[quote=WilsonTurner]
?The solar system that Nouvelle is in is what they are calling solar system- and the closest solar system to them is the Valkian solar system. They aren't talking about star systems, they are talking about solar systems- a single sun with planets in orbit around it. Unless Earth and the system that it's in is the ONLY solar system in the galaxy, then you could hardly be confused when I refer to the area around a star as a solar system, as long as it has several satellite bodies, namely planets.I have already said that the Valkians are practically neighbors to the Nouvellians- by solar system. They just jumped from the edge of one solar system, one area around a single star, to the edge of the Nouvellian star's area, and began exploring around there. Solar = sunSun = starSun system = solar system = star systemUnless by star system, you mean a grouping of solar systems or something. Sol System is Earth, in my mind, and a solar system is just the area around a star. In my mind, of course.
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The term 'Sun' is the name attributed to the star at the center of our own star system; the word 'solar' is Latin for 'Sun'. Solar (or Sol) is the exclusive name for humanity's *planetary system.

*Apparently, the proper designation for a body of planets that orbit a star is a [i]planetary system[/i], while a small collective of stars that orbit one another is referred to as a 'star system'.

So yeah, every planetary or star system can't be a solar system. If this were true, Keyguyperson would have a LOT of explaining to do.