Station

Station distance
1,432 Ls
Landing pad
Large
Station type
Starport (Orbis)

Station services
Commodity marketOutfittingRearmRefuelRepairShipyard

Black marketContactsFleet carrier administrationFleet carrier servicesFleet carrier vendorInterstellar factorsMaterial traderPower contactRedemption officeSearch and rescueTechnology brokerUniversal CartographicsVendorsWorkshop

BartenderConcourseCrew loungeFrontline SolutionsMissionsPioneer SuppliesTuningVista Genomics


Economy
Agriculture
Wealth
Population
Government
Dictatorship
Allegiance
Independent
Minor faction

Station update
20 Nov 2024, 2:00pm
Location update
20 Nov 2024, 2:00pm
Market update
20 Nov 2024, 3:17am
Shipyard update
20 Nov 2024, 3:17am
Outfitting update
20 Nov 2024, 3:17am

Galpedia

Vernor Vinge

Vernor Steffen Vinge (/ˈvɜrnər ˈvɪndʒiː/; born October 2, 1944) is a retired San Diego State University (SDSU) Professor of Mathematics, computer scientist, and science fiction author. He is best known for his Hugo Award-winning novels and novellas A Fire Upon the Deep (1992), A Deepness in the Sky (1999), Rainbows End (2006), Fast Times at Fairmont High (2002), and The Cookie Monster (2004), as well as for his 1984 novel The Peace War and his 1993 essay "The Coming Technological Singularity", in which he argues that the creation of superhuman artificial intelligence will mark the point at which "the human era will be ended", such that no current models of reality are sufficient to predict beyond it.

Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended.



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