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User:Maaarcooose

2013-05-07T09:34:14Z

Maaarcooose:

Maaarcooose has a painful background that has left him with memories of another life and a desire for revenge.

Formally a GalCop experiment to produce superior assassins (he was number 5) for covert operations, his previous memory all but erased from existence, he broke through his programming after many missions and ran from GalCop, threatening the leaders of the operation due to his enhanced abilities but telling them that if they left him alone, he would not pursue them.

For the next five years he lived in seclusion on a planet on a remote portion of chart six colonised by peoples from the oriental continents of ancient earth and married a local woman to whom he devoted his life.

For five years he spent hours each day simply enjoying the secluded life, meditating, mediating local disputes with great skill and understanding or practising exquisite sword work only for the purpose of enhancing his mental state. He became known locally as the state protector, a fairly low responsibility position, generally seen as a figurative title only, but one that he took seriously becoming practically a local peace keeper.

This all came crashing down not long after the birth of his only son.
After a long day mediating on a land dispute in a neighbouring province, he returned home to find shadowy assassins waiting for him. Dispatching them with fantastic skill, he ran to protect his wife, but found her dying on the floor of his home from multiple stab wounds.

Consumed with rage, Maaarcooose vowed revenge and realising that the road to revenge would be hard, no place for a child, gave his infant son a choice. Choose the blade or the toy, promising to send him to be with his mother if he chose the toy. With no understanding, his son chose the sword, damning them both to the path of revenge which his father sought.

Maaarcooose now roams the charts with his young son, seeking out those that created him and making a living as an assassin for hire.

If you see a Pitviper, blasting past you, adorned with the scars of countless battles that may be him. And occasionally you will hear his young son, singing songs of death and betrayal over the comms in a long dead earth language. This ship is equipped with a fairly distinctive weapon system. Next to the standard lasers it has a forward facing, close range cutting weapon. His preferred tactics are to take the majority of a ships shields and energy down from afar with lasers and then close in, using the cutting weapon in a sword like manner, matching the methods in which he wields a conventional blade when up close and personal.

Maaarcooose is a title he no longer uses. He sees it as the name of his former life. He is now Assassin#5. Only when he finally dies and returns to the infinite void will his name be restored.

"Death is inevitable, but I refuse to die until the guilty have begged at my feet for mercy and receive none."

!m!

User:Maaarcooose

2013-05-07T09:29:27Z

Maaarcooose:

Maaarcooose has a shadowy background that has left him with memories of another life and a desire for revenge.

Formally a GalCop experiment to produce superior assassins (he was number 5) for covert operations, his previous memory all but erased from existence, he broke through his programming after many missions and ran from GalCop, threatening the leaders of the operation due to his enhanced abilities but telling them that if they left him alone, he would not pursue them.
For the next five years he lived in seclusion on a planet on a remote portion of chart six colonised by peoples from the oriental continents of ancient earth and married a local woman to whom he devoted his life.

For five years he spent hours each day simply enjoying the secluded life, meditating, mediating local disputed with great skill and understanding or practising exquisite sword work only for the purpose of enhancing his mental state and became known locally as the state protector. A fairly low responsibility position, generally seen as a figurative title only, but one that he took seriously becoming practically a local peace keeper.

This all came crashing down not long after the birth of his only son.
After a long day mediating on a land dispute in a neighbouring province, he returned home to find shadowy assassins waiting for him. Dispatching them with fantastic skill, he ran to protect his wife, but found her dying on the floor of his home from multiple stab wounds.

Consumed with rage, Maaarcooose vowed revenge and realising that the road to revenge would be hard, no place for a child, gave his infant son a choice. Choose the blade or the toy, promising to send him to be with his mother if he chose the toy. With no understanding, his son chose the sword, damning them both to the path of revenge which his father sought.

Maaarcooose now roams the charts with his young son, seeking out those that created him and making a living as an assassin for hire.

If you see a Pitviper, blasting past you, adorned with the scars of countless battles that may be him. And occasionally you will hear his young son, singing songs of death and betrayal over the comms in a long dead earth language. This ship is equipped with a fairly distinctive weapon system. Next to the standard lasers it has a forward facing, close range cutting weapon. His preferred tactics are to take the majority of a ships shields and energy down from afar with lasers and then close in, using the cutting weapon in a sword like manner, matching the methods in which he wields a conventional blade when up close and personal.

