forearms; he knew never to mess with an Academy android. He would use them from time to time in his daily workings as a Hachiman, usually for their efficiency and speed in snapping people’s limps in two. His threats at work of “ I’ll get the android …” were most of the time all that was needed to get workers to straighten up and meet demands. Even though Beaver had no form of empathy or fear, (other than what happened with Mercurial) he had developed a sense of logical fear when it came to androids. Their sheer power per square hexaire was more than enough to pulverize anyone, including himself.
The horse loaf tasted like charcoal. In fact, it always tasted like charcoal. Horse meat was the only real meat substance that existed after the Great Conflict. The Equine family was somewhat immune to the pandemic that swept throughout the entire animal kingdom. This wide-spread disease was originally caused by neuro-chemical weapons used in battle. Which in turn, leached into the water table and was ingested. All that was bovid, suidae, canine, feline, or rodent succumbed to Systemic Neurological Degenerative Disease or SNDD for short.
Like the ancient Rabies, most animals degraded to uncontrollable fits of rage and a zombie-like loss of all mentality. They transmitted their disease to other animals through either airborne or contact saliva or sexual contact. Humans were equally affected by eating tainted meat, or being scratched or bitten by sickened animals.
Eventually, much of the original animal ecosystem was eradicated.
However, many of the carriers of this disease survived to create new, mutated strains of wild beasts that did not resemble anything that once was. Most members of this new zoological kingdom were now poisonous to humans. Even the smallest of tor-fish could kill a man with a single touch. Thankfully, most of these deadly species were driven out a long time ago. Not even a single fly of any type remained, in any of the Academy conquered lands (however, they could never get rid of all the Sar-rats).
--This was because of the Screen .
After the Great Conflict was over, the Academy knew that for the civilization of the Great Master to survive, they would need to barricade themselves from the rest of the world. A span earlier, while the war was still raging; Academy scientists had developed a means of using the Ionosphere’s power for the purpose of creating an impenetrable and perpetual force field. They had made this discovery by researching ancient technology, in hopes of improving it for the Academy’s use on the battlefield. Some pre-Omni genius named Tesla gave them clues as to how to harness the power of the heavens.
They found a renewable resource of power in the skies, which was tapped into by launching hundreds of thousands of small, hovering milli-droids into the upper atmosphere. These small sphere-like hov-conduits, in turn were powered by the ionosphere enough they could both, hover for hundreds of spans, as well as rain down a wall of electrical impulses that bar exit or entry. Of course, many of the Elites had interrupters in their possession to create a portal through the electrified wall, large enough to pass through. However, this technology was rarely used by individuals because of the sheer danger, just beyond the Screen.
The only common use for interrupters in New Judah was for the heavily armored, motor driven Lev-trans that daily took the weary to the Cupric Oxide mines of Tom Bossley. The mines are located roughly 50 waggs (Twenty kilometers by the measure of the former time) northeast from New Judah. These weaponized, armored, and fuel driven transports; used for such harsh and treacherous terrain were one of the major products manufactured at Perpetua.
“ Your food is always the best Viki !” Beaver said, secretly hoping to score something more edible.
Academy protocol further stated that if a victual droid was met with a pure gratitude and thankful heart, it would