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''[[https://kapteynstar.wordpress.com/ Junction Point]]'' is a hard sci-fi serial, written by Thuktun Flishithy, Creator/ThuktunFlishithy, author of ''Fanfic/{{Hail to the King|ThuktunFlishithy}}'' and ''Fanfic/TheLastDaughter''. Chapters are uploaded every Wednesday and Saturday.
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* SpotOfTea: When [[spoiler: they begin their journey to the beacon while Diplomat's distracted]], Liu introduces Rudak to tea.
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* ApocalypseHow: Despite having an oxygenated atmosphere, Mulolowa lacks even microorganisms, which leads the crew biologist to theorize that it was scoured by a solar event.
** It's hinted that a Class 0 or 1 event might've occurred on Earth, as the population dropped from 10 billion to 8 in a single generation.
*** Later confirmed to be an environmental catastrophe called the Surge.
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* BizarreAlienBiology: The ktrit’zal move like gorillas and are even bigger, yet have elephantine skin, which is rather unlike anything xenobiologistic guesses at. The tianlong are even weirder, looking more like a dragon of eastern lore and yet are somehow able to withstand hundreds of gees.
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* BizarreAlienBiology: The ktrit’zal ktrit'zal move like gorillas and are even bigger, yet have elephantine skin, which is rather unlike anything xenobiologistic guesses at. The tianlong are even weirder, looking more like a dragon of eastern lore and yet are somehow able to withstand hundreds of gees.
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* BioluminescenceIsCool: When Liu steps into Rudak's habitat dome, she notes that every surface is coated in plant-like life that glows in a variety of colors, though Rudak himself has no bioluminescence.
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* GeniusLoci: Diplomat spends millennia uploaded into his starship.
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* NonActionGuy: The entire cast, save for a single instance in Diplomat's backstory.
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Averted. Each human character is an expert in their own field, but not in each others'. Liu, the main character, is a xenoanthropologist; she can decipher alien languages and is knowledgable about biology, but the physics of several key technologies is lost on her.
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Averted. Each human character is an expert in their own field, but not in each others'. Liu, the main character, is a xenoanthropologist; she can decipher alien languages and is knowledgable about biology, but the physics of several key technologies is lost on her.
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* SpacePeople: Implied to be the case with many of the tianlong.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The Spacebattles thread offers some details that would otherwise be left out of the story. Notes on ktrit'zal writing, starship specifications, and so on.
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** [[spoiler: The tianlong homeworld of Cefac suffered a 3a, thanks to a nuclear war.]]
** [[spoiler: The tianlong homeworld of Cefac suffered a 3a, thanks to a nuclear war.]]
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* CoolStarship: *Odysseus*. Thanks to its ramscoop, it's capable of constant 1g acceleration, and is humanity's first ever starship.
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* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: [[spoiler: Diplomat/Teksha is over ''100,000 years old''.]]
* ReallyWasBornYesterday: [[spoiler: In contrast to the above, it's revealed that Rudak, who's old enough to be a father, is ''seven''.]]
* ReallyWasBornYesterday: [[spoiler: In contrast to the above, it's revealed that Rudak, who's old enough to be a father, is ''seven''.]]
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: A species-wide example with the tianlong. It's not the actual name of their species (''Rudak'' actually came up with the moniker, of all people), and is the Mandarin word for 'celestial/heavenly dragon'. Though the tianlong have their own name for their species, as per WordOfGod, it has yet to be shown in-story.
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* AlienBlood: Ktrit'zal blood is apparently ''neon-orange'' and smells of lilac. Tianlong blood is sky-blue.
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** Also inverted, serving as HumansThroughAlienEyes. Rudak is surprised to see that humans have red blood.
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* BrainUploading: Tianlong, again.
* DysonSphere: Currently considered for Sheshak.
* FasterThanLightTravel: Only by the tianlong, and still with limitations. Also, ludicrously expensive in energy.
