et al.)
- Faction Paradox are converging at Dust. (PROSE: The End of the Beginning)
- Hedeth believes something significant happened on Foreman's World before the outbreak of the War as a result of War-time powers preparing for the conflict. (PROSE: Interference)
- As regen-inf servants of the Great Houses, (PROSE: Dead Romance, The Book of the War) Hedeth and Maddox have nanotech in their bodies. (PROSE: Twilight of the Gods)
- Maddox calls Dust a level 5 planet. (TV: City of Death, Smith and Jones, et al.)
- Hedeth has a time bracelet. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks, PROSE: Warlords of Utopia)
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
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