An overview of Earth’s first indigenous technologically advanced civilization (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) While modern humans understood by the 1600s CE that they were not the sole sentient lifeform to call Earth home, and weren’t even the only sentient lifeform on Earth at that time, the understanding of those previous species was by necessity based on fragmentary and incomplete remains. With the series of…
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St. Remedius Medical College: "Faust's Personal Librarian"
There are libraries, and then there is The Library (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) At the time of St. Remedius Medical College’s disappearance, the world at the time had libraries. Huge libraries. Extensive libraries. Libraries that gave bibliophiles earworms that ran until they died. Scientific libraries, and thaumaturgic libraries, and psychotropic libraries, and chemical libraries. Many were public, most had a clear definition between open…
St. Remedius Medical College: "Find An Ultrapowerful Alien Artifact? You May Be Entitled To Compensation"
It’s not that wizards and alien scientists never plan for the future, but for the most part… (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) One of the great tropes of legend, urban and otherwise, is the ancient artifact that saves the day. It could be the mighty sword associated with a famous or notorious lineage, of which the eventual wielder is the last of the line. It…
St. Remedius Medical College: "Ciphers All The Way Down"
All The World Is One Massive Code, And We Are Merely Counterespionage (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) In the investigation of the tantalizing fragments of the archives left behind by the disappearance of St. Remedius Medical College, many made light of a series of encrypted files, both electronic and print, that appeared in different caches across the planet. Further investigation, though, not only brought up…
St. Remedius Medical College: "Let's Kill the Time Lord Again"
So what happens when two parties for time travelers happen at the same time? Well, one gets neglected. (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) June 28, 2009. This was the day famed physicist Stephen Hawking threw a party for time travelers and then sent out invitations after it was done, using the lack of visitors as evidence, not proof but evidence, that time travel was not…