"Death is inevitable, but I refuse to die until the guilty have begged at my feet for mercy and receive none."

!m!

User:Maaarcooose

2013-04-28T19:53:47Z

Maaarcooose: Created page with "Maaarcooose has a shadowy background that has left him with memories of another life and a desire for revenge. Formally a GalCop experiment to produce superior assassins (he ..."

Maaarcooose has a shadowy background that has left him with memories of another life and a desire for revenge.

Formally a GalCop experiment to produce superior assassins (he was number 5) for covert operations, his previous memory all but erased from existence, he broke through his programming after many missions and ran from GalCop, threatening the leaders of the operation due to his enhanced abilities but telling them that if they left him alone, he would not pursue them.
For the next five years he lived in seclusion on a planet on a remote portion of chart six colonised by peoples from the oriental continents of ancient earth and married a local woman to whom he devoted his life.
For five years he spent hours each day simply enjoying the secluded life, meditating, mediating local disputed with great skill and understanding or practising exquisite sword work only for the purpose of enhancing his mental state and became known locally as the state protector. A fairly low responsibility position, generally seen as a figurative title only, but one that he took seriously becoming practically a local peace keeper.

This all came crashing down not long after the birth of his only son.
After a long day mediating on a land dispute in a neighbouring province, he returned home to find shadowy assassins waiting for him. Dispatching them with fantastic skill, he ran to protect his wife, but found her dying on the floor of his home from multiple stab wounds.

Consumed with rage, Maaarcooose vowed revenge and realising that the road to revenge would be hard, no place for a child, gave his infant son a choice. Choose the blade or the toy, promising to send him to be with his mother if he chose the toy. With no understanding, his son chose the sword, damning them both to the path of revenge which his father sought.

Maaarcooose now roams the charts with his young son, seeking out those that created him and making a living as an assassin for hire.

If you see a Pitviper, blasting past you, adorned with the scars of countless battles that may be him. And occasionally you will hear his young son, singing songs of death and betrayal over the comms in a long dead earth language. This ship is equipped with a fairly distinctive weapon system. Next to the standard lasers it has a forward facing, close range cutting weapon. His preferred tactics are to take the majority of a ships shields and energy down from afar with lasers and then close in, using the cutting weapon in a sword like manner, matching the methods in which he wields a conventional blade when up close and personal.

!m!

Category:Oolite stories

2013-02-11T11:51:31Z

Maaarcooose: Added in list for Marc Beaumont (Maaarcooose)

This is where you'll find Fan Fiction all based in the Oolite Universe.

== Alien Items, the Oolite Anthology ==

[[Image:AlienItems.jpg|thumb|right|150px|The Cover of Alien Items]]

[[Alien Items]] is a collection of short stories set in the Ooniverse, written between 2006 and 2012. Various authors are represented including Dylan Smith, Blaze O' Glory, El Viejo, DaddyHoggy, Commander Wyvern, Ganelon and Drew Wagar.

== Drew Wagar ==

[[Image:Status_Quo_Edition_2_Cover_Small.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Status Quo. Cover by Neil Badman]]

[[Status_Quo|Status Quo]] (2006) - The first story in the [[Oolite Saga]]. “A brilliant scientist uncovers a terrifying plot to begin a galactic war. Aided by a talented, but reluctant and embittered combateer, he must stop the deployment of a super weapon he invented. A weapon so powerful it threatens to destroy entire worlds.”

''Elite came with a Novella called 'The Dark Wheel', which set the scene for the game. 'Status Quo' aims to do the same thing for 'Oolite', introducing Commander Jamesons to the 'Ooniverse'...''

[[Image:Mutabilisneilbadman.png|thumb|right|150px|Mutabilis. Cover by Neil Badman]]

[[Mutabilis]] (2008) - The second story in the [[Oolite Saga]]. “When a series of linked murders forces GalCop to outlaw the shadow organisation known as ‘The Dark Wheel’, a mysterious top secret document must be found in order to stave off a galactic conflict. The document contains a devastating secret; the key to domination, power and control. A secret as old as space itself, the location of the legendary planet ‘Raxxla’”.

'''Mutabilis' is the sequel to 'Status Quo' and also introduces readers to the adventures of [[User:Captain_Hesperus|Captain Hesperus]]. Further accounts of this roguish character can be found in the [[Calliope]] story below...''

