Quique) Landsraad Information Office Standard History of the Great Houses tr Dniga Trap (Saiusa Secimdus Morgan and Sharak) annual Almanakh de Galachas CLOWGLOBE. An organically phosphores cent light source buoyed by a suspensor field Invented in 4266 by F M Aubec one of the earliest explorers of Ecaz Glowglobes though of many different types follow a fairly standard design They are generally spherical in shape and their casing is normally made of molecule plastic treated to almost complete transparency though this adaptation sacrifices a great deal of the molecule plastic s resilience and makes it 268 GOM JABBAR particularly vulnerable to sharp blows A miniaturized Holtzman Generator is installed within the globe, the generator is extremely low-powered, but the repulsor field generated need only support the weight of the globe The most important components of a glowglobe are the living parts Three different types of anaerobic bacteria are used Veillonelia methanomonas ecazi is the base, providing the methane which feeds die other two bacteria and scavenging the bacteria's waste products, Actinemyces lucifer ecazi, the phosphorescent bactena, aad Serpens electn ecazi, which provides the power for the Generator A luctfer is also, by happy accident, a very sensitive thermotfQp This property causes the glowglobe to glow brighter on the side nearer to any heat source emitting less infrared than a threshold level at which sporulation is triggered Thus the globe will usually "respond" to the presence of a person who remains within two meters ot the globe for several minutes In some glowglobes, usually seen only in the private quarters of Great Houses, Sphero porus electn ecazi (actually two very closely related organisms, subspecified as "a" aad "b"), an electricity-producing bactena similar to Serpens electn though far mote difficult to transport, is used to power the Holtzman Generator This substitution is valued by those who can afford it, though, because Spheroporus etectri is, like A lucifer, heat-sensitive, bat Spheroporus is a very motile bacterium, which rapidly moves towards the location with a temperature closest to the bacterium's optimum When electrically responsive microswitches are distributed to line the interior of the glowglobe, the thermore sponsive bactena will cause the repulsor field to shift as they seek the optimum tempera ture gradient, thus moving die glowglobe to maintain the desired distance (as determined by the mix used of the two closely related organisms) from the nearest heat source The most well-known manufacturer of glowglobes is House Lucifera, of Golhmar The House produced some thirty-eight bil lion glowglobes in the standard year prior to the writing of this essay, and the House enjoys a substantial advantage over its competitors in that it is die only House that has been able to coax the various bactena to grow in culture in commercial quantities WDI Further reference ECAZ COM JABBAR, or "High-Handed Enemy.