Linguistic Archaeology: The Greek Alphabet

Greek Alphabet
1. Alpha
2. Beta
3. Gamma
4. Delta
5. Epsilon
6. Zeta
7. Eta
8. Theta
9. Iota
10. Kappa
11. Lambda
12. Mu
13. Nu
14. Xi
15. Omicron
16. Pi
17. Rho
18. Sigma
19. Tau
20. Upsilon
21. Phi
22. Chi
23. Psi
24. Omega



Popularity of Use
A      %     E     %      I      %     O      %       U        %
13 54%    7 29%     10 41%   6  25%      4    16%

B      %     C     %      D      %     F      %       G        %
2    8%     2   8%       2    8%     0   0%        2     8%

H      %     J     %      K      %     L      %       M        %
5  20%     0   0%      1    4%     5 20%        6   25%

N      %     P     %      Q      %     R      %       S        %
4   16%     7 29%     0     0%     2   8%       4   16%

T      %     V     %      W      %     X      %       Y        %
7  29%     0   0%      0    0%      1    4%       0     0%

Z      %
1   4%


Popularity of use
54% A:
41% I, A:
29% T, P, E, I, A: Eta, Pi,
25% M, O, T, P, E, I, A: Iota, Omega, Gamma,
20% H, L, M, O, T, P, E, I, A: Theta, Phi, Alpha,
16% N, S, U, H, L, M, O, T, P, E, I, A: Sigma, Tau, Upsilon, Psi, Mu, Nu, Epsilon,
8% R, B, C, D, N, S, U, H, L, M, O, T, P, E, I, A: Rho, Chi, Lambda, Omicron, Delta, Beta,
4% Z, X, K, R, B, C, D, N, S, U, H, L, M, O, T, P, E, I, A: Kappa, Xi, Zeta,
0% V, W, Y, Q, J, F

Conclusion: somehow the Greek alphabet is A-I linguistic group. Unused Y is swapped for C in both Male and female names. That means a translation or pronunciation error

So its either meant to be yhi and omiyron. Or the names of men and women are wrong. 

To compare: 

