Lore

A Time Unlike the Present

ChromaSpyke is a far-future setting with elements of traditional science fiction, cyberpunk, grimdark dystopia, and a few other labels we won’t discuss here, but which appear in small measure in various character arcs. One of the most important aspects for a reader to understand is the different time periods associated with the setting. You’ll find …

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Stolen Caduceus File_02: SGZ-Ω / N-IX

File_N-IX_RECTIFIED_Final ⟡ CADUCEUS ⟡ APEX DIVISIONIN PAIN, WE ASCEND File: RECTIFIED File — SGZ-Ω / N-IXAccess Level: OMEGA-PRIMEProtocol: FAMILY LOCKClassification: RECTIFIED // BUILD 2.7 [SECTION 5: REVISION HISTORY] SGZ/NIX/1.0: Integration into the Apex program.SGZ/NIX/1.3: Removal of SGZ-███ cross-references.SGZ/NIX/1.5: Correction of primary creator.SGZ/NIX/2.0: Final status: RECTIFIED. [SECTION 6: FINAL REPORT – APEX COUNCIL] “The N-IX prototype …

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The Memory Reefs of Carapaçin

While the events of the Corpse War gripped the universe in fear and uncertainty, the tidal events on Earth laid the last of a small country in its grave. The twin isles of Trinidad and Tabango (formerly Tobago, renamed under corporate lease) vanished beneath the rising depths. What remained became known as Carapaçin, a mausoleum …

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Kuramatsu Holdings: The 4th Gumi

Kuramatsu Holdings is a syndicate of war profiteers, specializing in the smuggling of experimental body parts, prototype weapon systems, and the most enhanced corpse units. Officially, they pose as industrial suppliers. In reality, their crates hold illicit tech and stolen daphemi, often ripped from low-tier corporations too underpowered to retaliate. Their shipments are vacuum-sealed in …

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Stolen Caduceus File_01: SGZ-Ω / N-IX

File_N-IX_RECTIFIED_Final ⟡ CADUCEUS ⟡ APEX DIVISIONIN PAIN, WE ASCEND File: RECTIFIED File — SGZ-Ω / N-IXAccess Level: OMEGA-PRIMEProtocol: FAMILY LOCKClassification: RECTIFIED // BUILD 2.7 [SECTION 1: IDENTIFICATION] Code name: N-IXCivilian designation: “Nyx”Estimated age: 17Genetic Type: Apex Prototype — Derived Stargazer LineageViral status: NegativeSupervision: Dr. Smile [ID: ████████] [SECTION 2: ORIGIN OF THE PROTOTYPE] “Subject N-IX …

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Life is a Dark Fishbowl

Whether you’ve yet to read Angio Dreams (in our free fiction library) or you’re looking for a bit of information on its themes, the following should help expand your understanding and how it fits into the universe. One has to imagine the daughter in Angio Dreams is trapped in a flat circle of time. Nameless …

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On the Bunker Walls

“They think survival is the endgame. That if you’re still breathing, still functional, still warm, then you’ve won. That’s propaganda. A very old kind of oil poured in the eyes. Running since the Dark Immemorial, since before the networks consolidated, before body contracts got normalized, and before death stopped meaning freedom. “I’ve watched people survive …

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The First Death

// Accessing Training Archive// Monitoring…// Ident: xcv.Splash_Unit_zz// Passphrase: mPovee.02.RDx// Surveillance Active.// Access Granted. Conflict E.XXXX.X/Theta_Oxidata.cr8 Internal Classification: EDF_Black_Recovery Fragment The Corpse War was a fratricidal conflict between all of the major corporations and their subsidiary factions, holdings, and assets. Chief among these were the corpse units—reanimated laborers and soldiers—who themselves became the targets of covert …

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An Ancient Omen Arrives

“… WZE-0855 Draknel hung in the sky, a globular nightmare staring down at him hiding beneath a lonely shadow.” Little more than passing neighbors in the void, Kyn’hnul and Nyn’vel become entwined in each other’s gravity. An event no one thought possible. The passing celestial does just enough to make the two planets inseparable. Nyn’vel, …

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See a Cough, Catch a Cold

Right from the beginning of Exile Machine, we’re injected into a place that’s unnatural. The lack of daylight and the struggle for warmth and permanence are disruptive to the circadian rhythm of our mind. Aric, the main character, waits beneath a scarred tree. Hacked and hewn for firewood, the tree is a symbol for everything …

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