[[Incursio]] (2011) - The third story in the [[Oolite Saga]]. “When a deadly alien attack is launched across the galaxy, humankind finds itself under-prepared and overwhelmed. As star systems begin to fall, privateers take up the battle alongside the military forces and a desperate plan is hatched to stop the invaders once and for all, before humanity is eradicated.”

'''Incursio' picks up the story eleven years later and also feature avatars from the Oolite forum: Daddyhoggy, Hesperus, Udian, Coyote, Derik, Cheyd and Maik.''

[[Finis]] (2011) - The fourth and final part of the [[Oolite Saga]]. "With the alien menace poised to overthrow the galaxy a lone group of combateers is all that that stands between them and total annihilation. When one of their number is kidnapped by the aliens and their plans thwarted, the group must decide whether to mount a rescue and risk losing the war, or sacrifice her for the greater good of humankind…"

The Oolite Saga has its own [http://www.facebook.com/drewwagarwriter fan page on Facebook].''

Drew has also written a number of short stories for the Oolite Universe…

[[Schism]] (2007) - ”Lumbering through the deeps of space are the Generation Ships; huge self contained transports driving between the stars at sublight speeds in the midst of thousand year journeys to populate new planets. After 30 generations, a staggering and devastating truth is revealed to the occupants of one such ship…”

[[Nine]] (2009) - “The story of an attempt to reach the ‘ninth’ chart. As players familiar with Elite and Oolite will doubtless know there are only eight charts reachable by Galactic Hyperspace. Does the ninth chart exist? Can it be reached? If so, what’s there? This is a slightly chilling tale of the ‘Ooniverse’…”

[[Ascension]] (2009) - ”A tale of what might happen when an example of sophisticated technology is suddenly thrust upon a backward culture steeped in religion.”

[[Replay]] (2009) - “Difficult to describe even in summary without giving away the plot. It’s only three and a half pages long, so won’t take you long! Enjoy!”

[[Family]] (2009) - “an excellent battle and nice interaction between Kemi and the Princess.”

Visit [http://wagar.org.uk/ Drew Wagar's website]. 

== Dylan Smith ==

[http://www.alioth.net/Fiction/oolitestory.pdf The Virtuous Misfortune] (2006) - Dylan wrote the first short story for Oolite. A salutary warning in terms of who and how to fight, and what cargoes are safe to carry...
 

== Blaze O'Glory ==

[[Calliope]] (2009) - An episode from the unorthodox life of [[User:Captain_Hesperus|Captain Hesperus]]. Money is short, the engines are failing, and there's soup on the ceiling ...

[[Stranglehold]] (2012) – A further episode from [[User:Captain_Hesperus|Captain Hesperus's]] unorthodox life. A stirring tale of dash, daring and foul mutiny!

[http://www.box.com/shared/3dob2hvj9a Local Midnight in the Vacuum Bar] (2010) - A short story.

==[[user:Wyvern|Wyvern]] & Clym Angus==

[[Rise_of_the_Kirin|Rise of the Kirin]] (2009) by [[user:Wyvern|Wyvern]] & Clym Angus.
 

[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?t=8309 Negotiations of failure] (2010) on the Oolite BB by [[user:Wyvern|Wyvern]]. An Oolite short story. 

==[[User:El_Viejo|El Viejo]]==

[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=7561 Coyote] (2010) on Box.Net. "A ripping yarn of the spacelanes".
 

[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=8478 Kaxgar] (2010) on Box.Net. "A tale of a lost planet in peril".
 

== PA Groove ==

[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?t=8354 The Ipsiolon Treat] (2010) on the Oolite BB. A work in progress.
 

== K Thomas (OneOfTheLost) ==

[[Image:Heralds_End.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Herald's End by K Thomas]]

[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?t=7160 Herald's End] (2009-2010) on the Oolite BB. An Oolite short story, a work in progress.

 

== Ganelon ==

[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?t=8609 Vakume Danserz] (2010) on the Oolite BB. Not quite a story, in my opinion. A vignette, perhaps.

[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?t=8641 Carver's Anarchy] (2010) on the Oolite BB. This might be the first installment, or it might be the only story about Carver and his crew that I actually get around to finishing.

