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Fictional company offering luxury tours in the Tarthian Empire, viewable on the Kayelle Allen site as a click-through visual tour

Visit another world on the Tarthian Tour Company's interactive website #SciFi #SpaceOpera Kayelle Allen

Welcome to New Mjuka

Using the list below, click the name of a world to visit.
From each world, you may click the Tarthian Tour Company (TTC) logo to return to the tour page, click a world name to visit another planet, or click Kayelle Allen at the top to return the main website. 
In whatever part of the empire your journey takes you, the TTC wishes you a pleasant stay.

New Mjuka, a Terraformer's Dream World

New Mjuka is undergoing several stages of terraforming. The mountain range visible in the upper right section of the planet's image are some of the highest in the empire.

The Terraformers Circle of Fellowship hosted parties on every terraformed world to celebrate the first snow on New Mjuka. It fell in the mountains.

Click planet and tour images to open full-sized in another window.

New Mjuka, a Terraformer's Dream World

Engineers planning habdrills similar to those on Sanity IV. Until a complete atmosphere has been formed, workers on New Mjuka will remain either inside the domed cities, or wear habsuits similar to the ones worn by terraformer technicians.

The Terraformer's Circle of Fellowship created living conditions on New Mjuka that were patterned after Mjuka.

Note the symbols on the technicians' uniforms. The upward facing arrows and rocket on the helmet represent the Terraformer's Circle of Fellowship [TCF], an exclusive membership for engineers involved in creating new worlds. The Fist symbol on the other engineer's sleeve represents the Conqueror, Her Majesty Rheyn Destoiya.

New Mujika - Terraformer's Dream World

Disclaimer

  • Use only TTC approved ships and shuttles.
  • Please note, the Tarthian Tour Company (TTC) is not responsible for injury or death resulting from non-approved portals and/or debarkation points.
  • For your safety and convenience, please stay within marked "TTC safe areas" while on board.
  • Avoid contact with animals in transport. Although all creatures on board have passed required health screenings, not all animals are tame. Do nothing to provoke attack.
  • If buying from local businesses while in port, look for the TTC seal of approval.
  • Unregistered firing weapons may be confiscated by the Weapons Regulation Board of the Imperial Armada. For the safety of all citizens, the Parliament on Tarth has banned any firing weapon not used for hunting.
  • Please report graffiti on TTC signs and passageways.
  • Tap TTC on your debit bracelet for more info.

Tarthian Tour Company art by Jamin Allen and/or Kayelle Allen
Some artwork includes compilation imagery courtesy of Depositphotos and Pixabay

Characters mentioned on this page might be found in multiple books in my story universe. Download a printable book list and check them off as you read.


~ Copyright ©2024 Kayelle Allen. All rights reserved ~ Kayelle Allen participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates program, an affiliate advertising program which provides the means for sites to earn fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com. If you purchase an item listed on the site from Amazon.com, Kayelle will earn a small commission. Other sites might be affiliate links as well. These will not result in higher prices for you. Thank you for your support!


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Welcome to Ezraki

Using the list below, click the name of a world to visit.
From each world, you may click the Tarthian Tour Company (TTC) logo to return to the tour page, click a world name to visit another planet, or click Kayelle Allen at the top to return the main website. 
In whatever part of the empire your journey takes you, the TTC wishes you a pleasant stay.

Ezraki, Chiasmii Homeworld

An Ezraki legend says that a jealous god placed a curse upon two lovers, San (red/female), and Pter (gold/male), so that they could never touch one another. According to the story, the other gods took pity on them, and raised them into the sky as moons.

There, they race across the sky side by side, only touching when a total eclipse occurs. The inhabitants refer to this as Sanpterdroit, and it is a world-wide celebration.

Click planet and tour images to open full-sized in another window.

Ezraki, Chiasmii Homeworld

The two moons always rise and set at the same time, and appear to be the same size in the sky. However, the gold moon, Pter, is larger than the red moon, San, and only seems the same size because San is closer to the planet.

Inhabitants are called Chiasmii. They are, without exception, blond and fair-skinned. Truly androgynous, they are mother to one child and father to the next, favoring first one gender and then the other, occurring in two phases named after their moons, San and Pter. About twenty percent of the population consists of twins. With their race's uniformly blond appearance, first time visitors often have difficulty telling inhabitants apart.

From 4648 to 4653 tradestandard, the Chiasmii were the subjects of genetic manipulation in a program that came to be known as the Sabbath Experiment. A select group were actually impregnated with their own eggs/sperm and the resultant fetus altered by adding additional DNA. Speculation abounds regarding the children born during this time. Protestors started a fire which destroyed the complex utterly. No records survived.

Ezraki, Chiasmii Homeworld

The Chiasmii's dual genders have far-reaching consequences in their society (i. e., workplaces, and hours geared first to child care rather than the convenience of business). Their immune systems prevent every disease from the common cold to cancer, resulting in medicine focusing on injury-rehabilitation, genetics, and natural cures such as herbs, massage, and chiropractic. They invented Empas-assisted natural childbirth, during which a doula links the mother and fetus.

