Benderland
10-08-2004, 21:10
I understand some of the complaints that people have had about The Mindset's map (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=346882&page=1&pp=15). It's obvious that scale would be pretty hard to pull off, seeing the galaxy in the background is out of proportion, the sectors are considerably huge, and distances are immense. I understand the technology we're dealing with. However, the time it takes an average interstellar nation to travel 200 ly is (or at least should be) relatively long, especially if they are using a FTL drive, instead of hyperspace.
By no means am I telling you not to go ahead with The Mindset's map if you already staked a claim within it. However, I'd like to help create a more accurate map of much smaller proportions, especially considering nations are asking for space less than 1000 ly away from sol.
Here's a good example of what I'm talking about:
http://pri.mgonetwork.com/downloads/gameaids/maps_3132.jpg
I know what some of you are thinking. "Ugh... Battletech!" Yes, it's the map from Battletech's Inner Sphere. However, its setup and scale is much more practical for many space-faring nations. I would be willing to at least help with, if not solely assemble a map more like this style for space nations that aren't too far from Sol, like less than a thousand light years.
Trying to read some of the stuff in that map's key?
I'll loan you my doctor-proclaimed "perfect vision"
Underneath the scale, it says "100 light years or 26.8 parsecs"
Underneath that (left to right) is "Region Capital", "District Capital", "National Capital". Inside the framed box it says "Maximum jump approximately 30 light years"
The compass says "Coreward" (top) "Spinward" (right), "Rimward" (bottom), and "Anti-Spinward" (left). This is referring to the milky way. "North" on that compass is pointing to the galactic core, and spinward is pointing in the direction the galaxy is rotating (counter-clockwise). Everything else is obvious.
The smaller text within the scale, and everything below the framed box is a bit too blurry/small for me to decipher, but I mentioned everything that seemed important anyways.
So if you wish to make a claim within 1000 light years from Sol, leave a message here. I'm currently at work so I don't have the rough draft of it to present, but that'll be posted in a few hours. Let me know how many planets are within your claim and their names (I am not charting the stars, but other celestial formations such as pulsars and quasars I will consider), the general size you have claimed, and any other important details you wish to include. Also, please indicate in which general direction your claim is, using that example map's compass as a directional indicator. If you're still confused about it, "North" will be considered toward the galactic core, "South" would be in the opposite direction, "East" would be spinward, and "West" would be antispinward.
If you have a claim further than 1000 light years away from Sol, leave it here anyways. I'll TG you later asking you in which direction the claim is (in reference to the compass style in that example map I have given). There will be seprate maps for clusters of claims outside of 1000 ly from Sol, and eventually all the maps will be placed on a graphical web page with the galactic map seprated into graphical hyperlinks.
By no means am I telling you not to go ahead with The Mindset's map if you already staked a claim within it. However, I'd like to help create a more accurate map of much smaller proportions, especially considering nations are asking for space less than 1000 ly away from sol.
Here's a good example of what I'm talking about:
http://pri.mgonetwork.com/downloads/gameaids/maps_3132.jpg
I know what some of you are thinking. "Ugh... Battletech!" Yes, it's the map from Battletech's Inner Sphere. However, its setup and scale is much more practical for many space-faring nations. I would be willing to at least help with, if not solely assemble a map more like this style for space nations that aren't too far from Sol, like less than a thousand light years.
Trying to read some of the stuff in that map's key?
I'll loan you my doctor-proclaimed "perfect vision"
Underneath the scale, it says "100 light years or 26.8 parsecs"
Underneath that (left to right) is "Region Capital", "District Capital", "National Capital". Inside the framed box it says "Maximum jump approximately 30 light years"
The compass says "Coreward" (top) "Spinward" (right), "Rimward" (bottom), and "Anti-Spinward" (left). This is referring to the milky way. "North" on that compass is pointing to the galactic core, and spinward is pointing in the direction the galaxy is rotating (counter-clockwise). Everything else is obvious.
The smaller text within the scale, and everything below the framed box is a bit too blurry/small for me to decipher, but I mentioned everything that seemed important anyways.
So if you wish to make a claim within 1000 light years from Sol, leave a message here. I'm currently at work so I don't have the rough draft of it to present, but that'll be posted in a few hours. Let me know how many planets are within your claim and their names (I am not charting the stars, but other celestial formations such as pulsars and quasars I will consider), the general size you have claimed, and any other important details you wish to include. Also, please indicate in which general direction your claim is, using that example map's compass as a directional indicator. If you're still confused about it, "North" will be considered toward the galactic core, "South" would be in the opposite direction, "East" would be spinward, and "West" would be antispinward.
If you have a claim further than 1000 light years away from Sol, leave it here anyways. I'll TG you later asking you in which direction the claim is (in reference to the compass style in that example map I have given). There will be seprate maps for clusters of claims outside of 1000 ly from Sol, and eventually all the maps will be placed on a graphical web page with the galactic map seprated into graphical hyperlinks.