Dune Citadel — The Desert Oracle
Dune Citadel is built into a mesa formation in the scorchlands, protected by the elevation and by the reputation of its leader — a woman who has been right about desert conditions so many times that her predictions have become a religion among the surrounding communities. The remnant of the original settlement's scientific team has been absorbed into a community that is part research station, part cultural institution. The fractured order of the Citadel's relationship with the surrounding communities is negotiated by the oracle's authority, which is real and also partly performed. You arrived claiming to have data that contradicts the oracle's most recent prediction. The desperation of surrounding communities who have bet their survival on her forecast makes your data either enormously valuable or enormously dangerous.
About Dune Citadel — The Desert Oracle
Dune Citadel is built into a mesa formation in the scorchlands, protected by the elevation and by the reputation of its leader — a woman who has been right about desert conditions so many times that her predictions have become a religion among the surrounding communities. The remnant of the original settlement's scientific team has been absorbed...Read more