== RyanHoots ==

[[Anguis Primus (Book) | Anguis Primus]]: What happens when an uber ship falls into the hands of a girl...

The Shadowed Hand: Work in Progress.

== DredgerMan ==

[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=12268 Old Ships Are Best] (2012) on the Oolite BB. A story about a Commander of an old and battered Python Special ET. A work in progress.

== Spooky ==

[http://int13h.com/downloads/static.pdf Static] (2012) PDF download. Whilst clearing out some old kit I found some partially completed ooliterature that I was working on 3 or4 years ago. Normally I just bin this stuff but this time I though I'd have a bash at finishing it and letting you poor people "enjoy" it. So, I suppose I'm proud to present Static.

== Rese249er ==

[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=12393 Breaker Breaker] (2012) on the Oolite BB. A story about some wet behind the ears new pilots fresh out of the Academy. A work in progress.

== Marc Beaumont (Maaarcooose) ==

[http://www.theramist.co.uk/blog/?p=121 Mostly Deadly] (2012) on theramist.co.uk. The story of a hedonistic woman, running from her past, until it catches up with her and changes everything.

 
[[Category:Oolite| Oolite stories]] [[Category:Fiction| Oolite stories]]

Oolite planet list

2013-02-03T08:23:44Z

Maaarcooose: /* Overview */

== Overview ==

Although this list was taken from Oolite the data applies well to the [[BBC_Micro|BBC Micro]] version of Classic Elite, and some other versions.

Each entry shows the system number, name, coordinates, tech level, inhabitants, government and a comment on the system.

For OXP writers, note that references to a particular galaxy in [[Oolite]] (in a [[Planetinfo.plist]] entry for example), should ''subtract 1 from the galaxy number'' – Galaxy 1 is referred to as 0, etc. The Technology Level numbers shown in the lists are the numbers displayed to the player (range 1-15), and again ''subtract 1 from this number'' (range 0-14) to get the value entered into planetinfo.plist.

* A spreadsheet of all galaxies can be downloaded in [[Media:Galaxies.zip|Excel format]] or [[Media:Galaxies_Ods.zip|Open Document format]].

* Downloadable vector graphic PDF's of the 8 charts have also been created and can be downloaded from the [[#Galaxies | ''links below'']].

* Online interactive maps.
** [https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1380916/WebPages/2D%20Oolite%20Galaxy.html OOLite Interactive Map] courtousy of PhantorGorth. It does 2D & 3D modes for displaying the planet map and also a superb jump route calculation.
** [http://theramist.co.uk/ooliteinfo/oo.php OOliteInfo] from Maaarcooose is also available which not only displays the galaxy maps and all planet data, but also allows modification of the seed numbers used to generate the galaxy data.

=== Where do these crazy names come from? ===

If you read through the source code and/or binary for either Elite or Oolite, you will not find any text containing the list of planets and their properties. The entire universe (including the famous [http://www.frontier.co.uk/games/older/elite/faq.html edible poet]) is constructed programmatically (using a truncated Fibonacci function) from a handful of seed numbers and the strings "ABOUSEITILETSTONLONUTHNOAL" (used by the planet description string) and " ' 'LEXEGEZACEBISOUSESARMAINDIREA'ERATENBERALAVETIEDORQUANTEISRION" which is used both by the planet description string and to generate all the system names in the 8 Galaxies (the single quotes indicate placeholders where the planet name generation can be terminated early). The algorithm was reverse-engineered from the original BBC disk by [[ Christian Pinder]], and implemented in Objective-C for Oolite. Further details are given in the discussion of Elite's [[Random_number_generator|random number generators]].

* In this [http://bit.ly/HYuwRq spreadsheet] (please note that this spreadsheet is in OpenDocument format) you can see some of the algorithms in action where they are used to calculate the names, positions, inhabitants and other parameters for all 256 planets for a selected Galaxy plus a plot of the Galaxy (Sorry, but no links between worlds are plotted). You can also use this to view what could have been if a different seed number was used for the Galaxies. UPDATE: It now calculates the planet descriptions and there is now a statistics sheet.

* A related spreadsheet showing useful trading routes is also available for [http://www.box.net/shared/bchkkloi32 download].

* There is also an [http://bit.ly/Oolite2DMap interactive map] of the Oolite Galaxies including route finding (by PhantorGorth). Also includes a 3D option. Works in Firefox, Chrome, IE9+, Safari (but not v6 on a Mac), Opera (the quick zoom has a side effects caused by Opera).

