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| rodenbough |
No sun... |
Jun 09, 2008
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Does "No Sun,no Earth,no humans" mean that human development is restricted to Earth or does it require an Earthlike planet orbiting a Sunlike star? Does it permit people strikingly similar to Terrans perhaps with different color pigment bases. (greys instead of our browns or skin ranging from amber to deep bronze) but could still intermarry with Terrans, recieve similar medical care and serve together on a starship without alering the life support. The Nu Lupus,47 LY away refers to were creatures not human who live a week for each one of our days(dog years)
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| glencoe |
Sun, Earth, Humans |
Jun 09, 2008
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I think it means that you're not to use the words 2sun, earth, humans" I think this is very easy to do as this site is about making new ideas not using facts or your own life/species.
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| glencoe |
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Jun 09, 2008
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I think it means that you're not to use the words "sun, earth, humans" I think this is very easy to do as this site is about making new ideas not using facts or your own life/species.
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| physicsguy |
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Jun 09, 2008
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Glencoe's got it. Galaxiki isn't meant to be an analogy or recreation of the Milky Way but, rather, as a new and independent creation. So, the Sun isn't in the Galaxiki galaxy, by extension the Earth and Humans aren't either.
BTW, welcome to the site, rodenbough.
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| thegreatpl |
as i said earlier |
Jun 09, 2008
19:51
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as i said earlier in my message pionting this rule out to you:
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> so your inhabitants of Nu Lupis (VDJ503):
> a)cannot be 47 light years from sol
> b)cannot be populated with humans.
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> remove a) and change humans to humaniods, perhaps giving them a different skin colour, to satisfy the rules"
they can be very similar to humans, with similar evoution and stuff. just not exactly human. otherwise this galaxy would be populated by thousands of earths, humans and sols, and very few aliens...
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| databit |
Sun and sun, Earth and earth. |
Jun 09, 2008
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The rule about the Sun, Earth, and Humans refers to proper names. For example, it would not be okay for a system to have a star named Sun, but it would be okay to use it as thus: "He stared up at the sun beating down upon him." Using it this way, sun is a noun, not a proper noun and thus could be used. You could also say "the sun of this system..." Capitalization goes a long way in its usage.
Same thing with Earth. A planet named Earth would be against the rules but saying something like "He worked the earth with his bare hands for years to eek out a meager living." would be acceptable.
Humans... well it is hard to get around using human in a context that is usable in Galaxiki. Humaniod might be pushing it, but should be usable in limited context, better is bipedal.
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| dakotastrange |
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Jun 11, 2008
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I found the term "lifeforms" a good substitute for humans or aliens. I try to avoid using "sun" by using "stellar". Lower case "earth" can easily be described as "soil", "dirt", etc. I also avoid using the term "solar system," as the root "sol" refers to the sun, by replacing it with "stellar system" (solar power = stellar power). I have often seen "solar system" used in acedmic writings so the idea we can communicate foreign ideas in an earth-based language might be futile. I had hopes the old information wiki would result in a dictionary that would clear up such problems, but no such luck.
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| physicsguy |
Wiktionary |
Jun 11, 2008
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If you make a page on the Wiki with some of the issues you wanted cleared up, I'd be glad to contribute. I personally try to use "primary" when refering the the central star of a system - alas, a lot of science is based on Greek and Latin words that referred to a very specific object.
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