General Raulik
Level 7
Wealth is ephemeral and fame is fickle; but influence is power, and power is everything.
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Post by General Raulik on Aug 28, 2019 18:46:46 GMT -5
Time is generally measured in Sols (the time it takes Terra to make one full rotation), and the year is 892 PC. The year is tracked from the date of humankind's first colonization of a foreign star system, or "post primum colonium," colloquially shortened to "primum colonium," or "P.C."
0 - The Unified Nations of Sol establish humankind's first colony outside of the Sol system, named Eden Prime.
835 - The Technocracy declares independence from the Unified Nations of Sol citing irreconcilable ethical dissension. Secession is rejected by the UNS, and war is declared by the Technocracy.
846 - Signing of the Vouruta Peace Accord, which marks the end of the Technocracy Wars and the recognition of the Technocracy of Man as a sovereign federation of systems. 847 -
892 - Game Begins
Star coordinates are for each system (not universal), and consist of 3 values (x,y,z) with the systems star as the center. The +x line is always from the star to the first jump point discovered in that system (i.e. how the first ship managed to get there). If a system has multiple stars, the most massive star is generally used
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