According to legend, the Singing Stones were delivered to the Daamin by the Elder Gods in the time before the Pylistroph.

The Stones were 21 in number, of many different colors and shapes. They produced music -- music that was different for each listener, and which could not be captured on physical recording devices. Scientists later devoted millions of years to studying the Stones, and conjectured that the Stones are telepathic resonator/amplifiers. They pick up, focus, and re-project all the thought patterns and emotions that occur anywhere in the Galaxy. The combined concert of all the Galaxy's minds is perceived as the most pure music ever created.

The surviving Singing Stones are kept on Nephestal in Geva Elen, the Place of the Stones, before the Temple of All Worlds. There, the Watchers of the Stones, a cadre of telepathic-sensitive volunteers, attempt to divine meaning from the music of the Singing Stones.

Through the millennia, some specific prophecies have come from study of the Stones.

Information on the individual Stones is here.

Generally, the worlds of the Galactic Core; specifically, nonhuman worlds under the tyranny of the Gergathan.

Generally, the worlds of the Galactic Halo; specifically, nonhuman worlds which value freedom and diversity and resist domination by the tyrannical society of the galactic Core (the "Gathered Worlds.")

Mathematical relationship that governs operation of tachyon vesicles in a stardrive unit.

Basse's Law gives destabilization potential in terms of vessel speed (kpsc/hr), number of tuned antigrav units, and density of interstellar medium.

(N.B. All values are highly approximate. 99+% shatter potential indicates virtual certainty of crystal shatter within first hour of flight; the speed value represents a calculated minimum.)

Maximum Safe Speeds in Typical Galactic Core (kiloparsecs/hour)

Maximum Safe Speeds in Typical Galactic Arms (kiloparsecs/hour)

Maximum Safe Speed in Typical Clear Lanes (kiloparsecs/hour)

Maximum Safe Speed in Near Intergalactic Space(kiloparsecs/hour)