* FoodPills: Due to the philosophical dichotomy between predatory, ancestral animal and wise sentient the tianlong actually prefer these lest they feed their inner animal.
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* ImAHumanitarian: The tianlong funeral rites are this ritualised.
* LongLived: ''Humans'' are this to ktrit'zal, as it later turns out. Rudak, who's old enough to be a father, is [[spoiler: only''seven''.]]''seven'']]. The tianlong have them both beat, though, since ''age'' is [[TheAgeless something irrelevant for them now]].
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* MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness: Hard.
* NoBiochemicalBarriers: Discussed, and averted. Both humans and ktrit'zal take great care not to contaminate each other until they're sure they won't give each other plagues. Eventually, it seems that at least ''some'' things on each side are ingestible, as Rudak was able to drink green tea without trouble.
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* ShownTheirWork: Everything within the story has, so far, stayed within the realm of scientific plausibility. [[spoiler: The so-called 'starbridges', however, have brought this into question.]]
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* WeaponizedExhaust: Considered and discussed by ''Odysseus''’ crew before approaching ''Allmother’s Light''. They emphatically don’t want to fry the other ship just because they can’t back into a nice orbit, nor do they want to get too close to the ship that craps nuclear explosions.explosions.
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* StarfishAliens: The ktrit'zal. They're bear-sized quadrupeds with a lot of muscle packed onto their squat frames, and have natural armor plates. They have four eyes (though apparently they're have astigmatism), delicate palps along their snout that act a lot like whiskers, and large ears that can fold against their heads. They're less tolerant of the cold than humans, have ''neon orange'' blood, apparently get motion sickness easier, and their vocalizations run a gamut broader than that of a human's. Their reproduction is unknown, but from what has been mentioned, it's likely very different from ours. [[spoiler: They also only live a fraction of a typical human lifespan]].
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* WeaponizedExhaust: Considered and discussed by '''Odysseus'''’ ''Odysseus''’ crew before approaching '''Allmother’s Light'''. ''Allmother’s Light''. They emphatically ''don’t'' don’t want to fry the other ship just because they can’t back into a nice orbit, nor do they want to get too close to the ship that craps nuclear explosions.
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* MulticulturalAlienPlanet: On Ktrit there are at least four major religions, and likely many more minor ones, ethnically diverse populations, prejudices, an array of family structures.
* OrionDrive: The ktrit’zal '''Allmother’s Light''' uses such a drive to overcome the five gee of Ktrit.
* RamScoop: Part of '''Odysseus'''’ drive.
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* TidallyLockedPlanet: Ktrit, a superheavy ‘eyeball Earth’.
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* TidallyLockedPlanet: Ktrit, a superheavy ‘eyeball Earth’.
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* InterspeciesFriendship: Liu and Rudak. [[spoiler: Eventually, they become blood-siblings.]]
* LongLived: ''Humans'' are this to ktrit'zal, as it later turns out. Rudak, who's old enough to be a father, is [[spoiler: only ''seven''.]]
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* ScifiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: Averted. The travel time between stars is realistic so far.
* ScifiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: Averted. The travel time between stars is realistic so far.
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* AlienArtsAreAppreciated: A major point in the story, where Liu and Rudak trade important texts and find that they enjoy them. Rudak, especially, seems intrigued by ''the Odyssey''.
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* FantasticNamingConvention: Ktrit'zal are born with their given name and family name, much like a lot of humans. However, when they marry, or make someone a ''sedenbrok'' (essentially a blood-brother), they take on each other's family name as well. Family names are separated by clicks, represented as an apostrophe.
* Heavyworlder: Ktrit'zal. Since their homeworld has a surface gravity of 5gs, they're incredibly powerful. Liu mentions that Rudak's arms are almost as thick as her torso, and apparently females are even''bigger''.''bigger''.
* SpaceElevator: It is briefly mentioned that Earth started work on one while the crew was en route to Kapteyn's Star.
* TimeDilation: Why the voyage to Kapteyn's Star is "only" five years for the crew.