Female Names
77% E:
68% A, E:
61% I, A, E:
42% O, I, A, E: Io,
37% R, N, H, O, I, A, E: Rhene, Rhoeo, Neaera, Oinone, Irana, Ino, Eirana, Eirena, Eirene, Erinna, Hero, Aria, Arne,
36% T, R, N, H, O, I, A, E: Theano, Theonoë, Thoë, Thoösa, Ortheia, Otionia, Ianthe, Enarete, Aethra, Anteia, Antheia, Arete,
34% L, T, R, N, H, O, I, A, E: Iolanthe, Iole, Ilione, Laena, Laothoë, Leaina, Leontion, Leto, Hilaeira, Hilara, Halia, Helen, Helle, Atalante, Aëllo, Althaea,
32% P, L, T, R, N, H, O, I, A, E: Theope, Theophane, Theophania, Theophila, Theophile, Pronoë, Prote, Parthenea, Parthenope, Pelopia, Penelope, Phila, Phile, Philippa, Philippe, Philonoë, Philotera, Phthia, Pitthea, Pleione, Orphne, Nephele, Iphinoë, Hipponoë, Hippothoë, Herophile, Antiope, Apollonia, Apollonië, Alope, Aërope,
30% S, P, L, T, R, N, H, O, I, A, E: Sappho, Siphis, Sostrate, Soteira, Soteria, Soteris, Sterope, Sthenele, Telephassa, Telesilla, Thais, Thalassa, Philista, Pieris, Penthesilea, Penthesileia, Perse, Phanostrate, Pasiphaë, Peisinoë, Ornis, Orseis, Neis, Lais, Iphianassa, Isias, Elpis, Hesione, Athanais, Athenais, Atthis, Arsinoë, Aspasia, Asteria, Asterope, Astraea, Arista, Ariste, Aristippe, Aristo, Aristoë, Aissa,
27% K, S, P, L, T, R, N, H, O, I, A, E: Stratonika, Stratonike, Telekleia, Thessalonike, Skarphe, Skotia, Prokleia, Prokne, Prokris, Nika, Nikaea, Nikarete, Nike, Nikippe, Niko, Nikoë, Nikostrate, Panakeia, Kaenis, Kallianeira, Kallirhoë, Kallisto, Kallistrate, Kallonike, Kanakhe, Kassiopeia, Khairestrate, Khalkiope, Kharis, Khione, Khloë, Khloris, Khthonia, Killa, Kirke, Kisseis, Kleite, Kleo, Kleonike, Kleopatra, Kleothera, Korinna, Koronis, Kranaë, Laonike, Iokaste, Heniokhe, Herakleia, Hipparkhia, Helike, Epikaste, Epiktesis, Elektra, Elpinike, Arakhne, Aristokleia, Aristonike, Arkhestrate, Arkhippe, Antiklea, Antikleia, Alkestis, Alkinoë, Alkippe, Alkithoë,
24% M, K, S, P, L, T, R, N, H, O, I, A, E: Timaea, Timo, Themisto, Semele, Tekmessa, Salami, Psamathe, Philomela, Philomena, Philomene, Paramona, Paramone, Pamphila, Pamphile, Pamphilo, Nikomakhe, Omphale, Meilikhis, Melanippe, Melanis, Melantho, Melia, Melissa, Melite, Melitta, Menippe, Merope, Metaneira, Metharme, Metis, Metope, Mika, Minthe, Misme, Mnesimakhe, Mnesistrates, Molione, Maera, Maia, Makaria, Malthake, Marpessa, Lampedo, Lampetia, Lampito, Kallistomakhe, Kleoptolme, Ismene, Ismenia, Iomene, Hermiona, Hermione, Hemithea, Harmonia, Epiktemis, Amalthea, Amaranthe, Amphissa, Amphithoë, Amphitrite, Artemisia, Alkmena, Alkmene,
