NationStates Jolt Archive


OOC: Any Unclaimed Stars? Any Map of the Galaxy?

Nomas Stellarum
17-12-2004, 01:47
OOC: This is a new future tech puppet of an old and respected RPing nation. Not a newbie by any means. Not even new to future tech, but need some informaiton. I just have a few OOC questions before starting an IC RP:

Are there any unclaimed stars out there?
Any map of the galaxy (with stars) out there (with or without NS claims)?
Santa Barbara
19-12-2004, 02:14
Something like this would be nice.

A nice big representational diagram showing nearby stars and a flag for the occupier. Maybe some distance approximation in light years. That'd be good.

Then again it's pretty hard just agreeing on one Solar System in one RP realm.
Mirfak
19-12-2004, 03:25
It's been tried before, but I've never seen one that lasted very long. It's hard to lay out an almost-infinitely large three-dimensional area on a very small two-dimensional map.
Atlantian Outcasts
19-12-2004, 03:28
both Mindset and I, as well as countless others have tried to make a map of the universe. The thread ends up becoming a "How much land can I scoop up before the other n00bs?"
Central Facehuggeria
19-12-2004, 03:37
The fact is, that with millions of stars in this galaxy alone, mapping out unclaimed ones is next to impossible. Most people just pull a system out of their ass, unless we're talking about something like Sol or Alpha Centauri or something ubiquitous like that.
Atlantian Outcasts
19-12-2004, 03:43
The fact is, that with millions of stars in this galaxy alone, mapping out unclaimed ones is next to impossible. Most people just pull a system out of their ass, unless we're talking about something like Sol or Alpha Centauri or something ubiquitous like that.

Exactly. I used to hold claim to the Pleiades cluster, until I found several other people who had claimed it the same time as me. So, I made up my own cluster. Fairly close to Sol, but blocked from Earth's view by a nebula.