Geography - Revision history

Cholmondely: /* Links */ Added links to Galactic Islands thread & to Ahruman's Galactic Extruder

2022-01-09T10:07:42Z

‎Links: Added links to Galactic Islands thread & to Ahruman's Galactic Extruder

Cholmondely: /* Trade Routes */ Added Famous Planets Liners

2021-12-20T14:38:19Z

‎Trade Routes: Added Famous Planets Liners

Cholmondely: Added pictures showing results of 7ly jump limit

2021-10-17T10:44:13Z

Added pictures showing results of 7ly jump limit

Cholmondely: /* The 7LY jump limit */ Added pictures

2021-10-17T10:39:58Z

‎The 7LY jump limit: Added pictures

Cholmondely: /* OXPs making geography relevant */ Oops

2021-10-05T11:09:23Z

‎OXPs making geography relevant: Oops

Cholmondely: /* OXPs making geography relevant */ Added political systems oxp's

2021-10-05T11:03:52Z

‎OXPs making geography relevant: Added political systems oxp's

Cholmondely: /* BBB threads */ Added link to Stranger's Essay, structure

2021-10-05T10:27:40Z

‎BBB threads: Added link to Stranger's Essay, structure

Cholmondely: /* OXPs */ Structure. Added Galactic Almanac

2021-10-05T10:22:27Z

‎OXPs: Structure. Added Galactic Almanac

Cholmondely: Labelled sequence

2021-08-26T03:17:41Z

Labelled sequence

Cholmondely: /* Double star systems */ Added Sequence

2021-08-26T03:15:26Z

‎Double star systems: Added Sequence

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 *[[Light Mach]]
-=== BBB threads ===
+=== BB threads ===
 *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=21083 Stranger's Roolite Essay] (translation dated 2021): Putting ''meaning'' into geography.
 ==== Celestial Objects ====
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 *[https://app.box.com/s/acghol1pbiktpsgtic2p Box account for the above] (2014)
 *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9642 3D galaxy prototype] (2011) [[User:Ahruman|Ahruman]]'s thoughts on implementing a 3D galaxy on the F6 pages
 === OXPs ===
 ==== Information about Geography ====

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 Put on the map by [[GNN]]'s news broadcasts, & by [[GalCop Galactic Registry]]. It is uncertain if there is any real logic behind these routes. [[User:CaptSolo|CaptSolo]] has quite a different network of trade routes on his maps.
 :In-game differences made by [[Fuel Station OXP]]: placing fuel stations in the more stable systems on SpaceWay L1 in galaxy 1
-:[[Liners]] used to part of a suite of [[Povray Planets]] OXPs and ran the liners along the trade routes. The suite included planet textures, planet descriptions (now the [[Famous Planets]] OXP), liners & specific music for various systems!
+:[https://app.box.net/s/toprsq3ifr Famous Planets Liners] (Download) - 2009 by [[User:Thargoid|Thargoid]] & [[User:P.A. Groove|P.A. Groove]] - liners running along SpaceWays L1-4: used to part of a suite of [[Famous Planets]] OXPs which included planet textures, planet descriptions (now the [[Famous Planets]] OXP), these liners & specific music for various systems!
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 == Links ==
 *[[Maps]]

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 [[File:Galaxy01O1.png|thumb|right|Dr Beeb's map (Galaxy 1): notice the complex structure of the bottom right quarter]]
-[[File:Ensoreus's region.png|thumb|right|320px|Ensoreus: click on this for detail]]
+[[File:Ensoreus's region.png|thumb|right|250px|Ensoreus: click on this for detail]]
-[[File:Edxebere's region.png|thumb|right|320px|Edxebere: click on this for detail]]
+[[File:Edxebere's region.png|thumb|right|250px|Edxebere: click on this for detail]]
 == Effects of 7ly hyperdrive limit ==
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 ==== The 7LY jump limit ====
 Incidentally, this is why the 7LY jump limit is for me the key thing that makes Oolite what it is.
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-[[Image:5.9ly jumps.png|thumb|left|400px|5.9 ly jumps breaks the Galaxy]]
+[[Image:5.9ly jumps.png|thumb|left|350px|5.9 ly jumps breaks the Galaxy]]
-[[Image:9ly jumps.png|thumb|right|400px|9 ly jumps remove all the cul-de-sacs]]
+[[Image:9ly jumps.png|thumb|right|350px|9 ly jumps remove all the cul-de-sacs]]
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← Older revision		Revision as of 10:39, 17 October 2021
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	==== The 7LY jump limit ====		==== The 7LY jump limit ====
−	Incidentally, this is why the 7LY jump limit is for me the key thing that makes Oolite what it is. With the jump limit increased by a mere 0.2LY, for instance, a jump from Bexe to Zaenza becomes possible, and the Steel Halo in Gal 5 goes from being an extremely interesting branch with one story already set there - and at least one other very obvious story no-one's yet published - to being a relatively dull cluster of industrial and semi-industrial worlds.
		+	[[File:Steel Halo Region (Galaxy 5).png\|150px\|right]]
		+	Incidentally, this is why the 7LY jump limit is for me the key thing that makes Oolite what it is.
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		+	With the jump limit increased by a mere 0.2LY, for instance, a jump from [[Sector5/Bexe\|Bexe]] to [[Sector5/Zaenza\|Zaenza]] becomes possible, and the Steel Halo in Gal 5 goes from being an extremely interesting branch with one story already set there - and at least one other very obvious story no-one's yet published - to being a relatively dull cluster of industrial and semi-industrial worlds.
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		+	<div style="clear:both"></div>
		+	[[Image:5.9ly jumps.png\|thumb\|left\|400px\|5.9 ly jumps breaks the Galaxy]]
		+	[[Image:9ly jumps.png\|thumb\|right\|400px\|9 ly jumps remove all the cul-de-sacs]]
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	Editor's note: ''The French '''Annalistes''' school was convinced that geography created history, and thus the history of an island would be different from that of a mountainous peninsula, and again, from that of a desert country.''		Editor's note: ''The French '''Annalistes''' school was convinced that geography created history, and thus the history of an island would be different from that of a mountainous peninsula, and again, from that of a desert country.''

