Utovogh

Description

The Utovogh is a Vargr electronic entertainment device manufactured by a company named Knouksarrgh Ong from 1090.

By the 1110s it had become the in-ship entertainment system for Vargr along much of the Imperial Border from Tuglikki Sector and further to Trailing.

History & Background

In 1090, Knouksarrgh Ong produced the Utovogh, a fancy, programmable holo-projector/viewer. The device, via a quick on-screen survey and user activity determines an array of personality factors about the viewer and tailors presentations to optimally meet the user. Combined with earlier work to attune the device to Vargr ears (changing the frequency output relative to the Imperial equivalents), and eyes (modifying the colour palette) - and making simulations that mimicked Vargr body-language - the device became a mass-media phenomena.

Programming was initially divided between entertainment and education with a high-degree of interaction and differing outcomes depending on the user's preferences.

This device became the platform for the Utovogh Tirades (from 1102) and, specifically, the Oekhsos Tirades after 1110.

References and Contributors

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• Marc Miller. Rebellion Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1988), 62.