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BEYOND HUMAN COMPREHENSION

The Universe and the Limits of the Human Point of View

There may be one mistake humanity has made more consistently than almost any other throughout history.

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Vermilion’s Shadow — Chapter Four
The Battlestar Vermilion continues to lead the Colonial fleet through the vastness of space, carrying millions of colonists toward the distant world that will one day become their new home.

The journey is long, and while the fleet presses forward, life aboard the ships continues. Training, duty, and preparation never stop—especially for those being shaped into the next generation of Colonial officers and pilots.

For Mattix Raydeon, that journey has become increasingly personal.

Mattix now enters his fifth year at the Academy, and the young cadet who once struggled simply to earn his place there is beginning to disappear. In his place is someone more confident, more capable, and far more aware of the abilities developing within him.

His friendships are stronger. His skills are sharper. And the people around him are beginning to recognize that Mattix may be capable of far more than anyone originally expected.

But the Academy is not finished testing him.

As his fifth year begins, the pressure increases, the expectations become higher, and Mattix is pushed closer to the man—and the officer—he may eventually become.

• Chapter 1 “The Fifth Petition” 🎙
• Chapter 2 “Shaping between the Stars” 🎙
• Chapter 3 “Distance Between Instinct and Command” 🎙
• Chapter 4 “Measure of What Remains” 🎙
• Pending: Chapter 5 “Beyond the Breaking Point”
• Pending: Chapter 6 " What Machines Remember"

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“Distance Between Instinct and Command” by JT Norton 2026

Vermilion’s Shadow: The Battlestar Vermilion leads the fleet through the vastness of space toward a new world—a potential home for the colonists under its protection.

Meanwhile, Mattix enters his third and fourth years at the Academy, where his young mind is beginning to discover just how much it is truly capable of.

• Active: Chapter 1 “The Fifth Petition” 🎙
• Active: Chapter 2 “Shaping between the Stars” 🎙
• Active: Chapter 3 “Distance Between Instinct and Command” 🎙
• Active: Chapter 4 “Measure of What Remains” 🎙
• Pending: Chapter 5 “Beyond the Breaking Point”
• Pending: Chapter 6 " What Machines Remember"

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Vermilion’s Shadow Introduction

Story by JT Norton

This story is set in what I refer to as the Battlestar Galactica universe, while expanding that universe in a few directions of my own. At the center of the story is Mattix Raydeon, a young man rising through the Colonial ranks as the fleet undertakes a massive colonization mission to a new world.

Mattix begins his journey with much more to learn than simply how to become an officer or a pilot. Through his experiences, we will see the Colonial world through his eyes—its people, its military, its history, and its civilization, which has continued to evolve over many generations.....

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Vermilion’s Shadow: The fleet moves on with the Battlestar Vermilion leading the way. This covers years one and two of Mattix's academy years, while the fleet continues its journey to the new world.

• Active: Chapter 1 “The Fifth Petition” 🎙
• Active: Chapter 2 “Shaping between the Stars” 🎙
• Active: Chapter 3 “Distance Between Instinct and Command” 🎙
• Active: Chapter 4 “Measure of What Remains” 🎙
• Pending: Chapter 5 “Beyond the Breaking Point”
• Pending: Chapter 6 " What Machines Remember"
• Story by JT Norton, 1994 to 2026
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* Audio updated for a draft update and uploaded on 8/9/26

Vermilion’s Shadow is set within the universe of the 1978 Battlestar Galactica film and television series. It is a standalone story that does not feature characters from the original series.

The Colonial fleet led by Rear Admiral 'William Adama' successfully discovered several new worlds during its journey, but none of them proved to be Earth. Hundreds of yahren have passed since those legendary adventures, and the events of the original series are now taught as history in Colonial classrooms.

This story follows Mattix Raydeon as he travels through a universe filled with long-buried secrets—truths that, once revealed, could shake the very foundations of humanity.

• Active: Chapter 1 “The Fifth Petition” 🎙
• Active: Chapter 2 “Shaping between the Stars” 🎙
• Active: Chapter 3 “Distance Between Instinct and Command” 🎙
• Active: Chapter 4 “Measure of What Remains” 🎙
• Pending: Chapter 5 “Beyond the Breaking Point”
• Pending: Chapter 6 " What Machines Remember"

story by JT Norton 

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Tournament update and some Rambling from JT

2026  Tournament = 7th place  MA3! complete 

Saturday, 4, 25, 26 at Golden Hills in Blacksburg, VA
C-tier · PDGA-singles

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Incident recap from 4/23/26 Disc Golf

Golden Hills in Blacksburg, Virginia, is playing Golden Bear 18 baskets in its first full game since breaking my leg.

pending April 25, 2026

Saturday, April 25, 2026 at Golden Hills in Blacksburg, Virginia
C-tier · PDGA-sanctioned singles tournament

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Back Nine:

Golden Hills in Blacksburg, Virginia, is playing Golden Bear 18 baskets in its first full game since breaking my leg.

pending April 25, 2026

Saturday, April 25, 2026 at Golden Hills in Blacksburg, Virginia
C-tier · PDGA-sanctioned singles tournamen

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Front nine:

Golden Hills in Blacksburg, Virginia, is playing Golden Bear 18 baskets in its first full game since breaking my leg.

pending April 25, 2026

Saturday, April 25, 2026 at Golden Hills in Blacksburg, Virginia
C-tier · PDGA-sanctioned singles tournament

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JT Norton.com / Diskgolfn.com / WhatAGraphic - Media Creative Support  and Disc Golfing Adventures: 1994 - 2026