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 === OXPs making geography relevant ===
-* [[Darkside Moonshine Distillery]] creates an regional increase in price of the whisky as distance from the distilleries in the Tortuga expanse increases
+* [[Darkside Moonshine Distillery]] creates an regional increase in price of the whisky as distance from the distilleries in the [[Sector1/The Tortuga Expanse (Region)|Tortuga Expanse]] region increases
 *[[New Cargoes]] creates a market in over 100 specific versions of regular commodities - ''eg'' Vacuum Karate training videos (luxury) or Earthquake Predictors (computers). These are only produced by a handful of systems - and will only sell at full price to another handful... You need to know your geography for this one!
-* [[Diplomancy]] can create no-go areas where one cannot buy visas for travel to systems (''ie'' visiting the Communists in [[Sector1/Onlema]] & [[Sector1/Soorbi]] when they are at war with their neighbours). You can visit the systems, but not dock at the official system's stations!
+* [[Diplomancy]] can create no-go areas where one cannot buy visas for travel to legally dock at systems (''ie'' visiting the Communists in [[Sector1/Onlema]] & [[Sector1/Soorbi]] when they are at war with their neighbours). You can visit the systems, but not dock at the official system's stations!
 *[[Smugglers]] creates difficulties in trade routes when commodities suddenly become illegal for a particular system!
-*[[Weapon Laws]] creates difficulties in buying combat equipment - not only do you need the right TL, but you need the right political system too!
+*[[Weapon Laws]] creates difficulties in buying combat [[Category:Weapons OXPs|equipment]] - not only do you need the right [[TL]], but you need the right political system too!
-*The '''political systems oxp's''' add colour to the political systems ([[Anarchies OXP]], [[Commies]], [[Dictators OXP]], [[Feudal States]] ([[RRS Group]] will help add to Corporates)
+*The '''political systems oxp's''' add colour to the political systems ([[Anarchies OXP]], [[Commies]], [[Dictators OXP]], [[Feudal States]]). [[RRS Group]] will help add colour to Corporate States.
 *[[Galactic Navy OXP]] adds sector commands with a heavy naval presence
-*[[Paddling Pool]] changes the western part of the Old Worlds, reducing the piracy there.
+*[[Paddling Pool]] changes the western part of the [[Sector1/The Old Worlds (Region)|Old Worlds]] region, reducing the piracy there.
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 === BBB threads ===
 *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=20974 Cool OXPs for celestial objects] (2021)
 *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5387 Terraforming] (2008)
 *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7141 Double Star Systems] (2010)
 *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=16141 More/larger galaxies] (2013-6) There is a summary towards the end of what seems to be the essential bits.
 *[https://app.box.com/s/acghol1pbiktpsgtic2p Box account for the above] (2014)

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 === OXPs ===
 *[[Explorers' Club OXP]] - records where you have been
 *[[SOTL Exploration‎|Song of the Labyrinth]] - experiment with related games in two new galaxies
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 [[File:Ooliters Map.png|right|245px]]
 === ''Your'' Real-Life Geography ===
 *[https://www.scribblemaps.com/maps/view/Oolite_Map/3US4ObF9uH Interactive Map of Ooliters]

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 === Limits: intra-galactic ===
 The vanilla game code provides for just one star with one close-by planet. No moons. No rings. No solar flares. This is, as you probably realise, easily alterable by the OXPs (see [[Guide to Ambience OXPs]] for more detail). Thus, OXP's have created rings, solar flares, a pulsar, ''etc''. They have changed the star types, distances, the look of the nebulae, ''etc''.
 At the time of writing (2021) Oolite lacks the following:
 :No black holes.
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 ==== Double star systems ====
 While the game code does not allow for true binary systems, there are some so-called "double star systems" (see links below):
 :Galaxy 3: Quzaarar & Riusbequ