[Shadowman]

As Thunder has said, I need info for each system in the Nodemap.  I.e. Star type, planets etc...and noteable incidents that happened therein.  I'm researching myself - but i'm now back at work & dont have much time to do so, so if anyone would like to become a member of staff & help out pls drop me a line...I dont want to let this project drown!    

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[Stryke 9]

*NOTE: THIS IS ALL MADE UP BY ME FOR LB/RS, IF FS HAS SOMETHING THEN USE THAT INSTEAD*

Sirius

Populated Planets: Tradii (med., desert environment), Selena 4 (large, oceanic/jungle environment)

Star: Yellow standard, Sol-type

Population: Tradii-14,012,000; Selena-3,606,103,000

Economic exchange rate- 2.45 Sirian CR to 1 Standard CR

History: Tradii has always been one of the less valued of the GTVA worlds, only recently exporting the few billion dollars worth of food and minerals that make its yearly contribution. Selena was once considered a vacation zone, a tropical paradise where the wealthy could recreate uninterrupted by either industry or other productive planetary aspects. However, immediately after the Great War Selena suffered a massive depression, out of which it has only partially recovered. Selena still produces nothing, or nearly so, and although the economy has stabilized recently this is mostly due to the drug and weapons traffic that comes through. These trades have become so integral to Selenite economy that Selena is considered to be the crime capital of the GTVA.

Notes: The Sirius worlds are fairly poor and controlled largely by the local crime syndicates, primarily the dominant Selenite organization known as CVOR. CVOR itself exerts much influence over the GTVA, and more than 300 high-ranking GTVA officials have been found guilty of corruption by CVOR. The drug and contraband industries both use Selena 4 as a way station, and it is rumored that CVOR is prepared to take control of Tradii and Selena entirely, as it is known that they have a mercenary force totaling nearly triple the fairly large Sirian militia. However, no corrective measures have been taken by the GTVA, as many more dangerous enemies currently threaten the GTVA, and Sirius is not considered a vital resource for the GTVA, since it has no significant exports of its own. It should be noted that this system appears to be the only one not yet colonized by at least some Vasudans.

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[Joey_21]

I think he wants canon events.

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[Stryke 9]

Good luck then.  

[Sandwich]

Look through the Ship List on my site (siggy) - it has data about when and where all the ships appeared in FS2.

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[DragonClaw]

 

Originally posted by sandwich:
Look through the Ship List on my site (siggy) - it has data about when and where all the ships appeared in FS2.

 

Isn't he wonderful?!??!

btw: I pointed him here  


About all the cannon you get is from him!


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[Ace]

Also check Zarathud's site.

Some important info is that Ross 128 had an experimental deflector array in 2335, though the date it was created is unknown.

Ribos in 2335 was a major installation with Tombaugh station: "That place was a fortress" is what a pilot stated after Ribos was destroyed by the Lucifer.

Antares was a contested system in Vasudan grip in 2335, and was secured shortly after the failure of Operation Thresher and the McCarthy debacle. (note: GTA forces held Antares at the same moment the Shivan attacks on the V-T war front began)

E dit: The FS2 techroom contains information on the Terran blocs before the GTVA (names which mention systems or location) and also mentions a little on the economic situation with Polaris, Regulus, and Sirius prior to Bosch's ascension 18 months before the begining of FS2.

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[This message has been edited by Ace (edited 08-31-2001).]

[Setekh]

I think Ace's brain is too big for his short body.  

[Xelion]

Heres details for Sirius (Real Life)

Star:                 Sirius
Meaning:              "scorching"
Scientific Name:      Alpha Canis Majoris
Alternative Names:    Canicula, Sirius A
Name Origin:          Greek
Star Type:            Binary Star System
Right Ascension:      06:45:08.9
Declination:          -16:42:58
Apparent Magnitude:   -1.46
Absolute Magnitude:   +1.4
Spectra:              A1Vm
Star Class:           Main Sequence
Distance:             8.6 LY
Star Size:            2.5 x Sol
Temperature:          9 500ºC
Luminosity:           23 x Sol
Constellation:        Canis Major


Some quick points for the info above:

Star Type: double, binary, etc
Right Ascension: hours: minutes: seconds
Declination: degrees: minutes: seconds
Apparent Magnitude: (m) brightness of a star in comparison to earth
Absolute Magnitude: (M) object brightness from a fixed distance
Spectra: spectral type describes element properties of star thus telling colour of object
Star Class: stage of star’s evolution (phase)
Distance: relative distance from earth in light years
Star Size: solar radius
Temperature: surface temp
Luminosity: solar luminosity
Constellation: location in the sky

Thats about it
Dr. Max

[This message has been edited by Max (edited 09-01-2001).]

[Shadowman]

More please  

Anyone know of any sites where I can get this stuff from?