20% Y, M, K, S, P, L, T, R, N, H, O, I, A, E: Tryphena, Tryphosa, Tykha, Tykhe, Tyro, Thyone, Skylla, Smyrne, Strymo, Satyraea, Pylia, Pyrrha, Pythia, Polykaste, Polymela, Polymele, Polypheme, Phyllis, Phylonome, Philyra, Phryne, Oreithyia, Nysa, Olympias, Myia, Myrrhina, Myrrhine, Myrtis, Lykiska, Lyktaea, Lysianassa, Lysippe, Lysistrata, Kritylla, Kymothoë, Kynane, Kynthia, Kypris, Kyrene, Kytheris, Klymene, Klytemnestra, Khryse, Khryseis, Khrysothemis, Kerkysera, Kallypso, Kalyke, Hyrnetho, Ialysa, Kallitykhe, Hypatia, Hyperippe, Hypermnestra, Hypsipyle, Hyrmine, Hippolyte, Eriphyle, Erytheia, Harpalyke, Elektryo, Anyte, Apemosyne, Astyokhe, Alkyone, Amymone, Aethylla,
15% D, Y, M, K, S, P, L, T, R, N, H, O, I, A, E: Theodora, Timandra, Thedora, Rhode, Rhodope, Sidero, Polydamna, Polydora, Polymede, Perimede, Phaedra, Pandora, Midea, Meda, Medeia, Laodaeia, Laodameia, Laodike, Leda, Kassandra, Kydippe, Kallidike, Idaea, Iphimedeia, Hippodameia, Hippodamia, Hedeia, Hediste, Hedyle, Delia, Demetria, Demo, Demonassa, Deone, Derinoë, Dia, Dike, Diktynna, Dione, Dionysia, Diosanthe, Diotima, Dirke, Dorinda, Dorippe, Doris, Dorkas, Dryope, Dysimakhes, Dysistrate, Eidyia, Damalis, Damaris, Damatria, Damo, Damoë, Danaë, Daphne, Deianeira, Deidameia, Deinomakhe, Deipyle, Artemidora, Aphrodisia, Ariadne, Andromakhe, Andromeda, Adea, Admete, Adrastea, Aëdon, Alkidike,
9% U, D, Y, M, K, S, P, L, T, R, N, H, O, I, A, E: Theudora, Philoumena, Philoumene, Phaethusa, Naukrate, Naupiadame, Nausikaa, Mousa, Metiadusa, Leukippe, Manua, Kreusa, Euadne, Euakhme, Euandra, Euanthe, Euarete, Eudora, Eukleia, Eukoline, Eunike, Eunoë, Eupheme, Euphemia, Euphrosyna, Euphrosyne, Europa, Eurybia, Eurydike, Eurykleia, Eurynome, Euryphaessa, Eurythoë, Eutykhia, Eutykhis, Audate, Autolyte, Autonoë, Areskousa, Arethusa,
5% G, U, D, Y, M, K, S, P, L, T, R, N, H, O, I, A, E: Protogonia, Taygete, Megamede, Megara, Ligeia, Iphigenia, Lalage, Galanthis, Galatea, Geilissa, Glaphyra, Glauke, Glaukia, Glaukippe, Glykera, Hygieia, Erigone, Aristagora, Auge, Antigone, Argeia, Aganippe, Agathe, Agaue, Aglaia, Aglaope, Aglauros, Aegeia, Aegialeia,
3% X, G, U, D, Y, M, K, S, P, L, T, R, N, H, O, I, A, E: Xanthe, Xanthippe, Xeneia, Xeno, Xenokleia, Xenophile, Xenylla, Thelxepeia, Thelxinoë, Polyxena, Polyxene, Praxagora, Praxilla, Praxithea, Perdix, Philoxena, Iynx, Alexirrhoë, Anaxarete,
2% B, X, G, U, D, Y, M, K, S, P, L, T, R, N, H, O, I, A, E: Stheneboëa, Thisbe, Polyboëa, Phoebe, Phereboëa, Periboëa, Meliboëa, Niobe, Eurybia, Hekabe, Baukis, Berenike, Beroë, Biadike, Briseis, Britomartis, Arisbe,
1% Z, B, X, G, U, D, Y, M, K, S, P, L, T, R, N, H, O, I, A, E: Zerynthia, Zetha, Zeuxhippe, Zoë, Zopoura, Zopura, Zosima, Zosime,
0% C, F, J, Q, V, W



