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    Thread: NGC 1513
Post: NGC 1513

Hello, all! As discussed over the past month and a half, I've been working on an article idea- I've been a bit worried that some of it wouldn't fit, but I've reached the point where I'm up to posting ...
Tangle10 Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 0 15 11 hours ago
    Thread: Hey everyone
Post: RE: Hey everyone

Welcome aboard! System building is really fun, I hope you enjoy! o7
Tangle10 The Arrivals Lounge 4 117 11-30-2024, 05:38 AM
    Thread: The Anthropic Intermission - Short Story
Post: RE: The Anthropic Intermission - Short Story

Drashner1 Wrote: (11-20-2024, 11:33 AM) -- Tangle10 Wrote: (11-20-2024, 09:08 AM) -- Sorry for asking such a minor question in the thread, but- I can't find the edit button on my original post; is t...
Tangle10 Creative Writing 9 141 11-20-2024, 11:49 AM
    Thread: The Anthropic Intermission - Short Story
Post: RE: The Anthropic Intermission - Story First Draft

Sorry for asking such a minor question in the thread, but- I can't find the edit button on my original post; is there a way to edit the thread title so it properly shows that we're on the second draft...
Tangle10 Creative Writing 9 141 11-20-2024, 09:08 AM
    Thread: The Anthropic Intermission - Short Story
Post: RE: The Anthropic Intermission - Story Second Draf...

Worldtree Wrote: (11-10-2024, 03:08 AM) -- Tangle10 Wrote: (11-09-2024, 02:58 PM) -- Here's that second draft! Took me a while, I got distracted. most of the changes you made are in blue https://te...
Tangle10 Creative Writing 9 141 11-10-2024, 04:13 AM
    Thread: The Anthropic Intermission - Short Story
Post: The Anthropic Intermission - Story Second Draft

Here's that second draft! Took me a while, I got distracted. The Anthropic Intermission Beginning recording- transcription and editing of thought-stream record commences… now. In the firs...
Tangle10 Creative Writing 9 141 11-09-2024, 02:58 PM
    Thread: New Callisto System Former Taurus Nexus observation outpost - 1st Draft
Post: RE: New Callisto System Former Taurus Nexus observ...

RatCat King Wrote: (11-03-2024, 12:24 PM) -- -HISTORY- Frontier Period: “ Taurus Ahuman Civilization Far Observatory, are set up by the dark and distant Affr-jam to learn more about the civilizati...
Tangle10 Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 20 445 11-04-2024, 11:15 AM
    Thread: HEEC idea seed: Starburster Civilization
Post: RE: HEEC idea seed: Starburster Civilization

I might honestly consider it slightly outrunning the news of the Taurus Nexus- perhaps one or the other is more obvious, but the news of both reaches Sol ~1558 AT? That means some portions of the Terr...
Tangle10 Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 10 102 11-04-2024, 06:45 AM
    Thread: Thyresta Thyread
Post: RE: Thyresta Thyread

I quite like the idea of the Thyresta being even more of an 'eerie mirror' to the Terragens! I do have concerns with the timeframe, though- 28 million years ago is solidly within the time of the great...
Tangle10 General Setting Discussion 6 71 11-02-2024, 09:16 PM
    Thread: Emergence of Transapients Discussion Thread
Post: RE: Emergence of Transapients Discussion Thread

stevebowers Wrote: (10-26-2024, 04:44 AM) -- Quote: -- Also, the first S5 appeared in the '3900s' rather than a specific date. -- The first unsuccessful ascension to S:5 was in 3909; the first s...
Tangle10 General Setting Discussion 5 56 10-27-2024, 10:23 AM
    Thread: Crystallographer's Nightmare
Post: RE: Crystallographer's Nightmare

ProxCenBound Wrote: (10-23-2024, 08:41 AM) -- I wonder how many white dwarfs there would be in the Terragen Sphere total anyway? Within 20 ly (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nearest_stars) the...
Tangle10 Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 21 361 10-23-2024, 11:16 AM
    Thread: The Anthropic Intermission - Short Story
Post: RE: The Anthropic Intermission - Story First Draft

Drashner1 Wrote: (10-22-2024, 10:56 PM) -- In terms of quality of writing, this is very well done. Very few grammar or structure issues, very little wordsmithing of that sort needed. I also don't see...
Tangle10 Creative Writing 9 141 10-23-2024, 03:29 AM
  -Needs Review By Editors Thread: The Anthropic Intermission - Short Story
Post: The Anthropic Intermission - Short Story

I came to, after a few hours looking at the EG and thinking about the Gaiacene, and discovered I'd written this. It's late for me, so I want to put it up and see if it might be something people would ...
Tangle10 Creative Writing 9 141 10-22-2024, 06:04 PM
    Thread: Planet Idea: Tohuwabohu
Post: RE: Planet Idea: Tohuwabohu

stevebowers Wrote: (10-22-2024, 05:30 PM) -- My first question on reading the article would be 'who named this planet, and how did its etymology become forgotten?' Presumably it was named by the init...
Tangle10 Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 9 228 10-22-2024, 05:53 PM
    Thread: Planet Idea: Tohuwabohu
Post: RE: Planet Idea: Tohuwabohu

I quite like this planet's concept. Perfect atmosphere (...pun not intended) for any crime thrillers or noir tales anyone wants to write in OA, that's for sure! Not sure it's as exceptionally terrifyi...
Tangle10 Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 9 228 10-22-2024, 08:13 AM
    Thread: Xenobiota and Xenosophont information and updates
Post: RE: Xenobiota and Xenosophont information and upda...

ProxCenBound Wrote: (07-29-2024, 11:19 AM) -- -List of Xenosophonts within Terragen Sphere (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ww25HAL9Tgi03VjeBuiuQ2SfwbgISR9umYMa3k7icGw/edit) (with additional deta...
Tangle10 General Setting Discussion 6 291 10-21-2024, 04:00 PM
    Thread: Crystallographer's Nightmare
Post: RE: Crystallographer's Nightmare

An intriguingly alien biology and culture, and a fun history too! I really like the sort of story of cultural influences here- the way the provolution of course produced a mentality compatible with th...
Tangle10 Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 21 361 10-21-2024, 06:46 AM
    Thread: Rihal Ri-write/Expansion
Post: RE: Rihal Ri-write/Expansion

Interesting article! I'm inclined to think that a further elaboration on the history would be beneficial- as it stands, it feels like the system was inhabited and then largely stayed the same for a ve...
Tangle10 Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 18 217 10-20-2024, 07:02 AM
    Thread: Rewrite: Milky Way
Post: RE: Rewrite: Milky Way

stevebowers Wrote: (10-19-2024, 02:28 AM) -- Quote: -- the high extinction around the galactic core means there's probably still a Zone of Avoidance that obscures what's directly behind it at least...
Tangle10 Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 8 103 10-19-2024, 09:27 AM
    Thread: Does anyone have any specific plans for NGC 7789?
Post: RE: Does anyone have any specific plans for NGC 77...

Worldtree Wrote: (10-19-2024, 05:20 AM) -- NGC 1513- If the article is a stub, or less than a few paragraphs, you can probably rewrite that location to whatever you want. Also, theoretically,...
Tangle10 General Setting Discussion 11 126 10-19-2024, 06:31 AM