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    Thread: Inner Sphere text - possible revision?
Post: RE: Inner Sphere text - possible revision?

Drashner1 Wrote: (03-02-2023, 01:45 PM) -- The Astronomer Wrote: (03-02-2023, 01:29 PM) -- Drashner1 Wrote: (03-02-2023, 01:22 PM) -- So I tweaked the Wormhole Nexus article to say there are 6 comp...
The Astronomer Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 76 1,030 03-02-2023, 02:18 PM
    Thread: Inner Sphere text - possible revision?
Post: RE: Inner Sphere text - possible revision?

Drashner1 Wrote: (03-02-2023, 01:22 PM) -- So I tweaked the Wormhole Nexus article to say there are 6 complete levels and a 7th under construction. So that bit is done now. Todd -- Thanks. I bel...
The Astronomer Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 76 1,030 03-02-2023, 01:29 PM
    Thread: EG - History of the Wormhole Nexus
Post: RE: EG - History of the Wormhole Nexus

So, since we're already working on the Wormhole Nexus, I wonder if the speed of expansion could also be mentioned here. - How fast did linelayers in various eras travel at? We know early ones travel ...
The Astronomer Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 12 237 03-02-2023, 11:54 AM
    Thread: Inner Sphere text - possible revision?
Post: RE: Inner Sphere text - possible revision?

Drashner1 Wrote: (03-02-2023, 03:49 AM) -- The Astronomer Wrote: (03-02-2023, 01:10 AM) -- 1. Seems okay to me. I'd say something about the expansion rate being maximum theoretical, but I checked an...
The Astronomer Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 76 1,030 03-02-2023, 03:56 AM
    Thread: Inner Sphere text - possible revision?
Post: RE: Inner Sphere text - possible revision?

1. Seems okay to me. I'd say something about the expansion rate being maximum theoretical, but I checked and it's not really correct. So if this is what we decided to be the expansion rate of the Worm...
The Astronomer Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 76 1,030 03-02-2023, 01:10 AM
    Thread: Inner Sphere text - possible revision?
Post: RE: Inner Sphere text - possible revision?

Drashner1 Wrote: (03-01-2023, 01:05 PM) -- There's also the existing 11 Sectors of the Inner Sphere (and 32 of the Middle Regions) we already mention -- This might not be totally related, but I'd l...
The Astronomer Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 76 1,030 03-01-2023, 02:51 PM
    Thread: Inner Sphere text - possible revision?
Post: RE: Inner Sphere text - possible revision?

1. Wait wait wait wait, hang on, that's a lot more extensive change than I thought, and I don't agree we should be implementing this system as the standard, if that's what you're proposing. The IAU co...
The Astronomer Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 76 1,030 03-01-2023, 01:58 PM
    Thread: Updates to Old Clade Terminology
Post: RE: Updates to Old Clade Terminology

Drashner1 Wrote: (03-01-2023, 01:29 PM) -- The Astronomer Wrote: (02-27-2023, 01:03 AM) -- I've been thinking about the contributor names as well, but mainly more about making it easier to find who ...
The Astronomer General Setting Discussion 225 2,681 03-01-2023, 01:32 PM
    Thread: Inner Sphere text - possible revision?
Post: RE: Inner Sphere text - possible revision?

Drashner1 Wrote: (03-01-2023, 03:42 AM) -- I think using 'Segment' in place of 'sector' and keeping the directions reserved will work well on multiple fronts. I'm also happy to help with changing ...
The Astronomer Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 76 1,030 03-01-2023, 03:47 AM
    Thread: Inner Sphere text - possible revision?
Post: RE: Inner Sphere text - possible revision?

Drashner1 Wrote: (03-01-2023, 12:32 AM) -- The Astronomer Wrote: (02-28-2023, 12:39 PM) -- 2. I'm honestly not sure about whether to go with renaming sectors to something else or assigning sector nu...
The Astronomer Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 76 1,030 03-01-2023, 12:41 AM
    Thread: Rise of Homo Superior (rewrite)
Post: RE: Rise of Homo Superior (rewrite)

Crossroads Wrote: (02-28-2023, 12:42 PM) -- Awesome, it'll be good to get this crossed off and nailed down as background to the Cislunar Alliance article we've got in the works. -- Eyy, lovely.
The Astronomer Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 22 321 02-28-2023, 12:43 PM
    Thread: Inner Sphere text - possible revision?
Post: RE: Inner Sphere text - possible revision?

1. I decided to just substitute Zhenruj (which does follow the normal naming scheme, just that its 'relay' happens to have a unique identifier) with your system. The paragraph now reads: Quote: --...
The Astronomer Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 76 1,030 02-28-2023, 12:39 PM
    Thread: Languages and Linguistics Page Expansion
Post: RE: Languages and Linguistics Page Expansion

Drashner1 Wrote: (02-28-2023, 09:58 AM) -- I'm fine with the proposed changes. I don't think Anglic is the most common language, but just the language that the version of the EG we're seeing is w...
The Astronomer Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 75 938 02-28-2023, 10:11 AM
    Thread: Languages and Linguistics Page Expansion
Post: RE: Languages and Linguistics Page Expansion

So, a little bit of thought about the Anglic intro text (https://www.orionsarm.com/eg-topic/45b3e7e486409#anglic). As it is written right now, there are some really specific bits of information (like ...
The Astronomer Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 75 938 02-28-2023, 05:02 AM
    Thread: Minor system tweaks that don't require their own thread
Post: RE: Minor system tweaks that don't require their o...

A data panel update for Adhara (https://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/4a7178f5cd98a). Quote: -- System Names: Adhara Components: 2 1) Adhara (Epsilon Canis Majoris A) 2) Attaranmebat (Epsilon...
The Astronomer General Setting Discussion 429 6,469 02-27-2023, 06:06 PM
    Thread: Synonym Simplification Schemes
Post: RE: Synonym Simplification Schemes

New one: Adhara (https://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/4a7178f5cd98a) and Adara. Adhara is the official name of the star in real life, and the Adara Trade Treaty appears to be named after it, so I am g...
The Astronomer General Setting Discussion 58 714 02-27-2023, 07:55 AM
    Thread: Inner Sphere text - possible revision?
Post: RE: Inner Sphere text - possible revision?

Alright, with the Star article update phase 2 out of the way I think I'd like to get this one wrapped up as well, since other drafts I have right now appear to be more lengthy affairs. - History of t...
The Astronomer Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 76 1,030 02-27-2023, 07:30 AM
    Thread: Update the Star article
Post: RE: Update the Star article

stevebowers Wrote: (02-27-2023, 05:47 AM) -- Zeta Ophiuchi is weird. Like many class O stars it is a main-sequence dwarf, but it is much, much larger than the Sun. Like Eitri in Thor:Ragnarok, it i...
The Astronomer Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 80 1,176 02-27-2023, 06:31 AM
    Thread: Sephirotic Empires (rewrite)
Post: RE: Sephirotic Empires (rewrite)

Crossroads Wrote: (02-27-2023, 05:11 AM) -- I agree we can unpin this anyway, but I think we were going to add a mention of the Diamond Network as one of the Sephirotics' interstellar disputes? Since...
The Astronomer Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 65 888 02-27-2023, 05:24 AM
    Thread: Update the Star article
Post: RE: Update the Star article

stevebowers Wrote: (02-27-2023, 04:39 AM) -- That's a question for Trond. There are a number of things about the CMS that annoy me - but I've found workrounds in many cases. -- Quite a lot of that ...
The Astronomer Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 80 1,176 02-27-2023, 04:57 AM