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Sayno Tea
A first glance the existence of Sayno tea seems too miraculous to credit. Deeper thought, and the fact that Sayno tea can be made from 30 known distinct plants shows that it isn't so surprising.

The active ingredient of Sayno tea is an enzyme that blocks the feedback signals of a Framework. Thus drinking Sayno tea "Says No" to the growth of arbitrary new Framework units.

This places the acceptance of Framework units under conscious control.

The existence of such a thing would seem miraculously fortunate, accept it is obvious that once any organism developed and accepted the "Sayno" framework, it would be frozen and evolve no further.

Thus it is seen from the fossil record that "Sayno" bushes, unlike the vast majority of organisms on the Planet, have changed very little over the millennia.

The Sayno enzyme is also inimical to the Transporter `flu virus, thus the Sayno framework has not spread accept through slower mechanism such as sexual propagation.

All large Planet organisms use Sayno to control the influx Transporter `flu and new Frameworks. Thus the utility of Sayno ensures that the seeds of the Sayno bush is spread throughout the Planet.

When an organism is not coping in its current environment, it usually stops or is unable to ingest Sayno. The influx of Transporter `flu's and Frameworks will either kill it or provide the genetic material with which to cope in its new situation.

The Shuttles
Given the disparate nature and behaviour of all the landing parties, its a strange coincidence that each group named their first town after the shuttle that brought them to the Planet.

Thus there is are towns and cities of such strange names as "Eagle", "Soarer", "Inspired", "Voyager", etc.

Even the Fenlanders have such a town named after the broken down shuttle that crashlanded them into the heaven and hell of the Firehose Fens.

Even today if you ask a Fenlander from that town, where he comes from, he will lower his eyes, shake his head, and mumble something about coming from a small village on the east side of the Fens. All present will instantly know what he is talking about and roar with laughter saying, "Oh no! Not that one!" and so doing so will utter exactly the name of the town and the shuttle.

Sleptiles and Familes etc.
The old Earth classes of Reptiles and Mammals break down on the Planet. There are many beasties that fit plainly into both categories. eg. Egg laying warm blooded snakes like the Hoteel. or Cold blooded ape like things with breasts etc. etc.

In utter despair of classifying things, Hector Pidgeonhole, the Planets equivalent of Linnaeus cried out in the now famous words, "Its as hopeless as Feckless's Hippigs, the only classification I can produce is Sleptile and Famile. Sleptiles are things that schlep around eating whatever, and Familes are cute buggers that look after their kiddies."

After a raving all night bender in which he howled abuse at and an fought with every one he could find, he explained the Facts of Life on the Planet to his battered and bruised ex-friends and promptly went off to pick a fight with a Crock that was too big.

The suns.
The Planet orbits a binary star consisting of a Sol like star and a super dense companion.

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