Grand Moff Tarkin Not Such a Bad Guy After All - Mother Jones
, who uses the recorded death screams of a slaughtered species to inflict psychological trauma on prisoners. The Yuuzhan Vong:
The Torture Galaxy holds significant importance for our understanding of: torture galaxy
The "galaxy" of modern torture is defined by its global reach. Investigations like the CIA Torture Unredacted
If there is a central hub for cosmic torture, it is the center of most galaxies, where a Supermassive Black Hole (SMBH) resides. These behemoths are millions or billions of times more massive than the Sun. Tidal Disruption Events (TDEs) Grand Moff Tarkin Not Such a Bad Guy
The galaxy's twisted shape is a result of these violent mergers, which have caused its stars, gas, and dust to become distorted and stretched. The Torture Galaxy's morphology is characterized by a massive central bulge, surrounded by a vast halo of stars, gas, and dark matter. This bulge is thought to have formed from the merger of multiple smaller galaxies, each with its own central supermassive black hole.
Lovecraftian entities that view mortal civilizations the way humans view bacteria. These behemoths are millions or billions of times
[Existential Dread] ---> [Loss of Autonomy] ---> [The Absurdity of Hope] The Problem of Evil on a Cosmic Scale
What if the faster-than-light drive of your setting is powered by the collective despair of a colony planet?