Icewall

Simple map of local area of Icewall universe

๐‘๐”๐‹๐„: Any world (no matter how improbable) in a spatiotemporally infinite rule-based random universe is virtually certain to exist (merely occupying a smaller portion of phase space).

๐‚๐Ž๐‘๐Ž๐‹๐‹๐€๐‘๐˜: Any world that someone thinks is โ€œcool,โ€ given sufficiently advanced means of production, is virtually certain to be produced.

Icewall is a meta-setting for RPGs and stories; any book/game/TV mash-up might occur on this surreal infinite plane of ice -- superheroes, superscience, psionics and magic, space opera (there is at least one galactic disc); very unpleasant things, people, organizations, conspiracies, and strange occurrences -- contradictions are legitimate; an alien invasion doesn't need to cross light years of space, just a few thousand miles of Antarctic conditions (imagine Trantor attacked by a horde of cold and hungry cavemen). It all stemmed from asking myself "What if...?" one day.

The map can be viewed in much better detail at
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Icewall itself isn't an actual story, so not posted here; you can find the "Icewall" .pdf at
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    The Space Orcs are coming, hooray, hooray! by

    Fandoms: humans are space orcs - Fandom  

    18 Oct 2020

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    Billie Badass is from one of the galaxy's most dangerous and hardy species (though also, punnily enough, rather heartyโ€‰) โ€” a Genomorph (a hermaphroditic species halfway between the Gelatinous Blobs of Futurama and the Pleasure GELFs of Red Dwarf; not precisely a Star Trek DS9 Changeling, but similar enough) โ€” though not suicidally stupid enough to go near Humans... until one fateful trip.  Now cast away, ze learns from a local โ€” Avery, a Deathworlder โ€” adapts, overcomes, and survives.

    When you get to UWP X8779745, you might wish to consult the Traveller UWP charts.

    NB 27 Sep 2021: 4th [short] story in series, added yesterday!  (Happy almost-anniversary [17 Oct] to the first 2 Space Orcs stories in the series!)

    I read, appreciate, and reply to all of your comments โ€” they're always welcome!

    ๐‘ซ๐’๐’'๐’• ๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’ˆ๐’†๐’• ๐’•๐’ ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’Œ๐’†, ๐‘บ๐’‰๐’‚๐’“๐’†, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘บ๐’–๐’ƒ๐’”๐’„๐’“๐’Š๐’ƒ๐’†! โค๏ธ

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    The Space Orcs are coming, hooray, hooray! by Charles_Rockafellor
    Part 1 of Tell me more about this Earth-thing

    Series Information:

    ID: 1975186
    Words: 47,434 | Works: 7 | Complete: Yes | Bookmarks: 9
    Description:

    A shapeshifting Genomorph and a Deathworlder (i.e.: Human, a.k.a. Space Orc) meet under less than ideal circumstances.ย  The Genomorph finds zerself in dire straits, zer ship marooned on Earth, and ze's surrounded by lethal wildlife of every description.ย  Over time, they find each other not quite so alien as one might expect, and discover together that deathworlds and hellworlds can hold a certain charm.

    In a later episode, the party grows as they're joined by a Space Cat-girl and her girlfriend, and all of the complications and hijinks that such things can entail.

    Every time that I think that I've finished this series, a new idea crops up.ย  For now (as usual) it's โ€œCompleteโ€... for a given value of complete. ๐Ÿ˜†

    NB:ย  If you're wondering, please see my tutorial โ€œHow to make and fix a series on AO3โ€ (in a series with another tutorial on CSS work skins for fonts, which made that link become underscored blue ink [assuming that your browser settings, site skin, and third party apps didn't prohibit it]).

    Completed: 2020-10-18
    Work ID: 27063373

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    โ€ข Billie Badass / Avery d'Arc
    โ€ข Billie Badass - Relationship

    Work Summary:

    Billie Badass is from one of the galaxy's most dangerous and hardy species (though also, punnily enough, rather heartyโ€‰) โ€” a Genomorph (a hermaphroditic species halfway between the Gelatinous Blobs of Futurama and the Pleasure GELFs of Red Dwarf; not precisely a Star Trek DS9 Changeling, but similar enough) โ€” though not suicidally stupid enough to go near Humans... until one fateful trip.ย ย Now cast away, ze learns from a local โ€” Avery, a Deathworlder โ€” adapts, overcomes, and survives.

    When you get to UWP X8779745, you might wish to consult the Traveller UWP charts.

    NB 27 Sep 2021: 4th [short] story in series, added yesterday!ย ย (Happy almost-anniversary [17 Oct] to the first 2 Space Orcs stories in the series!)

    I read, appreciate, and reply to all of your comments โ€” they're always welcome!

    ๐‘ซ๐’๐’'๐’• ๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’ˆ๐’†๐’• ๐’•๐’ ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’Œ๐’†, ๐‘บ๐’‰๐’‚๐’“๐’†, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘บ๐’–๐’ƒ๐’”๐’„๐’“๐’Š๐’ƒ๐’†! โค๏ธ

    NB: ALL OF MY FICS ARE ON archiveofourown . org โ€” GO THERE TO READ THEM (IF YOU'RE READING THIS ANYWHERE ELSE, THEN THAT SITE IS PHISHING YOU).

    (Approximate) Last Read: 2026/04/03

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