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* CasualInterstellarTravel: Averted painfully. It takes an absurd amount of energy, and the most advanced technology Earth has to offer, just to get to a 'nearby' star, and it still takes around 14 years. (5, for the crew).crew).
* ColonizedSolarSystem: By the 2050's, there are small colonies and scientific outposts on the Moon, Mars, and satellites of outer planets.
* DeathWorld: Ktrit, by human standards. It's a tidally locked world, with ''five times'' the surface gravity of Earth. Temperatures run from tropical to water-boiling, and there is a perpetual storm on the planet's dayside, which often leads to violent weather on the nightside as well.
* DomedHometown: Martian settlements, as offhandedly mentioned by Luís.
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* ColonizedSolarSystem: By the 2050's, there are small colonies and scientific outposts on the Moon, Mars, and satellites of outer planets.
* DeathWorld: Ktrit, by human standards. It's a tidally locked world, with ''five times'' the surface gravity of Earth. Temperatures run from tropical to water-boiling, and there is a perpetual storm on the planet's dayside, which often leads to violent weather on the nightside as well.
* DomedHometown: Martian settlements, as offhandedly mentioned by Luís.
* Heavyworlder: Ktrit'zal. Since their homeworld has a surface gravity of 5gs, they're incredibly powerful. Liu mentions that Rudak's arms are almost as thick as her torso, and apparently females are even ''bigger''.
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* AlienSky: Not as alien as other examples, but Kapteyn's Star dominates most of the sky of Mulolowa. Rayleigh scattering from the red dwarf's light results in a very pale blue, almost white, sky.
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Subverted. While Rudak does begin to learn a human language, he chooses Mandarin instead.
* ArtificialGravity: Of the realistic type. ''Odysseus'' is capable of 1g of acceleration, which simulates gravity for the crew. However, when they insert into orbit and kill the engine, everything becomes weightless.
* BioluminescenceIsCool: When Liu steps into Rudak's habitat dome, she notes that every surface is coated in plant-like life that glows in a variety of colors, though Rudak himself has no bioluminescence.
* CasualInterstellarTravel: Averted painfully. It takes an absurd amount of energy, and the most advanced technology Earth has to offer, just to get to a 'nearby' star, and it still takes around 14 years. (5, for the crew).
* AlienSky: Not as alien as other examples, but Kapteyn's Star dominates most of the sky of Mulolowa. Rayleigh scattering from the red dwarf's light results in a very pale blue, almost white, sky.
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Subverted. While Rudak does begin to learn a human language, he chooses Mandarin instead.
* ArtificialGravity: Of the realistic type. ''Odysseus'' is capable of 1g of acceleration, which simulates gravity for the crew. However, when they insert into orbit and kill the engine, everything becomes weightless.
* BioluminescenceIsCool: When Liu steps into Rudak's habitat dome, she notes that every surface is coated in plant-like life that glows in a variety of colors, though Rudak himself has no bioluminescence.
* CasualInterstellarTravel: Averted painfully. It takes an absurd amount of energy, and the most advanced technology Earth has to offer, just to get to a 'nearby' star, and it still takes around 14 years. (5, for the crew).
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''[[https://kapteynstar.wordpress.com/ Junction Point]]'' is a hard sci-fi serial, written by Thuktun Flishithy. Chapters are uploaded every Wednesday and Saturday.
Liu Haipeng is a contact specialist aboard the ''Odysseus'', humanity's first interstellar spacecraft. After the discovery of signals coming from Kapteyn's Star in the early 2050's, she is sent along with three other explorers to the star system, where contact is made with a species called the ktrit'zal. As interactions begin, however, the crew begins to wonder if there are other parties at play...
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Liu Haipeng is a contact specialist aboard the ''Odysseus'', humanity's first interstellar spacecraft. After the discovery of signals coming from Kapteyn's Star in the early 2050's, she is sent along with three other explorers to the star system, where contact is made with a species called the ktrit'zal. As interactions begin, however, the crew begins to wonder if there are other parties at play...
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