Realizing that connections are more important than location when it comes to navigation maps, I've prepared a new map of the late 22nd century Federation core. (As always, the stars and their possible connections are based on astro data from Winchell Chung.) The star sizes and colors indicate system population and z-axis distance from Sol, respectively.
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
...and no matter how many times you study it, you always miss the Bakerloo to Victoria line stop...oh wait.
Posted by Doctor Jonas (Member # 481) on :
Wow, LOVE it. This is the kind of nerd art I like Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Also, I don't get the color/axis relationship buy studying it. And cute that you use the FJ 40 Eridani logo instead of the IDIC
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
It's all Cyrillic to me.
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
quote:Originally posted by Shik: Still not as complex or confusing as the Moscow Metro.
You call THAT complex? Crowded sure, but it ain't got nothing on the London tube.
Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :
Ha! Tokyo laughs at the puny Moscow and London systems. The system here is complex and crowded!
Wait, people actually travel on that thing? I thought it was some huge elaborate system to facilitate suicides without all that figuring out how to tie a noose bother...or maybe I'm thinking of the local TV stations...
Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :
If you kill yourself by jumping in front of a train, your surviving family may be asked to compensate the government/transit company for the delay caused. Supposedly, this can run to hundreds of thousands of dollars if you delay bullet trains for several hours.
I haven't seen any suicides here, but my wife saw the aftermath of one a few years ago.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Moscow's can withstand nuclear attacks. BEAT THAT.
Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :
Ok. Tokyo surrenders!
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
No, rephrased, the Kreml can withstand a nuclear attack. The rest is...expendable.
Looking at that Trek map, I'm wondering if the Federation hasn't located the homeworld for islamic heaven? "61 Virginis" seems very appropriately placed. Live long and jihad. I baffle at the logistics of how the inhabitants manage to tag and beam the islamists at the exact second they are about to die, and why. Reminds me of a Harry Kim-episode.
Posted by HerbShrump (Member # 1230) on :
Why is Moscow's subway system sponsored by Marathon Oil?
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
Cool! I'm a little surprised however that Earth only tubes directly to five planets, and one of them isn't Vulcan... Also, isn't it "Denobula"?
Mark
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
I think the colors are a little too varied for a simple Z+/- scale. Perhaps a simpler red/yellow/green scale would be easier to read. Though it would be somewhat less accurate.
Posted by Kobi (Member # 1360) on :
I presume the connection is mostly based on artistic licence right?
Because if I go to Andor (Eps Ind) that would become 4.4ly + 9.7ly = 14.1ly instead of the direct 11.8ly an increase in distance by 20%.
Consider I want to go to AX Mic (one station further), direct line would be 12.9ly, however going via planet hopping it would then be 14.1ly + 4.1ly = 18.ly, increase by 40%.
Is roughly 20% more distance per step and as such more travel time worth carrying less fuel? I mean wouldn't the more decreasing and increasing of speed cost even more fuel?
Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :
Rev: The station colors are from my 30-ly map, so the z-axis colors are in steps of 1 parsec.
Kobi: The connections are based on likely commercial routes in 2190, which are a direct development of short fusion-era routes. So, although the direct route is shorter, the stops and the most popular routes are still the "local" routes. After 2190, the direct routes will become more popular, but drawing a map with all these spokes coming out from Earth would look sort of boring.
Posted by HopefulNebula (Member # 1933) on :
So to get from Vega to GI 226, I'd have to transfer at Tellar, Sol, and Beta Comae Berenices?
The Coma Line must not be very popular.
(Seriously, though, this is awesome.)
Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :
Yeah, the Coma Line sucks. Lots of winos and gangbangers.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
But AWESOME soul food.
I bet the conductor overheards are as great as the one on OHNY.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
What's the logo on the top section of the image?
Posted by Pensive's Wetness (Member # 1203) on :
I thought you had to get connections via Eden (after getting proper requests from UN Spacy), Corrizon (Depending on the time of year, The Republic or Empire) or Luthen (lots of paperwork from the local DCMS or ISF liason)...
of course that's assuming i've got the jist of the thread (i didn't bother to read page 1 yet)
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
quote:Originally posted by Daniel Butler: What's the logo on the top section of the image?
If you mean the blue circly bits, that's the logo of the Andorian Empire. Tellar is the purple/red/yellow circles, & Vulcan is at bottom.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
I figured it was Andorian, but I didn't know if it came from something canon or something fanon or if you designed it yourself.
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
That Andorian logo is canon, at least if you accept ENT.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
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