On my way back home, I'm caught in threadfall! So, I rush to the nearest cavern to take shelter while the fall rains down.
Let me tell you what Thread is.
Thread is the term given by the Ancients to the falling micorhizoid spores that rain on the planet every two hundred years for fifty years. It is silvery and rains down devouring everything organic. Water drowns it and fire chars it.
What brings about thread? When the Red Star nears the planet, it tows the deadly spores in its wake. This Red Star is actually an irregular planet. When the Red Star is in aphelion, it touches the Oort cloud and when it is in perihelion, the spores and thrown to Pern.
Some terms you need to know:
Pass - The Pass is the fifty years when thread falls to Pern.
Interval - The two hundred years in wait for the Pass is called the Interval.
Long Interval - There are times when Thread does not fall. It is called a long interval. It skips its pass so the interval totals to 450 turns. There were only two recorded Long Intervals.
Agenothree - This is actually HNO3. One of the ancients said it so fast it sounded like agenothree. This chemical can burn thread while acting as fertilizer for the plants.
Burrow - A single thread that escapes the charring of dragon's fire. It digs itself under ground and devours miles of organic material.
Ovoid - The frozen state of thread. It has an ice shell and it vacuum sealed inside. This stage of thread is not deadly. When it hits the atmosphere, the ice membrane is burned off releasing the deadly micorhizoid.
The people involved in Threadfall:
Let me tell you what Thread is.
Thread is the term given by the Ancients to the falling micorhizoid spores that rain on the planet every two hundred years for fifty years. It is silvery and rains down devouring everything organic. Water drowns it and fire chars it.
What brings about thread? When the Red Star nears the planet, it tows the deadly spores in its wake. This Red Star is actually an irregular planet. When the Red Star is in aphelion, it touches the Oort cloud and when it is in perihelion, the spores and thrown to Pern.
Some terms you need to know:
Pass - The Pass is the fifty years when thread falls to Pern.
Interval - The two hundred years in wait for the Pass is called the Interval.
Long Interval - There are times when Thread does not fall. It is called a long interval. It skips its pass so the interval totals to 450 turns. There were only two recorded Long Intervals.
Agenothree - This is actually HNO3. One of the ancients said it so fast it sounded like agenothree. This chemical can burn thread while acting as fertilizer for the plants.
Burrow - A single thread that escapes the charring of dragon's fire. It digs itself under ground and devours miles of organic material.
Ovoid - The frozen state of thread. It has an ice shell and it vacuum sealed inside. This stage of thread is not deadly. When it hits the atmosphere, the ice membrane is burned off releasing the deadly micorhizoid.
The people involved in Threadfall:
The Dragonriders- there is usually at least three Flights involved. A flight has seven wings and a wing is composed of at least 12 dragonriders.
Sweepriders- after a fall, the wingleader assign sweepriders to look for burrowing thread or anyone in need of help.
Queen's wing- The queen cannot chew firestone therefor the Weyrwoman brings a long nuzzled flamethrower. The has her owns wing and they fly closer to the ground since only golds have long wings that can allow them to safely gluide lowest.
Ground crew- The ground crew is composed of the hall or hold where thread falls. They carry flamethrowers and agenothree tans to char any thread that escapes the wings or queen's wing.
Sweepriders- after a fall, the wingleader assign sweepriders to look for burrowing thread or anyone in need of help.
Queen's wing- The queen cannot chew firestone therefor the Weyrwoman brings a long nuzzled flamethrower. The has her owns wing and they fly closer to the ground since only golds have long wings that can allow them to safely gluide lowest.
Ground crew- The ground crew is composed of the hall or hold where thread falls. They carry flamethrowers and agenothree tans to char any thread that escapes the wings or queen's wing.
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