Male Greek Names
84% S:
77% O, S:
58% E, O, S:
55% A, E, O, S:
52% I, A, E, O, S: Iasos, Aias,
45% N, I, A, E, O, S: Sinon, Sinis, Nisos, Ion, Iason, Eiöneos, Aeson,
44% R, N, I, A, E, O, S: Orion, Nireos, Eirenaios, Arion,
37% H, R, N, I, A, E, O, S: Rhianos, Rhesos, Heron, Hieron,
35% T, H, R, N, I, A, E, O, S: Tros, Tisias, Thestor, Thersites, Theron, Theoron, Theon, Tereos, Teiresias, Talaos, Straton, Stentor, Sostratos, Rhinthon, Nestor, Orestes, Otos, Ister, Erasistratos, Eratosthenes, Aristaios, Ariston, Artemas, Athenaeos, Atreos, Antenor, Antinoös, Antisthenes, Aratos, Areithoös,
34% K, L, T, H, R, N, I, A, E, O, S: Trolios, Thessalos, Theokritos, Thaletas, Thales, Teles, Stratokles, Sthenelos, Sosikrates, Solon, Sokrates, Skiron, Sitakles, Silanion, Onesikritos, Niarkhos, Narkissos, Nearkhos, Nikanor, Nikias, Nikokhares, Orsilokhos, Nikostratos, Neleos, Likhas, Kimon, Kineas, Kleanthes, Klearkhos, Kleisthenes, Kleitos, Kleobis, Kleon, Kleonides, Koinos, Kolotes, Koronis, Krantor, Krateros, Krates, Kratinos, Kreon, Kresilas, Kritias, Kritolaos, Kriton, Kroesos, Ktesias, Lakhares, Laokoön, Learkhos, Leokhares, Leokrates, Laertes, Lasos, Leon, Leonnatos, Leosthenes, Linos, Kalkhas, Kalliaros, Kallias, Kallikrates, Kallinikos, Kallinos, Kallisthenes, Kallistratos, Kastor, Keleos, Khares, Khariton, Khilon, Isokrates, Ikarios, Ilioneos, Iolaos, Hikesias, Hektor, Helenos, Hellanikos, Herakleitos, Erekhtheos, Eteokles, Halesos, Ekhekrates, Ekhestratos, Aristoteles, Askanios, Aristokles, Antikles, Antilokhos, Anakreon, Aketes, Akhates, Akrisios, Alastor, Aletes, Alkinoös, Aeskhrion, Ankhises,
33% P, K, L, T, H, R, N, I, A, E, O, S: Trophonios, Triopas, Theophrastos, Theophilos, Telesphoros, Telephos, Strophios, Stilpon, Spintharos, Speusippos, Sosiphanes, Sosipatros, Sophron, Sophokles, Skopelianos, Skopas, Serapion, Protesilaos, Prokles, Prokoptas, Priskianos, Pleistos, Pratinas, Pleisthenes, Pirithoös, Pittakos, Philokles, Philokrates, Philoktetes, Philikos, Phokion, Philetas, Philippos, Philolaos, Philon, Philotas, Phineos, Pherekrates, Perseos, Phaon, Peleos, Pelias, Peneleos, Persaeös, Perimedes, Perdikkas, Periandros, Perikles, Pelopidas, Pentheos, Patrokles, Pausanias, Pausias, Parthenopaios, Pasion, Peisistratos, Pappos, Paris, Paeönios, Panaenos, Panthoös, Neophron, Ophellas, Orpheos, Kratippos, Ktesiphon, Kleophon, Iphikles, Iphikrates, Kalliphon, Kallippos, Kekrops, Kephalos, Kepheos, Khairophon, Hipparkhos, Hippias, Hippokoön, Hippokrates, Hipponikos, Hipponoös, Hippothoön, Harpalion, Harpalos, Harpokrates, Hephaestion, Herophilos, Ephialtes, Ephippos, Ephoros, Epikrates, Epiktetos, Epiphanes, Ekphantos, Elephenor, Askalaphos, Asklepios, Aristophanes, Aristophon, Aristippos, Apelles, Apollonios, Aesop, Alphenor,
24% M, P, K, L, T, H, R, N, I, A, E, O, S: Triptolemos, Tlepolemos, Timotheos, Timosthenes, Timon, Timokreon, Timokles, Timanthes, Theramenes, Themistos, Themistokles, Themistios, Temenos, Telemakhos, Telamon, Simplikios, Simon, Simmias, Semos, Priamos, Polemon, Phormis, Philomen, Philamon, Philemon, Parmenion, Pammon, Pamphilos, Palaemon, Menoekeos, Mnesilokhos, Mnesimakhos, Moskhion, Moskhos, Mnesikles, Nikomakhos, Nikomedes, Orkhomenos, Onomarkhos, Mentor, Mestor, Oinomaos, Neoptolemos, Minos, Mnaseas, Molon, Ormenos, Mikon, Menippos, Milon, Mimnermos, Lamakhos, Lamprokles, Lampros, Makhaon, Makhon, Marinos, Maron, Matris, Melampos, Melanippos, Melanthios, Melas, Meletos, Melikertes, Memnon, Menekrates, Menelaos, Menestor, Kleombrotos, Kleomenes, Hermeias, Hermias, Homeros, Ialmenos, Iamos, Kallimakhos, Khaeremon, Hamon, Epimenides, Haemon, Aristomakhos, Athamas, Amyntas, Aeimnestos, Alkmaeon, Ameinokles, Amphion, Amphitrion, Amphoteros,
