The Ethic Of The Community by KatesFriend
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ENCYCLOPEDIA GALACTICA Edition 428193 - Earth English
Definition: 'The Ethic Of The Community'
A Language English1 expression for an axiom of mutual respect between the various civilizations of the Community2. Simply put, advanced civilizations tend to honour the domains of lesser civilizations and endeavor to not venture into their Sphere of Influence3 in stealth. Nor will more advanced civilizations interfere with lesser civilizations within their domains. In return, less advanced civilizations are expected to stay out of the way of more advanced civilizations and their activities. Although the more evolved civilizations tend to respect their less advanced neighbours as a group, the welfare of individual members may not be a serious moral issue. Like the Sphere of Influence, the Ethic is informal, subject to interpretation and ultimately dependent upon the good faith of members of each civilization.
And infringements do occur. In particular, members and technology of Civilization Gardener4 have been detected exploring within the Spheres of other civilizations without making an overt effort to announce their presence. In 24195, their technology was found actively surveying the fourth planet (EGO 1703-00000298712) of the star Acubens (EGO 1703-00000088319 or HD 76756 in older catalogues), within the Sphere for Civilization Humanity. The encounter with the C.S.S. floaters6 was accidental and resulted in no serious incident7. This is important because encounters between technologically unmatched civilizations can be hazardous if not carefully planned. Fortunately most accidental encounters tend to be between automated representatives and not living members. However, the Gardeners should have attempted to advise Humanity of their activity if only to avoid an accidental encounter with living members.
There is also the matter of Civilization Sagittarius Red and the selection of Librarians8. Strictly speaking, these encounters occur outside of any particular Sphere of Influence and as such are not considered unethical on the part of the Red members. However, there are factions and cultures within most civilizations that consider the Sagittarian programme to be a form of interference. This in spite of the fact that the Sagittarians take great care to ensure no harm to prospective candidates and that the civilizations in question do benefit from the knowledge imparted to the Librarians.
"Even giants fear to tread amongst giants", Karl Gyekye9, late 23rd Century Earth philosopher.
Notes: EGO: Encyclopedia Galactica Object
See references:
1Civilization Humanity: Linguistic Types
2Definition: 'The Community'
3Definition: 'Sphere of Influence'
4Civilization Gardener: History, Social Order
5Civilization Humanity: Scientific Standards, Temporal Perception
6Civilization Humanity: Project Saphaea, Space Flight Technologies
7Event: Acubens Encounter 2419
8Civilization Sagittarius Red: Library of Isis Elder
9Civilization Humanity: Members of Note
Comments (30)
Maravilhoso texto e obra, excelente, aplausos (5)
This is awesome!!!!!!!
Yea Awesome come to mind!! Very cool scifi scene
Cool image my friend...
Excellent
Superb upload! Excellent image, superb composition and narrative!
PERFECTA..
Gorgeous writing my friend, a splendid creation, excellent image, a hight quality work!
outstanding picture!! fantastic text!
Excellent image and the narration is wonderful and well thought out!
teriffic sci fi piece my friend, well done!!
Outstanding sci fi image, and a story that should form the basis of a novel! Great work!
Wow, sooooooooo cool!
This is amazing with shades of so many great works of SF within and behind it. Oh, it's not derivative in any way whatsoever, but as we tend to say in quite a number of circles...great minds think alike. In reading this, I get the sense that I'm reading something written by Ursula K. LeGuin's more technologically-influenced sibling, and there's a nice splash of Jack McDevitt in here too...that sort of casual, cool manner in which something totally alien is presented. It's all your own, it's fantastic, and I'm sure the other writers I mentioned would find themselves as intrigued by this as I am. I love the culture you're developing and revealing. And in terms of the artwork accompanying this, it's fantastic, top notch work. Superb!
I thought I was reading a novel ☺ whewwwwww lots of info there: And a great creation indeed!~
Cool one here Clayton, you always do such a great job on your images like this. You put so much thought not only into your art but the story behind it which brigns it all to life
image and storyline deserve my deep respect-.well done.favorite of course!!!!!
astonishing work, wonderful image!!!
Fantastic image and atmosphere, love the rich, contrasting colors!
Great one my friend!!!! XCellent render!!!
Splendid sci-fi creation and setting
Nice.
Wonderful lighting to give this a great feeling of sci-fi. That is a very cool machine too.
Stunning work !
Great render and excellent write up as always. C.S.S. = Canadian Space Ship?
Excellent futuristic scene well portrayed :) Cathy xoxoxo
Great story and a superb render. Love the backdrop!!!
There aliens out there :))
Klasse Bild !
Excellent narrative! I love (as a plot element) the idea that advanced civilizations will be careful to respect lesser civilizations as a group, but they won't hesitate to brush aside an individual with no concern for his welfare. I like the admonishing tone of the line about the Gardeners. I doubt that it will effect the Gardeners behavior any. They seem to pretty much do their thing without regarding others. They mission seems to be the be all and end all. The Sagittarian programme is very interesting too. I can see how it would rankle in some quarters. Great image! I love the colors, textures, and composition.