Technology rules
Capabilities, limits, exceptions, costs, access, and consequences of invented systems.
Genre guide
Sci-fi worldbuilding continuity checker
Check science fiction manuscripts for technology rules, terminology, travel time, factions, world rules, timeline logic, and character knowledge.
Science fiction
Continuity pressure points
Science fiction continuity often depends on whether technology, travel, institutions, timelines, and invented terms stay coherent. Wise Wombat helps authors find places where the manuscript's rules stop agreeing with themselves.
Travel and time
Interplanetary travel, communications delay, recovery, training, mission windows, and sequence.
Factions and institutions
Ranks, titles, departments, ships, colonies, laws, and chain-of-command details.
Terminology
Invented science terms, species names, acronyms, capitalization, pluralization, and usage rules.
Examples
What Wise Wombat can help surface
These are fictional examples of the kinds of continuity problems authors often review in this genre.
A ship drive has a strict fuel limit early, then ignores that limit in the climax.
A colony rank changes title and authority without explanation.
A communications delay matters in one chapter but disappears later.
FAQ
Common questions
Genre-specific continuity checks still point back to author decisions and manuscript evidence.
Does Wise Wombat verify real science?
No. It checks the manuscript's own rules and continuity. Real-world science review is a separate expert task.
Is this useful for space opera?
Yes. Space opera often has large casts, factions, travel constraints, ranks, and recurring world terms.
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