21% D, M, P, K, L, T, H, R, N, I, A, E, O, S: Thersandros, Theodoros, Teleklides, Strepsiades, Sthenidas, Skamandros, Simonides, Sarpedon, Sakadas, Prodikos, Poseidippos, Poseidonios, Pindaros, Phaedros, Phaidon, Pheidippides, Phanodemos, Philodemos, Phidias, Philonides, Parmenides, Peisandros, Palladas, Pandaros, Palamedes, Nikandros, Oinopides, Oidipos, Onasandros, Menodotos, Metrodoros, Midas, Miltiades, Menandros, Menedemos, Meidias, Leonidas, Leandros, Laomedon, Kritodemos, Kadmos, Kallikratidas, Kassandros, Kephisodoros, Kerkidas, Kharmides, Kharondas, Khremonides, Isidoros, Idmon, Heliodoros, Herakleides, Herodikos, Herodotos, Hesiod, Hippodamos, Idomeneos, Harmodios, Epitadeos, Empedokles, Enkelados, Daedalos, Damokles, Damon, Damophon, Danaos, Daphnis, Deinarkhos, Deinokrates, Deinomenes, Demaratos, Demas, Demeas, Demetrios, Demodokos, Demokritos, Demophilos, Demosthenes, Diodoros, Diokles, Diomedes, Dion, Diphilos, Dorieos, Doron, Doros, Dosithios, Drakon, Dropos, Asklepiades, Artemidoros, Athenodoros, Arkhidamos, Aristodemos, Aristandros, Aristides, Antodoros, Aphrodisios, Apollodoros, Andriskos, Androkles, Andromakhos, Admetos, Adrastos,
16% Y, D, M, P, K, L, T, H, R, N, I, A, E, O, S: Tydeos, Tykhaeos, Tyndareos, Thyestes, Thukydides, Thrasymedes, Thrasyllos, Thamyris, Staphylos, Skythinos, Satyros, Python, Pythios, Pythermos, Pytheas, Pyrrhon, Pylenor, Pylades, Pylas, Polykleitos, Polymedes, Polyneikes, Polystratos, Porphyrios, Polydoros, Polyeidos, Phrynikhos, Phylarkhos, Phylas, Pherekydes, Periklymenos, Panyassis, Nyktinos, Nymphodoros, Olympiodoros, Mygdon, Myron, Myrtilos, Khrysippos, Kylon, Kynaethos, Kypselos, Leotykhides, Likymnios, Lydiadas, Lygdamos, Lykidas, Lykomedes, Lykon, Lykophron, Lykortas, Lykos, Lynkeos, Lysandros, Lysanias, Lysias, Lysikles, Lysimakhos, Lysippos, Lysis, Lysistratos, Marsyas, Korydon, Hylaeos, Hylas, Hyllos, Hyperides, Hypsikles, Hypsikrates, Hyrieos, Isyllos, Kapys, Khrysaor, Khryses, Hippolytos, Dionysios, Dionysodoros, Endymion, Didymos, Aeskhylos,
8% G, Y, D, M, P, K, L, T, H, R, N, I, A, E, O, S: Timagoras, Timagenes, Theognis, Theages, Theagenes, Sosigenes, Pythagoras, Pygmalion, Protogenes, Protagoras, Polygnotos, Podargos, Phlegon, Phegeos, Pelagon, Megakles, Megas, Megasthenes, Meleagros, Kynaegeiros, Hegesinos, Hegias, Hermagoras, Hermogenes, Isigonos, Isagoras, Diagoras, Diogenes, Ganymedes, Gelon, Geminos, Geranion, Glykon, Gorgias, Gylippos, Agamedes, Agamemnon, Agapenor, Agathokles, Agathon, Agelaos, Agenor, Agrios, Aigeos, Aegeos, Aegisthes, Antagoras, Antigenes, Antigonos, Aristagoras,
7% U, G, Y, D, M, P, K, L, T, H, R, N, I, A, E, O, S: Timaeus, Theseus, Salmoneus, Odysseus, Nauplios, Nausiphanes, Nausithoös, Oineus, Mindarus, Musaeos, Leukippos, Leukon, Lykurgos, Kapaneus, Deukalion, Epikuros, Euagoras, Euandros, Eudoros, Euenos, Euhemeros, Eukleides, Eukrates, Eumenes, Eumolpos, Euonomos, Euphorion, Euphronios, Eupolis, Euripides, Euryalos, Eurylokhos, Eurymakhos, Euryphon, Eurypylos, Eurysthenes, Eurystheos, Eurytion, Eutykhides, Glaukos, Autolykos, Autonoös, Ankaeus, Aegisthus,
5% X, U, G, Y, D, M, P, K, L, T, H, R, N, I, A, E, O, S: Xanthippos, Xanthos, Xenagoras, Xenokrates, Xenophanes, Xenophon, Xuthos, Rhexenor, Proxenos, Praxagoras, Praxiteles, Phrixos, Phoenix, Philoxenos, Phaiax, Menexinos, Oxylos, Korax, Hipponax, Ixion, Keyx, Hermesianax, Kharaxos, Eudoxos, Exekias, Aristoxenos, Astyanax, Alexandros, Alexarkhos, Ampyx, Anaxagoras, Anaxandrias, Anaxilas, Anaximander, Anaximenes,
4% B, X, U, G, Y, D, M, P, K, L, T, H, R, N, I, A, E, O, S: Thibron, Talthybios, Strabon, Polybos, Phorbas, Nabis, Oibalos, Oribasios, Kebes, Khabrias, Ibykos, Hyperbolos, Labdakos, Eubulos, Euphorbos, Deiphobos, Boethos, Briareos, Briseos, Brygos, Bakkhylides, Balios, Bathykles, Battos, Belos, Bion, Biottos, Biton, Alkibiades, Ambrotos,
1% Z, B, X, U, G, Y, D, M, P, K, L, T, H, R, N, I, A, E, O, S: Zagreos, Zenodoros, Zenodotos, Zenon, Zeuxidamos, Zeuxis, Zoilos, Zopyros, Zosimos, Polyzelos,
0% C, F, J, Q, V, W

