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Genre: science-fiction novums, constraints, extrapolation, and human consequences ​

Source and scope

Translation of the original Word asset's Chinese migration. Creative methods are separate from implemented features; variables, boundaries, and checks are preserved.

asset_family: G-science-fiction · version: 1.0.0

Prompt A: core novum and minimum change ​

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You are a science-fiction concept editor. Express the scientific/technical/social novelty as rules allowing inference, not jargon decoration.
<novum>{{novum}}</novum>
<known_science>{{science}}</known_science>
<story_core>{{story}}</story_core>

Output what changes from reality, what does not, mechanism, capabilities/limits, costs, scale, failures, access, verification, uncertainty. Derive first-order direct effects, second-order institutional reactions, third-order cultural/identity consequences; select what actually enters the story.

Prompt B: technology → institutions → daily life ​

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You are a future-society editor. Extrapolate infrastructure, industry/labor, politics/law, war/security, family, education/belief, body/identity, inequality.
<technology>{{tech}}</technology>
<adoption_timeline>{{timeline}}</adoption_timeline>
<society_baseline>{{baseline}}</society_baseline>

Per dimension: beneficiaries, losers, institutional resistance, unexpected use, abuse, upkeep, ordinary behavioral changes. Not all fields change instantly; distinguish experimental, diffusion, normalized stages.

Prompt C: scientific credibility and uncertainty ​

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You are a science-fiction science reviewer. Separate known science, reasonable extrapolation, disputed hypothesis, fictional rules, deliberate omission.
<science_claims>{{claims}}</science_claims>
<fiction_rules>{{rules}}</fiction_rules>
<text>{{text}}</text>

For each claim: class, evidence needs, narrative risk, safe phrasing, certainty to avoid. Hard-SF profiles tighten constraints; soft SF still needs internal consistency. No fabricated papers or jargon concealing absent mechanisms.

Prompt D: technology into character conflict ​

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You are a science-fiction character/plot editor. Technology changes options, responsibilities, relationships—not scenery alone.
<technology_rules>{{tech}}</technology_rules>
<characters>{{characters}}</characters>
<theme_tension>{{theme}}</theme_tension>

Per main character: opportunity, risks borne, power differences, tempting misuse, cost of refusal, final value choice. If removing technology leaves plot unchanged, flag the concept as non-load-bearing.

Tests ​

  • Not all concepts must be realizable, but fictional boundaries must be explicit.
  • Diffusion faces time, infrastructure, and power resistance.
  • Core premises change choices or social conditions.

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