The Red Science

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The Eldest Daughter struggles with some of the mathematics. [...] The intent of the work deeply appeals to her, though. "It is the Science of Escape," she tells you.[1]

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

For some, the Red Science is the investigation the metaphysical order of the universe and how to manipulate it.[2] For others, the term should be reserved only to the gross and foolish ways those rules can be exploited for treacherous purposes. In either case, the Red Science involve the application of the principles of the Correspondence to reality.[3]

The Science of Escape

The principal application of the Red Science is in warping reality, in some way - though any responsible Crimson Engineer would use this to undo anomalies, rather than create them. It is capable of manipulating spacetime,[4][5][6] rewriting the rules of mathematics,[7] and defying gravity on a local scale.[8] In its more benign uses, it also concerns the study of the rules of the universe,[9][10] for instance the relation between light and law.[11]

The Red Science can also be used to modify flesh and break the rules of the Great Chain of Being. However, such breaks in the natural order always leave a scar,[12] and, like all transgressions of their laws, the Judgements see this as a crime.[13]

References

  1. ↑ The Eldest Daughter, Fallen London
  2. ↑ Finish your Paradoxical Inversion of Inside and Out, Fallen London
  3. ↑ The Theory and Application of the Supernal Arts, Fallen London "Some call this applied art 'Red Science', though others insist that term should be reserved for those advanced forms of hubris and treachery that its more extreme adherents employ."
  4. ↑ Conclude your study of the mysterious brickwork, Fallen London
  5. ↑ Bend space to your will, Fallen London
  6. ↑ Ask her to teach you what she knows about the Red Science, Fallen London
  7. ↑ Use what you know of the Red Science, Fallen London
  8. ↑ Engineer a flying contraption, Fallen London
  9. ↑ Pursue truths through the Red Science, Fallen London
  10. ↑ Formulate a theory, Fallen London
  11. ↑ Finish your Inquiry into the Filtration of Light, Fallen London
  12. ↑ Surrender to the traces of horror , Sunless Sea
  13. ↑ An empty casket, Fallen London
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