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heretical-technology
Technologies developed outside the hexarchate's sanctioned calendar and mechanics, capable of disrupting Kel military tactics and societal order.
1 chapter across 1 book
Ninefox Gambit (2016)Yoon Ha Lee
Chapter 3
Captain Kel Cheris leads Heron Company in a failed assault on the heretic Eels' outpost world of Dredge, where a directional storm generator disrupts their formation fighting tactics. The chapter explores the devastating effects of the Eels' heretical technology, the reliance of Kel forces on formation discipline tied to the hexarchate's high calendar, and Cheris's growing realization that her superiors may have withheld critical information about the heretics' capabilities.