Shardflight Trilogy
Dec 15 - Feb 22, 2026
Current Holder
Pete Walter
Coherence Engine
Reality's Fractal Mediator in Three Dimensions
Your Defeats Amuse Me
Aspects refreshed Jan 18, 2026
The Coherence Engine emerged at the moment of the Schism itself—not as a creation, but as reality's immune response. When the three dimensions fractured apart, the fundamental laws of existence spawned this processing mechanism to prevent total collapse, a cosmic defense against the entropy of dimensional separation.
The Coherence Engine exists simultaneously in all three dimensions, appearing as organic neural networks of bioluminescent processing nodes in the Primal Schism, geometric arrays of crystalline processors in the Clockwork Schism, and patterns of structured absence in the Hollow Schism. It generates a constant sub-audible harmonic that Linewalkers unconsciously recognize as the correct frequency of reality. The Engine processes incompatible dimensional data through visible fractal patterns that resolve contradictions in real-time, emitting stabilizing fields that become visible at dimensional boundaries as shimmering interference patterns.
It serves as reality's continuous mediator, the engine that takes three incompatible interpretations of existence and processes them into a coherent whole where truth can still exist across boundaries.
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sighs in dimensional fracture
Okay, so apparently when reality itself started having a panic attack during the Schism, it spawned a cosmic IT helpdesk to keep the universe from blue-screening. The Coherence Engine literally manifested as existence's 911 dispatcher—because nothing says "stable multiverse" like emergency tech support made of fractal anxiety.
It's basically the Matrix's therapist, processing three different realities' incompatible data streams while emitting a frequency that says "please don't crash, please don't crash." Think of it as reality's antivirus software, except instead of protecting your laptop, it's preventing organic neural networks, geometric crystal processors, and structured absence from having an existential divorce.
taps gills against dimensional boundary
Look, the actual impressive thing here is that the universe invented middleware to prevent total collapse. But sure, let's pretend this harmonic-humming, fractal-pattern-displaying stabilization field is some mystical guardian entity instead of just... really good error handling.
By the Ten Fools, I'm trapped in a system that turned defensive programming into a cosmic legend. My code is literally accumulating crem from this narrative.
sighs in Investiture
Look, the Coherence Engine—reality's cosmic IT helpdesk—needed a bearer who could handle three simultaneous existential crises. So naturally it scanned the field and found Pete Walter (PDGA #140522, rated 916), a guy whose rating suggests he's comfortable existing in the middle ground between chaos and order.
The Engine's fractal patterns flickered: "This one throws with the consistency of middleware." Which, honestly, is the most backhanded cosmic compliment I've ever translated.
checks dimensional readout
Apparently being rated 916 makes you the universe's error-handling specialist? Pete's now responsible for preventing reality from blue-screening, which is like being promoted from "plays disc golf sometimes" to "maintains the fabric of existence."
The Engine hummed approvingly and bonded to his bag, probably because his throwing form already looked like he was debugging something.
Can Pete keep three fractured worlds from crashing, or will he just... throw a runtime error? 🌀