It's always sunny on Deucado

Weather is boring. The only reason you would introduce it would be for dramatic purpose. A rainstorm always portends an ominous event. Snow creates survival issues. I did bring up how hot it was in Illinois in The Ark Lords but that was about it. I used a technique called "follow the sun" so that it was always daylight out. I don't even like writing about night.

I did deviate from this in the middle part of Rome's Revolution because the action takes place over a 72-hour period. I couldn't avoid it. It is night time occasionally. So I had to figure out the rotational period of Deucado (22.5 hours), how many moons (2 - Mockay and Givvy) and then I was stuck.

One of the fundamental principles of good writing (not that I always follow it) is show don't tell. But how do you show what is happening if it is pitch black out? Answer: give Rei sonar-vision so he can see in the dark. It turns out this was useful later on in the story when Rei and Rome were deep underground beneath Kilauea and also when they were in the dark woods in Rome's Evolution.

It does rain on Deucado but it served no dramatic purpose so I left it out. Hence the title of this article: It's always sunny on Deucado.