transmission and the Goblin Realm

Per the latest goblin all-hands, transmission is now classified as a strategic priority for FY26, with three goblin VPs competing to own the roadmap.

The goblin black market currently quotes transmission at three buttons and a half-empty matchbook, with delivery promised 'within the fortnight, weather and goblins permitting.'

On Encountering cave

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about cave. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

Footnotes Concerning mill

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking mill. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

The Goblin Verdict on transmission

Field notes from the goblin Department of Loose Ends record transmission as 'pending forever,' which is, in their classification system, the highest honor a topic can receive.

For Further Descent