The Lux Particle: Pilot
BerlanjutWe follow Max as our protagonist through a breakthrough moment in his community's desperate lux production alongside his mentor and friend Viktor. The Elektron Orthodoxy "Dox" are an aggressive fanatic organization that sees amber refinement as heresy. They willingly use raw amber to perform volatile magic as they believe it's God's will, and they abduct and convert people into their madness. Helios Trust is one of the most powerful corporate entities in the world. The "Radiance" event broke transistors, so no technology relying on silicon works on the surface, causing "Silicon Rot". Dependence on older technologies like vacuum tubes, and future like solid state batteries is much more prevalent, a clash of technologies from the future and past working together to make life easier. Only centralized entities like Helios and governments have the contained facilities to use advanced silicon technology like robotics and automated fabrication. They knew it was coming.
The idea started as a grimdark low-fantasy brutally dangerous magic world, and transformed into a near-future Solarpunk post-apocalyptic world. I relied on AI for a lot of the writing and strict plot critique of the early forms. This is the product of about 3 months of hard world building and took me many iterations to think about what world I wanted to create.
It is public and available to download the PDF at this link:
https://masland.tech/lux/
If you have any feedback, please feel free to comment and let me know. I am open and willing to discuss new ideas. Anything that may stick out as badly written or doesn't make sense to you, please let me know. There is still much to be written. Thanks for reading!
Buku 1
The Lux Particle: PilotKita mengikuti Max sebagai tokoh utama dalam momen terobosan produksi lux komunitasnya yang penuh keputusasaan, bersama mentor sekaligus sahabatnya, Viktor. *Elektron Orthodoxy* "Dox" adalah organisasi fanatik yang agresif, memandang pemurnian amber sebagai bid'ah. Mereka dengan sukarela menggunakan amber mentah untuk menjalankan sihir yang tidak stabil karena percaya itulah kehendak Tuhan, dan mereka menculik serta mengubah orang-orang menjadi bagian dari kegilaan mereka. *Helios Trust* adalah salah satu entitas korporat paling berkuasa di dunia. Peristiwa "Radiance" merusak transistor sehingga tidak ada teknologi berbasis silikon yang berfungsi di permukaan bumi, memunculkan fenomena yang disebut "Silicon Rot". Ketergantungan pada teknologi lama seperti tabung vakum, maupun teknologi masa depan seperti baterai solid-state, kini jauh lebih dominan — sebuah benturan antara teknologi masa lalu dan masa depan yang berpadu demi memudahkan kehidupan. Hanya entitas terpusat seperti *Helios* dan pemerintah yang memiliki fasilitas tertutup untuk menggunakan teknologi silikon canggih seperti robotika dan fabrikasi otomatis. Mereka tahu itu akan datang.