Holowood
| Holowood | |
|---|---|
| Type | Personal item |
| Tech Level | TL–0 |
| Cost | |
| Size | 1 liter |
| Weight | 1.2 kg |
Holowood is a seaweed native to Gateway (Dagudashaag 1331) which has been fossilized into an amber state deep within the dark ocean depths of that world.
The Holowood crystals are extremely light receptive. Exposure to light under the correct circumstances allows the crystals to act as a natural holocrystal, retaining and projecting a holographic image. Holowood is mined and, occasionally, carved in total darkness then exposed to an image or scene. If the crystallized fragment is exposed correctly its possible for a holomovie of up to 5 seconds can be made.
Unexposed Holowood are exported throughout the Imperium but the purest exposures are made only on Gateway. Possibly the most famous Holowood carving is the "Teardrop" by Simeon Gradruula which shows the Princess Ciencia Iphegenia and Lady Isis, daughter of Archduke Dulinor smiling and giggling together at their seventeenth birthday celebration. The Holowood was carved into a gigantic teardrop in total darkness and took 3 months. The teardrop is on display at the Ducal palace museum on Medurma.
- Jae Campbell, Leighton Piper. "Port of Call: Gateway." Signal-GK 01 (1989): 30. via. HIWG
- Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 151.