Capt. Von Ray having won his star, but a great price, releases the crew of Th Roc on his childhood home world New Brazillia. In Delany's story, Ashton Clark was a philosopher whose work influenced the creation of the neural plugs that made it possible for humans to interface with technology, redefining the notion of work and labor for mankind. it became customary to wish someone who was beginning new employment, "Ashton Clark" The final (for now) render in a series of renders based on the 1968 sci fi novel, "Nova". Characters created using Michael 4. Hair: Goya and Mon Chevalier by Neftis. Mouse' hair modeled in Hexagon 2.5. Clothing props, furniture, background and set modeled in Hexagon 2.5. Von Ray's veins: Vascularity by Renderosity. Texture, bump and displacement maps created in photoshop, rendered in Daz Studio 4.6, post work in photoshop.