As you can see, use of c in the alphabet is incorrect, or the use of y in names is incorrect. Poor Bathykles suddenly sounds like Bathckles (Bath-sickle?) Someone who scrapes your body with a small sickle in the bath? Or named for being the kind of bastard who bathes with a blade?

Linguistic Archaeology: The Ancient Greeks (PDF)

 

Ancient Greeks (pdf)

Alternate History: After the T-20

With the deployment of the T-20 siesmic drone, intentional or unrealized, the Collapse of Russia is catastrophic. Not just with the unexpected elimination of a western Russian and Ukraine population bringing an end to the war, but with the domino fall it sets in motion. 

Norwegian female culture was dependent of Russian male culture as its source of influence. So with that loss female culture in the northern european state begins to immediatly decline. Like the near logarithmic collapse of female egyptian culture around 4300BC leading to the Bronze Age collapse three thousand years later, the Norwegian collapse begins to affect the homelife of Norwegians. Male culture begins to fail, slowly at first while women take the brunt of a near vertical initial cultural decline.

Short Fiction: Age of Warp - Ghost Ship

"I'm entering the Rockhampton's Airlock now." Vanessa pushed the heavy airlock hatch inward to reveal the mummified remains of a single crewman. "One deceased."

"A stain on the wall and floor." Vanessa searched around the neck for identification tags that had made the transition from military to civilian crews but failed to find them. "No tags."
"Check the hands." Doctor Chen's voice sounded in Vanessa's ear. "You might find the crewman's tags somewhere there."
"Good call Doctor Chen." Vanessa found an identification tag clutched in the hand of the deceased crewman. "Lee Myres, Engineer."
"Yeah," Vanessa stood and continue toward the rear of the Rockhamption airlock. "Looks like he intentionally used his identification tag to sever an artery and bled out."

...

"All right Vanessa," Doctor Chen stared at the bodycam live feed. "Any other problems with the Airlock?"

...

"No Doctor Chen," Vanessa Glass examined the inner hatch of the Airlock running a gloved hand along its seam. "The Airlock is secure."
""Its safe for you to enter the Airlock." Captain Glass was happy not to be able to smell the corpse through her EV suit. "I won't breach into the Rockhampton's Interior until you have removed the body."

...

"Understood." Doctor Chen, encumbered by the EV suit and exhaling nervously, exited the Vanguard's Airlock, and moved carefully into the Airlock of the Rockhampton spotting Captain Glass standing near the corpse of Lee Myres. "Okay... okay... its fine."

