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«Wasteland of flint», Thomas Harlan
A Note Concerning Measurements
Though her later victories rendered the full terms of the Lisbon Accords moot, the Mйxica Empire abides by the common set of weights and measures set forth by the Accords in A.D. 1724. As a result, distances are in kilometers, weights in kilograms and so on.
Ranks of the Imperial Mйxica Military
From the Annales of Cuauhtitlan
In the beginning was the First Sun,
4-Water was its sign;
It was called the Sun of Water.
For water covered the world,
Leaving nothing but dragonflies above
and fishy men below.
The Second Sun was born,
4-Jaguar was its sign;
This was called the Sun of the Jaguars.
In this Sun the heavens collapsed,
So that the Sun could not move in its course.
The world darkened, and when all was dark
Then the people were devoured.
The Giants perished, giving life to the Third Sun.
4-Rain was its sign;
It was called the Sun of Rain.
For this Sun rained fire from bleeding eyes
And the people were consumed.
From the torrent of burning stones,
The Fourth Sun was born.
4-Wind was its sign, and it was called the Sun of Wind.
In this Sun, all which stood on the earth was carried
Away by terrible winds.
The people were turned into monkeys,
and scattered from their cities into the forest.
Now, by sacrifice of the divine liquid, the Fifth Sun was born.
Its sign was 4-Motion.
As the Sun moved, following a course,
The ancients called it the Sun of Motion.
In the time of this Sun, there were
Great earthquakes and famine,
No maize grew, and the gods of the field
Turned their eyes from the people.
And all the people grew thin, and perished.
The Lord of Heaven cut the heart from his living son,
And so was born the Sixth Sun, which sustains
The universe with infinite light.
Its sign was 4-Flint.
Those who watch the sky say this Sun
Will end in annihilation, when the flint-knife
Severs the birthcord of the Sun, plunging all
Into darkness, where the people will
Be cut to pieces and scattered.
This is the time of the Sixth Sun…
Contents
The Great Eastern Basin, Ephesus III, in the Hittite Sector
Ctesiphon Station, the Edge of Imperial Mйxica Space
Aboard the Cornuelle, Outbound from Ctesiphon Station
Geosync Orbit Over Ephesus III
Aboard the Cornuelle
The "Observatory" Base Camp, the Edge of the Western Desert, Ephesus III
Aboard the Palenque
The Cornuelle
The Western Badlands, Ephesus III
The Palenque
The Cornuelle
The Palenque
The Cornuelle, Outbound from Ephesus III Orbit
In Geosync Over Ephesus
The Cornuelle, Outbound
The Edge of the Ephesian Atmosphere
The Cornuelle
Near the Stonespike Massif, Northern Hemisphere, Ephesus III
The Cornuelle
The Shuttle Wreck, Northern Hemisphere, Ephesus III
The Asteroid Belt, Ephesus System
The Shuttle Wreck, Northern Hemisphere, Ephesus III
Mons Prion, Northern Hemisphere, Ephesus III
Among the Broken Mountains
Outbound from Ephesus III
Mons Prion, Northern Hemisphere, Ephesus III
Aboard the Cornuelle
Southeast of Mons Prion
The Palenque
Slot Canyon Twelve
Deck Six Starboard, the Cornuelle
Near Slot Canyon Twelve, the Escarpment
The Cornuelle
Slot Canyon Twelve
Aboard the Palenque
In the Wasteland
The Cornuelle
The Palenque
The 'Observatory' Base Camp
Among the Broken Mountains
The Palenquem, Inbound