White Dwarf story
In the year 3040, New York medical student Driscoll Rampart is completing his internship on Rusta, a rural planet which due to it being tidally locked to its primary, is divided into contrasting halves of day and night with the halves separated by a wall. The two sides are involved in a civil war: The day side containing a Victorian-styled colony is at odds with the night containing a medieval kingdom. The differences between the two cultures leaves Rampart in a state of wonder. Rampart arrives from Earth for a six-month stint at the Light Side clinic run by Dr. Akada. Rampart's ambition is to eventually set up a private practice in Manhattan on Park Avenue.
23 total · 2 major · 21 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| medical occupation | major | One storyline follows the medical student Dr. Rampart as he undertakes a six-month internship at a medical clinic on a far-flung, rural planet. |
| tidally locked planet | major | The story is set on a tidally locked planet, named Rusta, in orbit about a white dwarf star. |
| canine-like being | minor | Osh's trusted companion Morgus was a 99 different language speaking humanoid being with dog-like characteristics. |
| capital punishment | minor | A woman was executed in the Keep. |
| civil war | minor | It was explained that the people on the day side of a tidally locked planet were mired in a civil war with the people on its dark side. |
| coping with a bad hangover | minor | A badly hungover Dr. Rampart called on his stagecoach driver to pull over so that he could puke on the side of the road. |
| coping with the death of a parent | minor | The two young twin girls XuXu and XaXa were consoled in the wake of their parents having gotten slaughtered by raiders. |
| devolution | minor | It was revealed that the canine humanoid Morgus was in the process of devolving into a grotesque creature. |
| diplomacy | minor | After a minor diplomatic effort, a peace treaty signed between two warring factions on a tidally locked planet. |
| extraterrestrial being | minor | A space alien, named Osh, lived among the human |