Before the Conqueror arrived in 4648 tradestandard, their society was non-violent, which they attributed to the fact that all could feel a victim's pain. Their gift of Sympas enables them to feel the pleasure or pain of others; and Empas reflects their own. Far from granting them immunity from harm, those attributes ensured their slavery.

They are commonly called Androgs.

Disclaimer

  • Use only TTC approved ships and shuttles.
  • Please note, the Tarthian Tour Company (TTC) is not responsible for injury or death resulting from non-approved portals and/or debarkation points.
  • For your safety and convenience, please stay within marked "TTC safe areas" while on board.
  • Avoid contact with animals in transport. Although all creatures on board have passed required health screenings, not all animals are tame. Do nothing to provoke attack.
  • If buying from local businesses while in port, look for the TTC seal of approval.
  • Unregistered firing weapons may be confiscated by the Weapons Regulation Board of the Imperial Armada. For the safety of all citizens, the Parliament on Tarth has banned any firing weapon not used for hunting.
  • Please report graffiti on TTC signs and passageways.
  • Tap TTC on your debit bracelet for more info.

Tarthian Tour Company art by Jamin Allen and/or Kayelle Allen
Some artwork includes compilation imagery courtesy of Depositphotos and Pixabay

Characters mentioned on this page might be found in multiple books in my story universe. Download a printable book list and check them off as you read.


~ Copyright ©2024 Kayelle Allen. All rights reserved ~ Kayelle Allen participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates program, an affiliate advertising program which provides the means for sites to earn fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com. If you purchase an item listed on the site from Amazon.com, Kayelle will earn a small commission. Other sites might be affiliate links as well. These will not result in higher prices for you. Thank you for your support!


To experience art, sci-fi, romance, and space opera with unstoppable, unshakeable, unforgettable characters so real you'll swear you've met them, join me on Ream Stories!

Colonize the Galaxy 1 book at a time #Astronomy #SciFi

A depiction of the Milkyy Way c. 15127 AD as seen in books by Kayelle Allen

Colonize the Galaxy

When I decided to write Science Fiction, I first did some serious, long-term worldbuilding. I created a future history, designed a language, set up a dating system to show how the various colonies interpreted time, and laid out a plan whereby mankind would inhabit and colonize the stars. I started doing this when I was 27, about 40 years ago.

My initial sketch was on sheets of paper taped together, because it kept getting bigger as I added details. If you're going to colonize the galaxy on paper, you need a lot of room!

 

Then about 14 years ago, when my son was taking graphic design in college, I asked him to create a galaxy for me to work with in Photoshop. He designed the background, and I then added the details.

To be honest, I always thought scientists and astronomers would have a giggle when they saw it. I'd populated the entire thing in huge sweeps, like an outreaching arm. I figured there were probably far too many worlds in my version, but it was my story, so I decided to go with it.

This year, a press release from the European Space Agency (ESA) announced they had entered the GTOC X competition, using data about reaching 100k star systems in an efficient way. The team provided a video online.

Imagine my surprise when I looked at it next to my own galaxy drawing.

In my story universe, in the upper right corner of the map, I have the Dark Star Realm. On the far right (unmapped on mine), it says Worlds of Wings. Humans aren't allowed there, so no one knows how many inhabited worlds exist in that area. The Tarthian Empire exists in a small area to the center left near the bottom. The ESA team closely matched my fictional conjectures.

Stop the video at the :57 mark to see the image captured at the top of the page.

To download my galaxy map in full resolution, visit the Tarthian Tour Company home page. The map is shown at the bottom and when you click it, it opens full size. You can then download or click again to zoom. Warning: large document -- you might have a wait time.


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The major illustrator for my website is Jamin Allen, the founder of Nimajination Studios, who is known as "Volgraza" on the popular YouTube channel V^2Gamers and Twitch. The site features game play, advice, update information for games such as SpaceEngineers, and other games on Steam. He also streams live on Twitch, where he teaches art and design. He is a professional graphic designer. He is also my son.

His professional training as an illustrator began at the Art Institute of Atlanta, but he knew he wanted to be an artist from the time he was five. His favorite gifts on birthdays and at Christmas were always art supplies.

His site, V^2Gamers features his original art and videos he has created to illustrate aspects of various games. He narrates and does creative voiceovers.

Jamin has collaborated on many aspects of my website and my books, and he is the co-illustrator for the Tarthian Empire Companion and a collaborator on An Immortal's Guide to Tarth. The drawings of the Kyrenie firestorms, the FIST (Facility for Imperial Ships and Transports), and the logos for the rock groups in my books were all conceived and created by Jamin.

A published author in his own right, he wrote and designed N-OC: Nameless Original Characters, an artbook created to de-stress creatives with coloring and imaginative storytelling. Available on Amazon.

