Fiction:UM-X/Holo-Record 1/AC

What is this? What does AC stand for? Has DaLucaray finally gone insane? This is DaLuc's comments on the first part of the revamped UM-X story, AC stands for Author Commentary, and not yet.

Now if there is a place I'm supposed to put this, please tell me, but if it's fine as is I'd like to keep it under this title.

For the story I'm talking about which you really out to read before reading this, check out Fiction:UM-X/Story Hub.

What will I be doing? Mostly explaining some background on the Lucara Galaxy, the thougts and inspirations behind the story, and ruining jokes by pointing them out. Enough talking, it's time to narrate.

Chapter 1
Ah, the introduction. I had a lot of fun with the names here. As for what our prince (whose name is David Nychus- yes that's a human name there's a reason) is actually browsing, it's a real time interactive hologram screen. It works pretty much like an illusory tablet you don't have to hold- it's touch screen, you can zoom in and out by pinching and pulling, and so on. The program itself is similar to a podcast meets news- the Allies now let citizens watch the higher profile battles live. Nychus is browsing the Skinta Datafiles of combatants.

The Skinta are one of the Key members of the Allies- they are a hive mind (how it works over vast interstellar distances only they know) meaning any information discovered by a Skinta is known. Skinta have individual personalities and are self aware, choosing to "turn on" or "turn off" their connection to the hive mind. Other races really connect with Skinta, which is fine, because they don't really connect with most other races. The hivemind has decided to write short blurbs of information on any and every subject to better convey information to other races- the Skinta Datafiles are used for everything among the Allies.

This particular battle takes place on Pololulolu, home planet of the Isthisox. Pololulolu is in Allies territory, and a little too deep in for comfort. The Isthisox are the primary producer of silicon-based food products for the galaxy, which is why the Allies need Pololulolu and why the battle is "high profile".