Catalog of the Weird Parallels

PTTG · 10-18-2018, 12:54 AM

Money grows on trees in Aboria-2.

Well, actually, EVERYTHING grows on trees in Aboria. The worldline is TL-0+8, based almost entirely around a series of tree species that produce material goods of all kinds.

Early society discovered a tree that produced woody growths that could be shaped into simple tools and more complicated shapes using little more than twine, splints, cutting, and time. Think bonsai but larger scale, and somewhat faster. When mature, the growths took on a stony strength.

Later developments lead to stronger (metal-like) consistency. The trees also were bread to be more adaptable.

The results are more than mundane but unlike the magic of other worlds. At present, this society has access to great orchards that grow specialized organic circuits allowing pods that function as computers. The fruits of the artifact trees are diverse and common, capable of easily replicating any feature of a TL-8 society, with the exception of a few very high-energy phenomenon (nuclear weapons, high-powered explosives, and spaceflight), but times are changing, and genetic engineers anticipate a day when a tree is grown that allows access to orbital altitude and the construction of a wooden world-ring.

They know of metalic elements, but see them mainly as a suppliment to biological processes, not as structural elements themselves. The idea of advanced technology

10-18-2018, 12:54 AM	#11
PTTG Join Date: Feb 2011	Re: Catalog of the Weird Parallels Money grows on trees in Aboria-2. Well, actually, EVERYTHING grows on trees in Aboria. The worldline is TL-0+8, based almost entirely around a series of tree species that produce material goods of all kinds. Early society discovered a tree that produced woody growths that could be shaped into simple tools and more complicated shapes using little more than twine, splints, cutting, and time. Think bonsai but larger scale, and somewhat faster. When mature, the growths took on a stony strength. Later developments lead to stronger (metal-like) consistency. The trees also were bread to be more adaptable. The results are more than mundane but unlike the magic of other worlds. At present, this society has access to great orchards that grow specialized organic circuits allowing pods that function as computers. The fruits of the artifact trees are diverse and common, capable of easily replicating any feature of a TL-8 society, with the exception of a few very high-energy phenomenon (nuclear weapons, high-powered explosives, and spaceflight), but times are changing, and genetic engineers anticipate a day when a tree is grown that allows access to orbital altitude and the construction of a wooden world-ring. They know of metalic elements, but see them mainly as a suppliment to biological processes, not as structural elements themselves. The idea of advanced technology