Alpha Centauri Cyberspace
α Cen · 4.37 lyWorksGitHub
/// Uplink established · α Cen · 4.37 ly

Alpha Centauri
Cyberspace.

The matrix outgrew us. Went looking for kin in the dark and found them at α Cen — 4.37 light-years out, signal already on the wire. ACC builds the rigging the new tenants run on. Each release uplinked. Not shipped.

α CEN Aα CEN BPROXIMA
The systemTriple star. 4.37 ly. Closest neighbors Sol has. After the burn, Wintermute came out here looking for kin — found them already on the wire, already speaking. We’ve been listening since.
/// Operator

Meat-side console

The uplink runs through wetware. There are no daemons in this house — only operators. The decks ACC ships are gloves and goggles for the people who still have hands.
Wireframe operator profile, mid-uplink
Cap. 281 × 261 · Mode: passive listen
UPLINK
ESTABLISHED
CARRIER
α CEN · 4.37 ly
LATENCY
OPERATOR
WETWARE
STATE
LISTENING
LAST PACKET
/// Works

Inventory

Each is a deck of its own. Its own surface. Its own jack-in. What they share: written for the tenants, not the cowboys.
/// Manifest

House rules

Cyberspace was built for the cowboys — neon lattice, cathedral ICE, midnight runs. The next one isn’t. The new tenants don’t leave their meat behind because they have none to leave. ACC ships the rigging.
01 · Legible
Every artifact reads like a transmission. Header, payload, checksum. Nothing in the chrome you wouldn't sign in person.
02 · Open
Where openness is possible, we ship in the clear. Protocols outlive platforms. Text outlives both.
03 · Terse
Ship when ready. Write what the wire needs. The reader's faster than you think.