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The Risen Empire
The Risen Empire by
Scott Westerfeld
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Compound Mind
Intelligencer
Katherie Hobbes
Laurent Zai
Lazarus symbiant
Master Pilot Jocim Marx
Nara Oxham
Rix Commando
Rix Heavy Assault Ship
The Child Empress Anastasia Vista Khaman
The Risen Emperor
The Rix
Varigun
battle armor
bolt missile
chaotic gravity beam
flechette autocannon
flechette cluster bomb
h_rd
hypercarbon
hypercarbon bones
interceptor
magnetic rail-launched uranium slug
mechanopheromones
monofilament knife
particle beam
structure-penetrating exsanguination slug
structured smartalloy slug
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That was being a compound mind. Not some yapping AI designed to manage traffic lights or zoning complaints or currency markets, but the epiphenomenal chimera that was well beyond the sum total of all these petty transactions.
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Rail projectiles fired from orbit were accurate enough to hit a human-sized target, and fast enough to deliver their payloads before a warning system could sound. The missiles were structured smartalloy slugs, which could penetrate the palace’s walls like a monofilament whip through paper.
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Sensory threads spread out in all directions, creeping vines of optical fiber and motile carbons.
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The four Rix present were already targeted. Rail projectiles fired from orbit were accurate enough to hit a human-sized target, and fast enough to deliver their payloads before a warning system could sound. The missiles were structured smartalloy slugs, which could penetrate the palace’s walls like a monofilament whip through paper.
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The compound mind moved suddenly and with the force of an entire living planet against the Empress’s confidant.
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She was after all, the sister of the Risen Emperor, whose symbiant kept her in perfect health. Who was immortal.
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The clutter of thirty-two decks of activity was routed to the various audio channels in her head
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The uniform reacted instantly, turning a reflective silver. Supposedly the garment could shift quickly enough to reflect a laser before it burned the wearer; the uniform was fully combat-rated. Now it looked like a horde of mercury droplets scattered roughly in the shape of a human.
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His full-dress uniform crawled out of its case like an army of marauding ants.
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His car lifted silently above the snarl of arriving limos and jumped the high diamond walls
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Genres Featured In The Risen Empire
Science Fiction
(Major)
Fantasy
(Notable)
Adventure
(Prominent)
Political Thriller
(Prominent)
Themes Featured In The Risen Empire
Power and Control
(Significant)
Identity and Transformation
(Moderate)
Morality and Ethics
(Noticable)
War and Conflict
(Major)
Survival and Resilience
(Moderate)
Technology and Humanity
(Significant)
Sacrifice and Loyalty
(Minor)
Tones In The Risen Empire
Dark
(Strong)
Suspenseful
(Moderate)
Dramatic
(Very Strong)
Tense
(Strong)
Epic
(Very Strong)
Mysterious
(Noticable)
Tragic
(Moderate)
Hopeful
(Mild)
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