Antarcts

The Antarcts are a provisional, human-given name for one of four groups inferred among the Geometers, the off‑world visitors now in orbit around Arbre. The nickname derives from a planet emblem seen on the visitors’ vessel and on labeled vials recovered from a landed probe; the icon shows a world with a large ice continent at the image’s lower pole.

Context and Usage

• The term “Antarcts” entered circulation during Convox discussions when new laboratory tests reported that the four recovered fluid samples (assumed to be blood) are each made of nuclei incompatible with Arbre’s matter and also mutually incompatible. Speakers began informally grouping the visitors by the planet icons paired with those samples; the working set of nicknames is “Antarcts,” “Pangees,” “Diasps,” and “Quators.”
• The label reflects observer usage only. No self‑designation from the visitors has been established, and the internal structure of the visitors—whether these names denote species, cultures, or other distinctions—remains unknown.
• A circulating claim now identifies the deceased occupant of the Orithena probe with the “Antarct” matter type based on the labeled vials; projectiles embedded in the body are said to match the Pangee cosmos. Those citing this present it as evidence of factional conflict among the visitors; formal confirmation is not presented in these accounts.

Characteristics (as currently understood)

• Matter type: Associated with one of four distinct kinds of nuclei different from Arbre‑native matter. This is presented as laboratory finding and not attributed to engineered newmatter.
• Iconography: The group’s name is tied to a planet depiction featuring a prominent polar ice cap or continent.
• Interpretation: Some theors frame the four matter types as evidence that the visitors originate from different worldtracks or cosmi; this remains a model used to make sense of test results rather than a confirmed fact.

Perceived alignments and proposals

• In private lucubs, some avout have discussed “going over” to the Antarcts, treating them as potential allies in opposition to the Pangees. Proposed communication would use observatory guidestar lasers to send narrow‑beam signals directly toward the visitors’ vessel; reports say some Ita are technically supportive. These discussions remain informal and are not recorded as official positions.
• Others warn that such moves would conflict with the post‑Reconstitution settlement between the mathic world and the Sæcular Power. No direct acknowledgement from the visitors to such overtures has been reported.

Status

• No direct contact or self‑identification from this group has been recorded. The term serves as a convenient handle in ongoing dialogs about the visitors and their materials.

Related nicknames for the other three inferred groups (unconfirmed as proper names): Pangees, Diasps, Quators.