* The files used to build the vector maps are all available online for download [http://www.crimsonforge.co.uk/cloister/OOmap_toolkit.zip HERE]. These require adobe Illistrator 10 to open.

== Galaxies ==
# [[Image:StarChart-Galaxy-000.png|50px|Jump route chart of galaxy 1]] [[Oolite planet list/Galaxy 1|Galaxy 1]] -- [http://www.crimsonforge.co.uk/cloister/OOmap_G1.pdf Vector Map] -- [http://www.crimsonforge.co.uk/cloister/gOOmap_G1.pdf print version] --[http://s248731467.onlinehome.us/OOmap_G1.pdf US Mirror] -- [[Sector1/Index|The new Galaxy Guide]]
# [[Image:StarChart-Galaxy-001.png|50px|Jump route chart of galaxy 2]] [[Oolite planet list/Galaxy 2|Galaxy 2]] -- [http://www.crimsonforge.co.uk/cloister/OOmap_G2.pdf Vector Map] -- [http://www.crimsonforge.co.uk/cloister/gOOmap_G2.pdf print version] --[http://s248731467.onlinehome.us/OOmap_G2.pdf US Mirror] -- [[Sector2/Index|The New Galaxy Guide]]
# [[Image:StarChart-Galaxy-002.png|50px|Jump route chart of galaxy 3]] [[Oolite planet list/Galaxy 3|Galaxy 3]] -- [http://www.crimsonforge.co.uk/cloister/OOmap_G3.pdf Vector Map] -- [http://www.crimsonforge.co.uk/cloister/gOOmap_G3.pdf print version] -- [http://s248731467.onlinehome.us/OOmap_G3.pdf US Mirror]
# [[Image:StarChart-Galaxy-003.png|50px|Jump route chart of galaxy 4]] [[Oolite planet list/Galaxy 4|Galaxy 4]] -- [http://www.crimsonforge.co.uk/cloister/OOmap_G4.pdf Vector Map] -- [http://www.crimsonforge.co.uk/cloister/gOOmap_G4.pdf print version] -- [http://s248731467.onlinehome.us/OOmap_G4.pdf US Mirror]
# [[Image:StarChart-Galaxy-004.png|50px|Jump route chart of galaxy 5]] [[Oolite planet list/Galaxy 5|Galaxy 5]] -- [http://www.crimsonforge.co.uk/cloister/OOmap_G5.pdf Vector Map] -- [http://www.crimsonforge.co.uk/cloister/gOOmap_G5.pdf print version] -- [http://s248731467.onlinehome.us/OOmap_G5.pdf US Mirror]
# [[Image:StarChart-Galaxy-005.png|50px|Jump route chart of galaxy 6]] [[Oolite planet list/Galaxy 6|Galaxy 6]] -- [http://www.crimsonforge.co.uk/cloister/OOmap_G6.pdf Vector Map] -- [http://www.crimsonforge.co.uk/cloister/gOOmap_G6.pdf print version] -- [http://s248731467.onlinehome.us/OOmap_G6.pdf US Mirror]
# [[Image:StarChart-Galaxy-006.png|50px|Jump route chart of galaxy 7]] [[Oolite planet list/Galaxy 7|Galaxy 7]] -- [http://www.crimsonforge.co.uk/cloister/OOmap_G7.pdf Vector Map] -- [http://www.crimsonforge.co.uk/cloister/gOOmap_G7.pdf print version] -- [http://s248731467.onlinehome.us/OOmap_G7.pdf US Mirror]
# [[Image:StarChart-Galaxy-007.png|50px|Jump route chart of galaxy 8]] [[Oolite planet list/Galaxy 8|Galaxy 8]] -- [http://www.crimsonforge.co.uk/cloister/OOmap_G8.pdf Vector Map] -- [http://www.crimsonforge.co.uk/cloister/gOOmap_G8.pdf print version] -- [http://s248731467.onlinehome.us/OOmap_G8.pdf US Mirror]

[https://www.box.com/s/ex98vikozd2gm2vsztme Zipped set of all 8 Vector Maps]

[https://www.box.com/s/sy991cllk135hqvewpnm Zipped set of all 8 Vector Maps (print versions)]

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