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At long last, new Ad Astra Per Aspera content.

If anybody is curious this is based on the Pioneer anomaly, a phenomenon with a name so perfect that I just had to write something based on it. However, the actual explanation behind the anomaly is cool enough that I had to preserve it to some degree. That meant shelving the anomalous shenanigans on Pioneer 11 rather than both probes. (Pioneer 10 gets to live, for now)

Thanks to rattles, Tuomey Tombstone, MaliceAforethought, Crashington, and Nyaaly for crit!

Images:

• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:An_artist%27s_impression_of_a_Pioneer_spacecraft_on_its_way_to_interstellar_space.jpg
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meteor_burst.jpg

This is one of those articles that makes me envious that I can't write this sort of thing myself. It's wonderfully bizarre, but still manages to be terrifying, coherent, and intriguing at the same time, all while maintaining that sense of grand… space-ness that shows up in a lot of your stuff. It's genuinely astounding that you can still write scips like this without retreading the same old ground.

Solid upvote :)

Poor space megafauna :(

Interesting addition to AAPA, I like the concept of a metaphysical/telepathic/memetic entity that can commune with people and its potential predators. There are some natural predator "Fermi paradox" parallels to draw from that — something I don't think I've seen in AAPA yet outside the Ortothans.

This is often accompanied by reported imagery of abstract shapes and impossible colors. Confusion resulting from subjects temporarily believing that they are extraterrestrial gigafauna is common.

this has to be one of the best quotes that i have read from this site in a very long time, its just so perfect AGHDSGKDHS

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