[Xelion]

Fortunately the info i produced above in my last post was extracted from many sites. The best i can do is list the sites I have found miraculously again. Here they are:

Now be careful with this one because system names can be deceiving. A star can have many alternative names http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations.html

For this one you can either try the images first or go to the index http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html

Then you've got some of the best encyclopedias http://www.encarta.com  http://www.britannica.com

Although these references have different policies into the handling of articles etc. Before i could get some articles (early this year) and now they've changed slightly on how you require a subscription.

There is more but I don't think you'll need it, though if you need something you can't find just ask?

Max      

[Ace]

Of course none of that information pertains what so ever to FreeSpace because we know that FS isn't clearly like our universe since Capella is waaaay different from the "real" Capella  

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[Eishtmo]

 

Originally posted by Ace:
Of course none of that information pertains what so ever to FreeSpace because we know that FS isn't clearly like our universe since Capella is waaaay different from the "real" Capella  

Asside from the existance of planets (which we have no evidence for or against), jump nodes (which are part of a science we don't understand and can't prove don't exist), and lots of Shivans (which may or may not exist), where do you get off saying its "waaaay different" from the reality?

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[joek]

If you want to know about planets we do know about (as well as some hypothesis (and renders) about them), check out this site: Extrasolar Visions.

Of the "Freespace systems", it has Aldebaran, Proxima Centauri (close enough to Alpha Centauri), and Vega.

Plus it's good if you need help coming up with new systems for a campaign (like I did).  

Joe.

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[Nico]

 

Originally posted by Eishtmo:
Asside from the existance of planets (which we have no evidence for or against), jump nodes (which are part of a science we don't understand and can't prove don't exist), and lots of Shivans (which may or may not exist), where do you get off saying its "waaaay different" from the reality?

He means capella is a binary system. But maybe in FS2 it is too? heh, Ace, how can you be sure that the second star isn't behind the first one everytime you look at them?  

[wEvil]

sirius would be a little hard for planets to exist in

im not sure how far away from the main star the white dwarf is, but i reckon it would rip apart any habitable planets between the tidal forces.

Im not sure about capella...take a look in a stellar catalogue (the NEW one, not the old two)

And we DO have existance of planets, even in large rogue groups away from starts.

heard of microlensing?  hubble can spot all that and has catalogued about 800 (or 8000, cant remember) already.

Albeit they're almost all gas giants 60 times the mass of jupiter, but hey, they're planets  

*edit*
Oh, and ill do you a proper (IE, accurate)3D model of the nodemaps once you've collated all your data.

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[This message has been edited by wEvil (edited 09-04-2001).]

[Pegasus V]

Capella:

Proper names: Capella, Alpha Aurigae, 13 Aurigae, Capella and Capella H

Distance from Sol: 42.2 light-years

Component A:
Spectral class: G5III
(a planet could orbit this star in a safe distance from the other stars in orbit of Component A. This star is also the right type to support a habitable zone - capable of producing a Earth-like planet.)

Component B:
Spectral class: G0III
(does have habitable zone.)

Component Ha:
Spectral class: M2V
(this is a red dwarf. Red dwarfs can't have a habitable zone.)

Component Hb:
Spectral class: M4V-VI
(another red dwarf.)

     The dimmer pair of this four-star star system is usually referred to as “Capella H”, because the C, D, E, F, and G letter designations were wasted on nearby stars that looked like they might be gravitationally bound to Capella A or B but in fact were not.
     Note that the comfort zones for either of Capella A or B are farther out than the orbital distance between these two stars.  However, a planet could orbit the Capella A-B pair far enough out for the two stars to act as a single gravitational source and near enough for it to receive enough energy to sustain life

[Pegasus V]

Proper names: Altair, Alpha Aquilae, 53 Aquilae

Distance from Sol: 16.77 light-years

Spectral class: A7V
(this is a blue star - extremely hot. No Earth-like planet could exist in orbit of this star - too hot and too much radiation.)

     This star is one of the fastest rotating stars known, completing an entire rotation in only 6 ½ hours (our own sun takes 25 days to rotate once, and isn't as big around).  This would cause it to be twice as big across at its equator than from pole-to-pole, and be shaped like a flattened ellipsoid or "oblate spheroid."

[wEvil]

only 42ly?

sheesh

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[Pegasus V]

Proper names: Ross 128, FI Virginis

Distance from Sol: 10.89 light-years

Spectral class: M4nV
(this is a dangerous volitile red dwarf. You know the drill...)

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Proper names: Deneb, Alpha Cygni, 50 Cygni, Arided, Al Dhanab al Dajajah

Distance from Sol: 1600 light-years

Spectral class: A2Ia
(this is a middle-age blue supergiant, the biggest they come. There is no possible way that a habitable planet could orbit Deneb, but in FS there is...)

Size: 116 x the diametre of Sol. (that's huge!!)

     Deneb may be in the process of expanding from a class A main-sequence star to a red giant.  Theoretically, this process should take only about 20 000 years, at a rate of about 0.3°C per year, for a massive star like Deneb.  Hence, Deneb is under close scrutiny for any long-term changes in its spectrum or color temperature.