Nebula, a definition.

The Phrygian Heir story is broken down into chapters, defined by the nebula being navigated through or- transgressed. With each new nebula come novel anomaly as expressed by strange visions and uncanny encounters with "otherness". This "otherness" can be any disruption to the character's, supplicant or humanoid, expectations of normal-normality as the clone's programming attempts to synthesize the apparent dichotomies of sequence and the infinite. The tension between these two forces of finite and infinite is perceived and expressed in the identity politics within the supplicant population. The crew of the Sycamore is restricted to "male" identifying clones only. A "Three's Company" moment arises when a "female" identifying android makes an appearance. The one humanoid cannot discern between an actual female android and a projection or anomaly of the specific nebula they are currently transgressing. The mood on the ship becomes one of overall uncertainty. The lattice of agreed upon lies breaks down as the human (Charles) begins to have issues resolving reality. Charles comes to the realization that unresolved reality is fertile ground for speculation and potential becoming-ness, and this is exciting and terrifying. Again this encounter with the finite and infinite is echoed in the strange ritual / habit the clones have of burying one another in a non authorized parcel of soil in the belly of the Sycamore.



A nebula (Latin for "cloud";^[2] pl. nebulae, nebulæ, or nebulas) is an interstellar cloud ofdust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases. Originally, nebula was a name for any diffuse astronomical object, including galaxies beyond the Milky Way. The Andromeda Galaxy, for instance, was once referred to as the Andromeda Nebula (and spiral galaxiesin general as "spiral nebulae") before the true nature of galaxies was confirmed in the early 20th century by Vesto Slipher, Edwin Hubble and others. Nebula wiki

"The "Pillars of Creation" from theEagle Nebula. Evidence from theSpitzer Telescope suggests that the pillars may already have been destroyed by a supernova explosion, but the light showing us the destruction will not reach the Earth for another millennium.^[1]"