The Grand Empire of [[who’s ruling today, again?]] is a three-planet system used as the Kemtewet penal colony.
Tewet are a species of genetically-engineered aliens adapted from aquatic parasites on a water world at (0.5, 0, 0). They were developed to be biological memory augmentation devices, but they developed unexpected self awareness after general release. Most of the…
The Kemtewet Empire is ruled by an Empress. The outlying worlds are comprised of five kingdoms. Each king has a capital world and manages five lords, who each manage three planets. Control of the lords’ planets and kingdoms passes to…
The Kemtewet Empire was established shortly after Neith consolidated her power on Keidem and abolished the augmentation development program. When it became apparent that Kemtewet population growth would outpace human population growth, Empress Neith established colony worlds to both grow…
The Kemtewet Empire was responsible for colonizing all populated worlds in the galaxy except Earth, the Kemtewet capital world of Sais, and Gertewet worlds. It consists of 84 planets indexed in the standard navigation system: the Imperial capital, five kingdom…
A deleted scene from the short story “This Alien Sympathy” (after “Little Setira” and before Rights of Use, Project Black Book Volume 1). Setira’s mother was asked to retire when Setira reached 708, after she wed but before she bore…
A deleted scene from the short story “This Alien Sympathy” (before Rights of Use, Project Black Book Volume 1). This warm-up scene was the bridge between the original idea and the story of how Setira got involved with the Gertewet. Originally, I was seeking only to explore more about the Kemtewet health care for human colonies, but that quickly turned into a “kill all the characters!” story.