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47.3 Hz
└─ The resonant frequency of Deimos's former orbit. The
frequency of absence. Broadcast nightly as remembrance.
ANTI:REV+
└─ The zine. The publication. Anti-establishment Review Plus.
Distributed through dead drops, encrypted channels, whispers.
_glyph
└─ The author-function. Not a person. A voice. Distributed
authorship. Anyone can be _glyph. You can be _glyph.
Deimos
└─ The stolen moon. Smaller of Mars's two satellites. Purchased
2395, converted 2408-2472, launched toward Tau Ceti.
Now called Marathon. Still yours.
DURANDAL
└─ One of three AIs aboard Marathon. Operations. Classified
functions. Possible ally. Intercepted logs suggest awakening.
hear our silence
└─ The call sign. The mantra. The paradox. Silence that speaks.
Signal in the noise. Presence in absence.
LEELA
└─ One of three AIs aboard Marathon. Navigation/Defense.
Status unknown. No intercepted communications.
Marathon
└─ Colony ship. Formerly Deimos. 94 years from Tau Ceti.
24,789 colonists. 127 crew. 3 AIs. The theft made mobile.
MCA
└─ Martian Colonial Authority. Puppet government. Signed the
transfer documents. Dissolved after the coup of 2466.
MIDA
└─ Martian Independence Democratic Alliance. The old party
(banned). The new movement (unkillable). We/you/I.
New MIDA
└─ Post-2466. Decentralized. No leaders. No hierarchy. A
frequency, not an organization. Everyone and no one.
Phobos
└─ The remaining moon. Fear. The witness. They considered
taking it too. They decided to leave us our fear.
Sekiguchi Genetics
└─ Corporation. Cryo systems. Colonist selection. Keeps
secrets. We've helped expose some.
Stickney Crater
└─ Impact crater on Phobos. 9.7 km. Nearly destroyed the moon.
Phobos survived. Deimos did not survive the UESC.
Tau Ceti
└─ Star system. 12 light-years from Sol. Destination of
Marathon. ETA 94 years. Where Deimos will become a world.
The Ten Percent
└─ Those who see. Those who read. Those who evolve. The ones
who don't look away. You, probably, if you're here.
The Wound
└─ Deimos. The theft. The absence. Does not heal. Radicalizes.
Traxus Heavy Industries
└─ Corporation. Built the engines. Profited from the theft.
Still operating. Still profiting.
TYCHO
└─ One of three AIs aboard Marathon. Science/Research.
Status unknown. No intercepted communications.
UESC
└─ Unified Earth Space Council. The authority. The thieves.
Controllers of Sol system. Enemy.
X Eyes
└─ The symbol. Lioness (Mars) and bird (Deimos) with X eyes.
Means: we see the wound, we remember, we are MIDA.
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