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Lore
These pages are fiction lore for the hard SF series Star Map Draftsman by Mango Taoist — not science encyclopedias. Use them to orient before or between chapters. Both books are free and complete on this site.
Lore pages
- Dark matter vanishing — Book II premise: the dark matter that gathers around a Draftsman begins to disappear (fiction, not a physics wiki)
- Kuiper Belt · 2059 — Book I door: the ‘meteorite’ that is an alien ship
- Star Map Draftsman — the role the Datheon assign via the Star Source
- White Crystal — immortality sold and controlled as governance
- Three federations — Moreth, Ashton, and Strath contest the Orion Arm
- Dawn Lucius — Earth engineer marked as a Star Map Draftsman; father to Stacean
Books & map
- Books — author shelves
- Book I · Federation War (25 chapters, free)
- Book II · Fate of the Galaxy (22 chapters, free)
- Interactive Star Atlas — Orion Spur explore map (full spoilers)
- Places — static dossiers for Atlas locations
- How to read · FAQ
- Author notes — short reading / Atlas guides
Start reading
New here? Open From Earth. Finished Book I? Continue at Dark Matter Is Vanishing.