# Ultimate Science Fiction Oracle

## What This Is

The Ultimate Science Fiction Oracle is a symbolic atlas of futures, hidden worlds, cosmic myths, technologies, conspiracies, spiritual cosmologies, and imagined realities. It is designed for reference, reflective divination, story construction, and structured games. It does not ask users to choose between flat disbelief and total certainty. Its working posture is: **Maybe. Let’s see where this connects.**

The release contains **480 complete core Tiles** selected from **1,500 evaluated candidates**, connected by **2,226 typed relationships**, **14 lineages**, **12 spreads**, and **12 game systems**. Deterministic seeds make draws and generators reproducible. Source IDs, edge rationales, safety flags, and evidence states remain visible in both human-readable and machine-readable forms.

## The Four Axes

- A **Primary Class** answers what kind of thing a Tile is: Force, Cosmology, Being, World, Technology, Artifact, Faction, Program, System, Event, State, Myth, or Hypothesis.
- An **Inquiry Domain** answers which human question the Tile illuminates. Domains overlap; Classes do not.
- A **Material Mode** names the context carrying the idea, such as established science, science fiction, mythology, experiential report, or original synthesis. Mode is not a truth score.
- An **Evidence State** belongs to a bounded claim. A single Tile may contain documented history, unverified extraordinary claims, and valid symbolic use at the same time.

## Chaos and Meaning

The central polarity is **Chaos ↔ Meaning**. Chaos preserves possibility before a structure is selected; Meaning allows experience to become interpretable and shareable. Either pole can become a shadow: chaos can defeat orientation, while meaning can harden into a self-sealing explanation. The Oracle makes the tension playable by requiring sources, alternatives, typed relationships, and a grounded integration step.

## What It Is Not

The Oracle is not a diagnostic instrument, prophecy service, intelligence assessment, substitute for qualified care, or proof of extraordinary claims. Cultural importance does not establish literal truth. A vivid coincidence is not automatically a causal link. No reading should direct harassment, collective blame, treatment changes, dangerous action, or certainty about hidden actors.

## Start Here

1. Read [How to Use](HOW-TO-USE.md).
2. Learn the axes in [Glossary](GLOSSARY.md).
3. Inspect one card’s evidence layers and source IDs.
4. Follow one relationship in [Graph](GRAPH.md) and read its exact verb and rationale.
5. Try a one-card reading in [Divination](DIVINATION.md), ending with one grounded action.
6. For fiction or play, use [Story Generation](STORY-GENERATION.md), [Spreads](SPREADS.md), or [Game Systems](GAME-SYSTEMS.md).
