The Lion's Eggs by Chipka
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We've known of them for years now. But we still don't know what they truly are.
In the 4 decades of the Great Mystery, Nemaeans were in near-continual contact with "The Mathematicians," their name for the crystalline, orb-like entities that dwell in prodigious numbers in the still-closed regions of the Nemaean Territories. The greatest of all Nemaen secrets had been that they were in continual exchange with representatives of an advanced and highly structured intelligence. Non-humans, stranger than anything imagined in the lurid fictions of our technological past.
And now, decades after those first moments of contact, the Nemaeans are sharing their discovered secret with us. Because of the Lion's Eggs, as we call the Mathematicians, Centralist ships are allowed to cross freely into Nemaean territories.
We're learning about the Mathematicians, learning that each orb is a living entity with its own highly complex identity. They are adapted specifically for life in the hard interstellar (intergalactic?) vacuum. But even as our researchers are allowed to cross boundaries that were once forbidden, we must still wonder, if the Nemaeans can hide the secret of the Mathematicians from us, what other surprises lurk in the silent depths of space, and WHO ELSE might the Nemaeans know?
These are lesser questions on deeper inspection, however.
I am troubled by another.
The Mathematicians are intimately familiar with the Nemaean people, and it is Nemaea that has become the standard by which these in-human beings have come to measure ALL of humanity. Nemaea has gained extraordinary signigicance, and more troubling than the secrets they've held is the question as to whether or not we can truly live up to the Nemaean standards of what humans truly are?
--Charles Markham/Musings of a Xenologist
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Yeah, I told myself I wasn't going to make a Nemaen post until I'd returned to Dortmund, but it looks like I'll be heading to the USA for a few months instead, so rather than wait for a few months, I decided to post now...
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As always, thank you for viewing, reading, and commenting, and I hope you have fun with this image and the snippet that goes with it.
Comments (19)
RobyHermida
Nice WORK.. :o) ROBY ;o)
stolta
Well done!!!
SSoffia
GREAT DESINGWORK !!!!!
mbz2662
Nice work, very artistic!
rainbows
It is a beautiful work chip. I love the colours and the star studded sky. You are on the move again.. Take care, dear friend. Hugs. Di. xx
MagikUnicorn
Excellent I love space scene! Beautiful colors
beachzz
Another of the many facets of your talent, Chip, I love this space rendering. I can almost feel things floating, seems like I could reach out and touch them!!
Valerie-Ducom
Excellent work! Good day :)
NekhbetSun
Gotta love those Nemaeans Chip..."far out" image :o)
romanceworks
You have beautifully captured the mysteries and wonder of space. CC
tofi
A whole new world with a history all its own and a mystery that beckons for exploration, interpretation, and rejoinder. This image is fabulous not only because it is stunning but, also because it holds within it the appeal of a forthcoming truth to reality. A set of questions presented with cryptic answers. Colours atop a darkened sky that nonetheless, contain light and beauty and radiating sparks. The sharpened spikes protruding from the felt-like orbs are inspired.
shahlaa
Beautiful....I wish I could do stuff like this...just breathtaking Chip!
JaneEden
Fantastic, you are a fabulous artist and writer hugs Jane xx
NefariousDrO
Nice image to go with your story! Excellent sense of wonder and mystery. These Nemaeans are turning out to be an extraordinary people. I can't wait to learn more about them!
trishabadblood
fantastic work...
Liam.
Excellent work on the nebula and the orbs really are something! Very fascinating. I can't wait until you actually write these stories, Chip! I'll be your first reader :-D
katy555
Absolutely awesome! Totally agree!
Janiss
Oh Chip, such fantastic creation and the atmospere is genious!
claude19
Very artistic and Scifi world !!! EXCELLENT !!!