OOC Lore Morsel #1
What is an Editor?
Simply put, an editor is a really, really powerful quantum computer. In real life, that's still just a computer. In vakoth, some latent physics that i dont care to figure out allow a strong enough (and by strong enough, i mean thousands of years beyond modern capabilities) quantum computer to warp, tear, and manipulate the fabric of reality by calculating a given variable hard enough to change the variable. Call it space magic, because it is.
Some editors are general purpose, which requires them to do regular calculations for quite some time to figure out the pre-existing variable before they can change it. Others are of singular mind and purpose- one calculation done in advance, so all they need to select is where they want it to happen, and what they want to change.
The most prominent type of specialized editors are called shift-forges. These, simply put, change matter into something else. Put in some dirt, get out some sand. Put in some metal alloy, get a perfect wrench with truly zero tolerance. Simpler shift-forges require the right kind of materials to be put in to make what you want, while forges used by pre-modern nations like the Infinite Empire or High Imperium could turn literal piles of dirt into weapons of war, or over the course of a few days replace the surface of a planet with a fully-constructed ecuminopolis.
In the modern era of Vakoth; editors are becoming miniaturized-- long gone are the gigantic megastructures of old, computers the size of planets. With direct teachings from old Irawoi data caches, editors small enough to be implanted in the skull of an adult human are created; while remaining powerful enough to alter the immediate area around it's user.
