Originally posted by karajorma
I don't buy that.
Adhara is definately Terran as the Adhara Coalition was one of the regional blocs. Epsilon Pegasi appears to be Terran too as does Polaris (I doubt the NTF could have succeeding in starting their rebellion in a Vasudan held systems, not to mention that the Terran Freedom Shipyards were based there). Regulus is also definately Terran as it too was one of the regional blocs (The Regulus Syndicate).
Vega also must have a sizable terran population too as there are terran fleets based there, the (Terran-made) meson bomb was developed there.
All in all it seems pretty likely to me that Capella was Terran. The fact that the installation we did see was an Arcadia rather than one of the semi-mythical Vasudan installations also tends to point in that direction.
Well, firstly the population of Polaris & E.P IMO have little to do with Capellas initial colonisation
if they were colonised after the GTVa was formed. (I'd guess in that event a large Terran refugee population from Sol - or otherwise cut off from homes there - would make them particularly amenable to the NTF rebellion).
The first mission of FS2 (proper) takes place in Deneb; the presence of the 13th Vasudan battlegroup, plus the need to escort Vasudan refugees, IMO points to this system being Vasudan; as does the description of Bosch's war being to get to sites within Vasudan systems.
Deneb is, of course, the system next to Vega. It's also next to Vasuda, which to me would hint that it would be heavily populated (along with Sirius, Antares, and Alpha Centauri); because the Vasudans got into space early in their history, and to me this would make it likely they'd have colonized their surrounding systems.
In FS1, IIRc there's a mention of a battle in Vega during the TV war. There's also mention of Vasudan forces massing in Vega to counter-attack the Shivans (later decimated by a HoL attack), and also mention that Antares was being held by the GTA (which to me might indicate that the TV war thrust by the GTA was mainly in that area, perhaps because Vega had been fortified by Vasudan colonisation).
(of course, FS1 also mentions an Antares-Vega node; in which case the battle of Vega must have led to a Terran defeat, regardless of the initial holder of the system; proximity to Vasuda again makes me think it's more likely the Vasudans would hold the system).
As Vega is the only system which connects to Capella without having to also go via Vasuda, this makes me think that
if the Vasudans controlled Vega, they would control Capella. And I believe they did, so would have colonized Capella first.
The other thing is that IMO if the Capella and Vega are Terran, then the Vasudans would by consequence have very few systems insofar as the known ones go;if they held Antares outwards, then it'd be more even. Except that FS1 describes the Antares system as being the site of Thresher, and initmates that Beta Cygnic & Ribos are held by the GTA (the shield tech is transferred from an Arcadia station in the latter to the former).
Of course, the screwy nature of the FS1 nodemap kind of raises questions over the legitimacy of
any info drawn from them (and you'll notice all the 'mights', 'maybes', 'ifs' and soforth), but I don;t think it's contradictory to suggest Capella was at least originally Vasudan. Odds are, IMO, it was probably colonised by both, rendering this arguement meaningless
Inicidentally, Capella isn't mentioned in FS1. Which makes it an interesting issue as to why Volition chose that star, and that name.... I'm guessing it wasn't because it was a binary, as they didn't seem to notice that in the missions or cutscenes....
Mythologically, the best I've found (in a cursory 10-second wikipedia search) is that in Hindu mythology Capella is known as the heart of Brahma; the Hindu creator god, one of 3 which includes Vishnu and (yes, you guessed it) Shiva.
the wikipedia entry reads;
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Brahma is the Hindu creator god, and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva. He is the husband of Sarasvati. However, being the Creator, all of his "sons" are "manas-putras", or mind-sons, indicating their birth from Brahma's mind and not from his body.
Brahma only occasionally interferes in the affairs of the gods, and even more rarely in mortal affairs. He did force Soma to give Tara back to her husband, Brihaspati. He is considered the father of Dharma and Atri. Brahma lives in Brahmapura, a city located on Mt. Meru.
Brahma is an agent of Brahman, the Supreme Being or Absolute of Hinduism.
Brahma is traditionally depicted with four heads and four faces and four arms. Each head recites one of the four Vedas. The hands hold a water-pot used in creating life, a string of rosary beads used to keep track of the Universe's time, the text of the Vedas, and a lotus flower.
The acquiring of Brahma's heads makes for an interesting legend. When Brahma was creating the universe, he made a female deity known as Shatarupa (one with a hundred beautiful forms). Brahma was immediately infatuated. Shatarupa moved in various directions to avoid the gaze of Brahma. But wherever she went, Brahma developed a head. Thus, Brahma developed five heads, one on each side and one above the others. In order to control Brahma, Shiva cut off the top head. Also, Shiva felt that Shatarupa was Brahma's daughter, being created by him. Therefore, Shiva determined, it was wrong for Brahma to become obsessed with her. He directed that there be no proper worship in India for the "unholy" Brahma. Thus, only Vishnu and Shiva continue to be worshipped, while Brahma is almost totally ignored. Ever since the incident, Brahma has been reciting the four Vedas in his attempt at repentance.
Another legend of the lack of worship of Brahma is as follows: Once, both Vishnu and Brahma approached Siva and requested to find his beginning and end. Vishnu was appointed the end, and Brahma the beginning. Each took their journey, and neither could find their appointed destination. Vishnu, satisfied, came up to Siva and bowed down to him as a swarupa of Brahman. Brahma did not give up so easily. As he was going up, he saw a kaitha flower, dear to Siva. His ego forced him to ask the flower to bear false witness of Brahma's finding Siva's beginning. When Brahma told his tale, Siva, the all-knowing, was angered by the former's ego. Siva thus cursed him that no being in the three worlds will worship him.
There is another legend which relates Brahma's not being worshipped to a curse by the great sage Brahmarishi Bhrigu. Once a great fire-sacrifice (yajna) was being organised on Earth with Bhrigu being the high priest. It was decided that the greatest among all Gods would be made the presiding deity. Bhrigu then set off to find the greatest among the Trinity. When he went to Brahma, he was so immersed in the music played by Saraswati that he could hardly hear Bhrigu's calls. The enraged Bhrigu then cursed Brahma that no person on Earth would ever invoke him or worship him again.
Brahma gyan is a rarely word used in the Hindu religion. It means knowledge of the supreme or knowledge of the creator God. A person who has this type of knowledge can be considered a highly enlightened person. He may see God in every object he sees, he can talk to God. Brahma gyan can be found in books like Gita, Vedas etc. Brahma gyan is considered as supreme knowledge in Hindu religion.[/q]
(NB: 'Siva' is another form of 'Shiva')
EDIT; is that where you got the Starborn idea from?
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