Shik
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quote:Originally posted by MinutiaeMan: Shik: That's an interesting idea, except that I'm envisioning it as a giant inverted wang. (Shows where my mind is, I guess... but then, I just watched Austin Powers the other day...)
I was thinking more of a "I'm standing at the bottom looking up" & the think disappears up at a shapr rate. The suns could be off-centered & not connected to appear less tezzy-ish.
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quote:Originally posted by HerbShrump: Maso, where did you get that map? If you made it yourself, what maps did you use as references? I've wanted to make my own map of the local neighborhood. I've found a few sites, but not a whole lot of information.
I drew it myself, on the basis of information and maps from Winchell Chung ( http://www.projectrho.com/starmap.html especially the "actual maps" page ). I also used info from the Internet Stellar Database and Christian R�hl's site. I've got various versions dating back about 3 years. But this is the first where I've tried to figure out likely areas of expansion on the basis of stellar distances.
The home planets (Vulcan, Andor, and Tellar) and from ancient fandom. ST:E put Andor on Procyon to encourage conflict with the Vulcans.
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Ah, so you went for Epsilon Indi as the Andorian home system, well, Dan used Zeta Tucanae for it, a top choice still. Equal distance to Earth and Vulcan.
The Tellar Space Elevator mentioned earlier is also from LUG's "Planets of the UFP".
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Kobi: Epsilon Indi is the "traditional" fandom homeworld for the Andorians, so I decided to stick with it.
Herb: Winchell's Chung's site is great in all respects. He even fixed me up with some 100-ly diameter maps I requested.
Rev: Which logos? I have my own versions of the Vulcan, United Nations, and Andor logos. The Tellar Khitomer banner reminds me too much of a Japanese Zero fighter. It might be a bit too simple. I emailed Geoff Mandel to see if a Tellar emblem was designed but I haven't heard back from him yet.
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For those of you trying to design a Tellar emblem, please note that 61 Cygni is possibly a three-body system, with 61 Cygni A, about the same size as the Sun, and 61 Cygni B, about 75% the diameter of the Sun orbiting each other at a distance of 51 to 121 AU; an unseen third body, 61 Cygni A, might be orbiting 61 Cygnia A at a distance of 4 AU. It's diameter is less than 10% of the Sun's, making too small for a star.
quote:Originally posted by Masao: Rev: Which logos? I have my own versions of the Vulcan, United Nations, and Andor logos. The Tellar Khitomer banner reminds me too much of a Japanese Zero fighter. It might be a bit too simple. I emailed Geoff Mandel to see if a Tellar emblem was designed but I haven't heard back from him yet.
Well I was referring to the 40 Eridani logo really. Thought it'd save you the effort of redrawing it just to get shot of the banner.
Here's a quick idea a knocked together. it's a graphic represenation of the Tellar trinary home system. I decided on the top view, since a side view ended up looking too much like the Andor emblem. I'm not completely happy with the colors, but I sort of like including purple.
By the way, Aridas mentioned some Andorian script. Where might I see a sample?
quote:Originally posted by Masao: Some variations, but some are getting to look a bit Muslim, which would be inappropriate for a race that look like walking pork products.
That last one is the favourite so far. Perhaps tone down the colours a bit, add some detail like double rimm some of those circles, surround it with some Tellarite text and maybe mount the whole thing on an oval shield. Maybe a vertically orientated oval would balance it out.
Tell you what, I'll sketch something out when I get home.
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