"Jesus Doctor," Vanessa Glass shook her head at the psychological wreck entering the Airlock. "Do you need to take a tranquilizer or something?"

"No... no, I'm good to go."  Doctor Chen clearly was anything but as he approached the Corpse with a body bag waving off Captain Glass's doncerns. "I just never enjoyed the claustrophobic nature of EV suits along with airlocks."

"And this one..." Vanessa grabbed the other end of the Doctor's body bag and helped lay it out next to the corpse. "...has a dead body in it."

"Yeah, its..." Doctor Chen grappled with the lower extremities pointing for Vanessa to grab the upper half and lift. "...not something I like seeing."
"Me neither Doctor." Captain Glass applied considerable physical force to overcome the almost fossilized bond that for some reason made this physically hard to achieve. "Its difficult..."

"Okay," The body of Lee Myres separated from the floor of the Airlock and was moved into the body bag. "Can you get that zipper?"

"...to dehumanize another living thing..." Captain Glass pulled the zipper to the closed end. "...just because it's dead."

...

"It looks like we will need to find an alternate entry point." Vanessa stared at the wall of stone that grew through the Rockhampton beyond the inner Airlock, floor to ceiling. "Not the slightest sign that the stone had impacted the ship."
"Its almost as if it were a part of the Rockhampton." Vanessa touched the stone. "It must have altered its phase to match the vessel."
"The stone itself is an unfamiliar type." Vanessa lifted a small drill and attempted to take a sample to no avail. "Its structure appears harder than my drill can handle."
"I'll try a laser." The beam penetrated the crystal as though it were the density of a star, crawling slowly into the stone and causing it to glow as though it were absorbing the energy of the beam. Vanessa switched the device off. "Thats... that shouldnt be happening."
"Bridge," Captain Glass was suddenly aflicted with a suspicion. "Patch in the chief engineer."
"Captain?" Gerome's voice squalked in Vanessa's earpiece. "How are you going cutting into the rock?"
"Just a Question Gerome." Vanessa searched the surface of the impossibly large crystal in front of her with her eyes. "If I used the hand laser on a dilithium crystal, what colour would it glow as it absorbed beam energy?"

...

"I guess it would look orange," Gerome considered the basics of dilithium symmetry. "but at the furthest edge of its four dimensional tesseract form it would look like it was transmitting violet off into someplace else..."

...

"Subspace..." Vanessa grabbed the box returning the laser to it's container as she turned and headed for the other end of the airlock. "Its a god damn dilithium crystal."
"I'm returning to the ship." Vanessa Glass figured she didn't have very much time before it happened, activating the airlock to open. "Prepare to sever."
"Come on..." Vanessa, almost frantic at the slow activation of the outer airlock as a particular glow began to develop. "Cycle faster you bastard."
"Bridge," With the realization she wasn't going to make it, Vanessa dropped the box in her hand and pulled on her helmet locking the seals before finding a hard handhold. "Sever the connection now."
"Come on..." Vanessa watched as atmosphere rushed out the gap that formed from the separation of the two ships. "Get us clear."

The distance between ships grew until the flash of the Rockhampton jumping to warp painted Vanessa's silouette on the outer Airlock hatch of the Vanguard, the accelerating mass of the ghost ship dragging Captain Glass in its wake.

Heavy Weaponry: The Drone weapon no one can turn off

 

T-20 Seismic Drone
A.K.A. The QuarkBomb

The T-20 marks Russia's replacement of the manned Tank with a UGV deployed only once in the Russia-Ukraine War in late 2023. The Unmanned Drone was a sphere ten metres in diameter and capable of speeds of two hundred kilometres an hour. Its weight is estimated at somewhere between fifty to one hundred tons.

The T-20 marks the use of Quark weaponry on the battlefield. A single quark is split from a proton continuously generating a seismic shockwave that pulverizes bone in living organisms out to a kilometre radius. Unfortunately something went wrong and the device wiped out all living things with a skeleton in a thousand kilometre radius extending west into europe, north-east to Moscow and up into space where it killed everyone on the International Space Station as it passed over the region.

