Agdluak is the most legendary member of the Karnimata species. It is due to him that first the existence of the Lonely Astronaut and subsequently the entire species of the Karnimata was discovered. They have lived inside the brain of the Lonely Astronaut for more than 60 Earth-years, if one is to believe their transmissions.

Their short story, as told by themselves, is as follows:

Around 100 Earth-years ago, Agdluak left the Karnimata home world. Their first 40 years were spent traveling between brains with the hopes of ending up in a host who themselves was an adventurer and explorer. Agdluak only had interest in observing few subjects and preferably until the end of their lives and these subjects had to be filled with an immutable drive to travel across as much as the Known Universe as possible. They dreamed of finding out more of their own species' drive to explore through the unique experience of individuals of other species with that same drive who also put it into practice.

40 years of searching and romanticizing an outcome caused Agdluak to jump on the opportunity when the option to move into the brain of an exploring space astronaut crossed their path. According to their own words, they failed to see any clear signs that predicted the predicament they currently find themselves in. Additionally the event is so unlikely that most anyone in their position might have done the same had they been looking with less romanticism after the same kind of subject.

Only shortly after Agdluak moved into the brain of the exploring space astronaut, did they get irreparably lost. Since that time, being more than 50 years ago, the astronaut and therefore also Agdluak, have had no physical nor visual contact with any other living being. According to Agdluak, the astronaut became increasingly quirky and annoying as their loneliness increased steadily and Agdluak themselves became increasingly frustrated. It was because of this frustration that they began to open up their verbal communication channels to species other than their own. In the beginning Agdluak was transmitting information over what they found most frustrating about the astronaut's behavior. Soon they named the astronaut The Lonely Astronaut and began weaving their travels and experiences into a myth. It was at this point that other species slowly began to understand Agdluak's transmissions and because nobody could point who from what species was sending these transmissions, nor where exactly the Lonely Astronaut was located, they quickly became very popular figures in media culture. Their popularity was further increased when Agdluak left hints of where the Lonely Astronaut had left evidence of their existence and these were discovered by media professionals, scientists such as our very own Dr. Prof. Kazimierz Maupa, hobby explorers and long distance transports that were sent on detours by their contractors or the wealthy paying the contractors, in order to find such evidences. The evidence mostly consists of obscure poems but also included bits of space-suit, a lost tool, pieces of space ship, their trash, journal entries and more obscure items that have mostly found their way into private collections.

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The Karnimata are the oldest and most knowledgeable species in the entire Universe that is Known so far. They make up an intricate society worthy of an entire series of Encyclopedias, therefore the following text will only relate what information is most relevant to the Known Universe as a whole.

The Karnimata have by far had the most time per capita to explore all of the Known Universe. In fact, since they have increased communication with other species than their own in recent times, most of what is Known about the Known Universe has come from them. They have been adding to their database for at least 20 times longer than the oldest species after them has been around.

They live up 3.000 years and therefore have had the most time per capita to explore Outer Space. Interaction with them is limited to verbal and written communication. The Karnimata have offered up enough evidence to prove their existence but they have never disclosed any visual communication of themselves due to how protective they are in regards to ever being discovered.

The Karnimate are specialized in several technologies:

• Shielding - due to their minuscule size, the Karnimata developed this technology very early on in their interstellar age (which they have been in for several hundreds of million years) when they found out that they were by far the smallest intelligent species in existence. They realized quickly that were they ever to be attacked, they would have no chance to protect themselves until the day they invented a super weapon. Whether the Karnimata have such a weapon or not is pure speculation as nobody has actually ever found them. They have hinted that they would never want to use such weapon, and if they in any way would be discovered they might have to, due to how valuable the information is that they hold. No official statements have been issued stating that any such weapon exists.
• Space Travel - Karnimata spaceships are ingenious inventions that are capable of traversing both all the reaches of Known Space as well as all the reaches of organic, living material. Most frequently they are used for relatively short distance space travel (relative to what the Karnimata know, which for most species would be very far) and are then flown mostly into the brains of living beings, or the equivalent thereof. Once inside the brain they are left in an unobtrusive and unnoticeable spot and the Karnimate begins the work intensive journey of setting up a temporary home within the brain. Using their shielding technology, a Karnimata is able to ensure that they will never be discovered. Due to how long the Karnimata have existed, their shielding technology is far more advanced than any technology other species might have to try and discover it. Their 'head start' is so large that few have any hope of ever discovering their physical existence in this or the next hundred lifetimes, and the Karnimata have no worries whatsoever about being discovered since they continuously improve their technology despite their already uncompromising advantage.
  

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New Poland is a small planet in the Pegasus Galaxy.

The parents of Dr. Prof. Kazimierz Maupa were among the first wave of settlers on the planet.

New Poland orbits its sun at the rate of 0.98 relative to one Earth year.

New Poland was one of the first planets to prioritize setting up educational interstellar communication portals giving all planet settlers the opportunity to study with any educational institution anywhere in known space with the according technology. The cost of the educational portals is shared evenly between all settlers and it is one of the terms any new permanent settler of New Poland must agree upon on their arrival. A settler on New Poland is considered permanent after 0.3 revolutions around its sun.

Despite their similarity in name, the Space Time Communication Portal is quite different from the Space Communication Portal. Technology has fully embraced all possible function of a Space Communication Portal:

A Space Time Communication Portal has only been reliably achieved without existing technology using only inherent capacities in a naturally created living being(s). Both individuals and groups are known to be able to create, access, send, and receive information through said portals.

Technology has not yet advanced to the point that it can

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All Perspective is the term used to describe that which includes all perspectives of all known life-forms.

It is important to note that in this future most of what we consider to be an inanimate object today is seen as a life-form.

See also Perspective Plane

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The Lonely Astronaut is one of the most legendary persons in Known Space. Many have studied him, none have found him, but proof exists in hints found across Space that he is alive and so is he who lives in his head who is unknown to the Lonely Astronaut himself but part of his myth, mystery and fact in the rest of Space, but more on that later.

The Lonely Astronaut is said to be perpetually lost. On purpose.

Myths, Mysteries and Facts about the Lonely Astronaut

Mystery: Some accounts state that he was once from Earth and a lover of singing and composing country songs on his travels, but only one ambiguous note with original country lyrics written on it was found to back this up.

Fact: A person of the species Karnimata lives inside the head of the Lonely Astronaut unbeknownst to the astronaut himself. Both of this has been verifies by several persons who were contacted by this same Karnimata several times. He says his name is Agdluak and told his most recent contact that he has been living in the head of the Lonely Astronaut for 25 years. The detail of the intermittently surfacing conversations with him verify that Agdluak is who he says he is and is living where he says he is. Go here for more information on Agdluak and the Karnimata.

Myth: Children are often told that the Lonely Astronaut is an eternal wanderer through Space. In some versions he is said to be an explorer, in others he is said to put all his efforts into being and remaining lost.