The point of the FSURP is for canon references.
All non canon material (such as the 2370 date) should be removed and placed within it's own categories in the future.
Note: Even for non canon it is not based on decent facts, (no offense wEvil
) since no Shivan ships escaped from Capella which we know of, Shivan forces after the battle were not within GTVA space.
Once again, keep this non-canon material for future extra reference as an option.
The FSURP was designed to provide facts on canon, this is what Killjoy mentioned on the site and wished for, and then side articles of interpretations.
Things such as PCT, tech descriptions not within FreeSpace, etc. are not canon and should not be included in the base reference.
Look at the existing timelines done by Zarathud and Sandwich, ask permission to add their data into your timeline.
Keep it canon, organize facts and pure FS facts, and filter them closely.
Then ask for people's interpretations and have them in seperate categories.
I know that a lot of folks here are good writers, but the FSURP should be for having pure reference on FS material within FS, FS2, and the FS1 Universe Reference Document released by Volition.
Some dates on what I provided 2311 and 2261 are conjecture on rough dates mentioned in the FSURD (The Universe Reference Document) these are not pure canon and so should be removed from the timeline and given estimates on what is written within the document.
I'd like to see this as a pure reference for people who do not know of the FS universe, and to prevent it from having non Volition writings taken as facts by many.
There is space for these alternate timelines, interpretations, but the space is not in the "official timeline" of Volition or what is accepted by the FSURP as canon.
To do so is to defeat the purpose of an accurate database of FS data for people to use as conjecture to make their own original plotlines and interpretations which can be added to the FSURP database.
Here's an example of why this should be done in this manner:
Some lines in the FSURD such as "...this varifies the legends the Vasudans have of their ancestry...
" can be interpreted as that the Vasudans were taught by the Ancients or that the Vasudans are the Ancients.
If the FSURP accepts non canon into it's "official timeline" and does not filter non canon facts into their proper seperate regions of the site, interpretations, the possibilities given by these lines which are "FS fact" would be narrowed to the status quo of those who write for the FSURP.
If facts are kept canon, the manpower is into filtering facts in their raw form, and then interpretation is seperate, you allow for more options, more discussion.... better campaigns!
This long rant serves a purpose, the FSURP is intended as a reference to organize ideas and to show what FS fact is as well as what fans believe it should be in their own seperated documents and critiques.
To do otherwise is to not keep to Killjoy's intent and to not keep to it's namesake.
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Ace
Staff member FreeSpace Watch
http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/
[This message has been edited by Ace (edited 08-22-2001).]