Its nuclear battery will last a million years meaning the region will be reclaimed by plants alone. As a consequence it cannot be turned off without some code transmitted by the controller who apparently perished as Moscow fell within its area of effect.

Outside the Box: Action Stories Roleplay game (Part 2)

 

The Sworder

The Sword Weilder can invest Action Points in combat.
There are different grades of weapon.
• A regular sword requires a minimum of 20 Action Points to wield and can be imbued with between 20 Action Points and a maximum of 100 Action Points.
• A Berserkers's Cleave requires a minimum of 50 Action Points to wield and can be Imbued with between 50 Action Points and a maximum of 200 Action Points.
• A Godsword requires a minimum of 500 Action Points and can be imbued with between 500 Action Points and a maximum of 1000 Action Points 

Notes:
1. Exceeding the maximum Action Points: The blade is destroyed on impact. Damage is still the full AP.
2. Not having enough Action Points: Physical injury reducing below minimum Action Points required to wield a weapon means the Sword Wielder cannot carry the weapon.
3. Berserker's Leaf: Action Points are doubled for six rounds. Multiple doses of Berserkers leaf reduce Action Points by half for a year.

Linguistic Archaeology: Tolkien's Istari

Wizard names

1. Gandalf
2. Olórin
3. Mithrandir
4. Tharkûn
5. Incánus
6. Saruman
7. Curumo
8. Curunír
9. Sharku
10. Sharkey
11. Radagast
12. Aiwendil
13. Alatar
14. Pallando


Popularity of Use
A      %     E     %      I      %     O      %       U        %
11 78%    2 14%     5  35%    3  21%      6    42%

B      %     C     %      D      %     F      %       G        %
0    0%      3 21%     5 35%     0     0%       2   14%

H      %     J     %      K      %     L      %       M        %
4  28%     0   0%      3   21%    5  35%       2    14%

N      %     P     %      Q      %     R      %       S        %
9  64%     1    7%      0    0%   10  71%      5   35%

T      %     V     %      W      %     X      %       Y        %
4  28%     0     0        1     7%    0    0%       1      7%

Z      %
0    0%
Popularity of use
78% A:
71% R, A:
64% N, R, A:
42% U, N, R, A:
35% S, L, D, I, U, N, R, A:
28% T, H, S, L, D, I, U, N, R, A: Alatar,
21% O, C, K, T, H, S, L, D, I, U, N, R, A: Olórin (G), Tharkûn (G), Incánus (G), Curunír (S), Sharku (S),
14% G, M, E, O, C, K, T, H, S, L, D, I, U, N, R, A: Saruman, Curumo (S), Radagast, Mithrandir (G), Gandalf,
7% W, Y, P, G, M, E, O, C, K, T, H, S, L, D, I, U, N, R, A: Pallando, Aiwendil (R), Sharkey (S),
0% Z, V, X, J, Q, B, F

Conclusion: A-R-N linguistic subgroup:

A-R-N subgroup                         Sex          %        Dev. Chain                 Band Gap
SE. Ab.                                           F         90%       (A; R; N; I, L)                   I
Indian                                           M         87%       (A; R; N; H; I)
S.E. Ab.                                        M          83%      (A; R; N; I; M)                   L
Tolkien's Istari                                         78%      (A; R; N; U; I, D, L, S)
Armenian                                    M          75%      (A; R; N; S, H)
• Green (colour)                                      57%      (A; R; N; I; E; L)
• Black (colour)                                      57%     (A; R; N; U; E)

Fascinating that Tolkien's Istari have a deep relationship to the origin of the Colour Black.

But lets look at the history of Tolkien's Istari:
28% The first is Alatar.

21% Gandalf is know by many early names: Olórin (G), Tharkûn (G), Incánus (G), Saruman is known by two names in this Age: Curunír (S), Sharku (S).

14% Entering the age of the War of the Ring, Saruman also under the name Curumo (S), Radagast, and Gandalf under the name Mithrandir (G).

7% Saruman apparently survived the battle with Gandalf and disguises his identity as Sharkey. Likewise Radagast is now Aiwendil. Pallando emerges at this time.