Jamin Allen, graphic designer, gamer, is also a host on #Twitch as Volgraza and on #Twitter as @JaminAllen1

Kyrenie Firestorm
Kyrenie firestorm from the books by Kayelle Allen #SciFi #SciFiArt

Jamin created the Tarthian Tour Company logo

Jamin created the Kumwhatmay logo for the rock group in Kayelle Allen's books

Jamin created the Iron Soul logo for the rock group in Kayelle Allen's books

Tarth City and the Nizamrak Building - found in multiple books
The icons on the right (partly covering the Nizamrak Building) show all the series in which this building plays a part.

I named the Nizamrak Building after my friend and mentor, the late author Barbara Karmazin. Nizamrak is Karmazin backward. BK, as she was affectionately known, loved the idea of having a site named after her. When my son Jamin created a print of the building, she was delighted.

It was always in my mind that the letters in Nizamrak were an acrostic, but I didn't know what they represented. When I wrote A Stolen Heart, I learned the meaning. A group of toddlers in a day care had been killed in "friendly fire" and Luc ( or "Cyr" as he was known in that life) was responsible. He never got over finding their tiny bodies, nor did he forgive himself. How could such a thing happen? You'll have to read A Stolen Heart to find out, but this incident had far reaching consequences and changed the course of many lives. The children's names were Nazeeya, Ida, Zahir, Addison, Makenna, Rayner, Amris, and Keagan. This is not the only thing to bear some aspect of their names, and because their deaths occurred over twelve thousand years ago, there is no telling how many ways the names have been used. But no matter what Luc does to honor them, he cannot free himself of the guilt he feels.

Locations inside the Nizamrak

    • Parking, Transportation, Tube Train - Underground (fifteen floors)
    • Bank of Tarth - Suite 100 (ground) - 800
    • Non-Lucsondis-owned businesses, medical facilities, storage, employee housing, daycare, etc. - Suite 900-4000
    • For Women Only - Suite 4100 - 5000
    • Lucsondis Entertainment - Suite 5100 - 6000
    • idBot - Suite 6100 - 7000
    • CyberEgo - Suite 7100 - 8000
    • Lucsondis Enterprises - Suite 19100 - 19900
    • Unoccupied (on purpose) - Suite 20000
    • Penthouse "The Loft" - Suite 20100 - 20300

Tradestandard labor laws require employers to provide living quarters to employees near the place where they work. Exceptions are available (for example, in Her Crystal Clear Truth, Shohn Lexius lives elsewhere yet has her office in the Nizamrak Building. Luc Saint-Cyr's penthouse is the Building's top three floors.

The two-hundredth floor (Suite 20000) is vacant by design to provide privacy and security for the Loft. The Loft (Luc Saint-Cyr's penthouse) supports a full parking deck for his fleet of cars, and an entertainment facility. The penthouse occupies the top three floors. Private living and sleeping quarters take up most of the top floor, and provide space for the rooftop pool. The rooftop also has weather and privacy shielding.

Because of its design and height, the Nizamrak Building is equipped with anti-terrorism devices and the highest security idBot can provide. Repulsor technology prevents aircraft from approaching, eliminating the need for traditional blinking lights required on tall buildings. Failsafes turn on the lights in case of power failures or emergencies.

Discrete express elevators run to the penthouse, including one solely for vehicles and delivery. A separate, stacked elevator system transports passengers rapidly to various sections of the building. An industrial elevator system handles delivery. Private parking for those qualified is housed underground. The Tube (the Tarth City tube train) makes scheduled stops. The Nizamrak Building is one of the few tall buildings into which the tube is not permitted to run. All transportation (except Luc Saint-Cyr's private fleet) is underground. This gives the black-glass fronted building a sleek appearance. It is wider at the base than at the top.

More information is available in the Tarthian Empire Companion.

Image below courtesy of  Jamin Allen

Visiting Tarth?

Should you visit the Tarthian Empire be sure to stop in and say hello to the employees at Lucsondis Enterprises. I'm sure they'd be glad to see you. Here's the full address.

Lucsondis Enterprises Corporate Headquarters
Nizamrak Building, Suite 19800
100225 Destine Pietan Plaza
Tarth City, Di Lusso DistrictTarth, Tarthian Empire

As you can see, I am highly detailed when it comes to worldbuilding. It's one of my favorite things to do.

Fun worldbuilding - Tour the Nizamrak Building

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Book Hooks is a weekly cooperative blog hop hosted by Marketing for Romance Writers as part of the MFRW Authors Blog.
It's a chance each week for you to discover current works in progress or previously published books by possibly new-to-you authors.
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Characters mentioned on this page might be found in multiple books in my story universe. Download a printable book list and check them off as you read.


~ Copyright ©2024 Kayelle Allen. All rights reserved ~ Kayelle Allen participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates program, an affiliate advertising program which provides the means for sites to earn fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com. If you purchase an item listed on the site from Amazon.com, Kayelle will earn a small commission. Other sites might be affiliate links as well. These will not result in higher prices for you. Thank you for your support!


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