------------------ "The story..." Londo says, "is not over yet. The story is never over."
Posted by Basill on :
Hey, this is a beautiful work of art and seems to be quite a well thought out and accurate map. Everything looks well placed with the exception of maybe Vulcan and Earth. I understand that Vulcan needs to be close to Romulan space, but so should Earth for that matter (Earth-Romulan war a century before TOS; Earth-Vulcan first contact). They look extremely far apart in this close-up. Bajor and Starbase 375 are at least 30 light years apart and E-V looks 2 1/2 3 times that distance, though not accounting for 3-D trianglularity. Vulcan was only 4 days from Earth in TOS movie era (even with Scotty magic that means they are fairly close). Also I thought Galorndon Core was inside Federation Space on the edge of the Romulan Neutral zone, not vice versa. All in all beautiful start. Just some constructive thought which I know you love
------------------ Just a thought...A grain of salt-season to taste-lather, rinse, repeat
Posted by Krenim (Member # 22) on :
You know, if you keep this up, I'm going to have to hand over my title of Galactic Cartographer. If only I could make such nice maps based on my parametric equations... Alas, I only have MS Paint.
------------------ "Alright... Who wrote 'Beavis and Butthead rule' on the back of my skull?"
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek Parody, The Critic
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Well, what w/ all the discussion of these maps, I thought I'd do one of the stuff that we know. The only things that could be considered speculative would be
that Vulcan is 40-Eridani, that Andor is Epsilon Indi, that Tellar is 61-Cygni, that Ceti Alpha is Alpha Ceti, and that Sheliak (real star) is Shelia (name used on screen).
------------------ "It'd be a pity if every pencil on Earth suddenly collapsed in on itself and blew everything up." -Krenim, TNO chat, September 30, 1999
Posted by Gaseous Anomaly (Member # 114) on :
Is Hegemony a real word? Great maps, BTW.
------------------ "So, no room for Bender, huh? Well I'll build my own lunar lander, with blackjack, and hookers. In fact, who needs a lander, or blackjack? Ah, screw the whole lot o' ya!" -- Bender, Futurama.
Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :
Yes; it's a shortened form of "hedge o' money." Bill Gates has a hegemony.
------------------ Frank's Home Page "I can't find any good quotations." - Frank G
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
*rimshot for Frank*
But, yes, it is a word. It means "preponderant influence or authority over others; domination".
------------------ "It'd be a pity if every pencil on Earth suddenly collapsed in on itself and blew everything up." -Krenim, TNO chat, September 30, 1999
Posted by Bernd (Member # 6) on :
*LOL* @ "hedge o' money", probably an old joke, but I didn't know it.
The "hedge o' money" joke originates with Guy Kawasaki, a professional Apple Evangelist.
------------------ Frank's Home Page "I can't find any good quotations." - Frank G
Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :
Apple evangelist?
"I proclaim the truth of the MasOS!"
------------------ Elim Garak: "Oh, it's just Garak. Plain, simple Garak. Now, good day to you, Doctor. I'm so glad to have made such an... interesting new friend today." (DS9: "Past Prologue")
Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :
That's about right.
------------------ Frank's Home Page "I can't find any good quotations." - Frank G
Posted by Bernd (Member # 6) on :
I think I could hardly find a Microsoft Evangelist.
------------------ Elim Garak: "Oh, it's just Garak. Plain, simple Garak. Now, good day to you, Doctor. I'm so glad to have made such an... interesting new friend today." (DS9: "Past Prologue")
Posted by Montgomery (Member # 23) on :
*drools all over nice maps, rendering them slippery*
*is slapped out of thread by irate posters*
------------------ "FOOLS! Will I have to kill them ALL?!?!"
Posted by Federation Shipmaster (Member # 15) on :
...especially of one nation over another. Sorry, that was one of the word on my vocabulary quiz yesterday. Couldn't help it.
