*Random Matron jumps in and starts doing the Robot*

Wilson, why does your faction refer to each star system that they come across as a 'solar system'? That implies that Sol has untold billions of clones scattered about the universe.

ASTA said
Wilson, why does your faction refer to each star system that they come across as a 'solar system'? That implies that Sol has untold billions of clones scattered about the universe.

?

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 = sun
Sun = star

Sun system = solar system = star system
Unless 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.

WilsonTurner said
?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.

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 planetary system, 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.

Oh well. When Valkian language gets translated to human languages, it gets all mixed up and turns into solar system.

Stars are suns. Suns give off solar energy. Valkians call them solar systems, without the capital s, because the entire system is bathed in solar energy from the star in the middle. =ValkLogic

If you have a problem with it, then don't read it as solar system, read it as planetary system. #ProblemSolved

ASTA said
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 , 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.

Oh, I can make a plot arc like that if you want.

"And because humans are so damn special and awesome, their home system is also every other system ever. Because humans."

But seriously though. Star System is the correct term. Solar System could be used though, as Earth means dirt, Earth's moon is literally called "The Moon", and the Sun is called "The Sun", so a species might end up naming star systems after their home system, with a translation device picking it up as Solar System. However, the definition of solar system is "The collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun, together with smaller bodies in the form of asteroids, meteoroids, and comets.", so Star System is the correct term.

Not really up to humans to define the languages of different races, me thinks. What may mean cake in our languages may mean f*** you in another race's. But it means cake, we would say!

They'd say, stop it!

We'd say nothing, because we started a war and got shot in the face for insulting their pride. *le shrug*

Honestly, I can make a really messed up nation that's all messed up in the language department if you want me to, seriously.

Copy and pasted your guy's responses to a word doc. Will work on it tomorrow. Sorry for the delays at times. Work can get hectic, and sometimes, I just fall asleep right when I get home from works. So, hopefully two days tops, but, fingers crossed, it will only be one.

Making the Septonians all nervous....tsk tsk Wilson

Everyone is making the Valkians nervous, whatwith a fleet, close to half a dozen different species arrayed above the planet, etc.

Really, keeping the planet safe with several factions in orbit with varying relations between each other, ranging from allied to each other to at war, it'll be hard. But the Valkians have dreadnoughts, and very thick armor ^.^

ASTA said
Wilson, why does your faction refer to each star system that they come across as a 'solar system'? That implies that Sol has untold billions of clones scattered about the universe.

And I just thought of a much better response to this:

That implies that Sol has billions of untold system clones across the universe... to humans. For the Valkians, a solar system is just where there is a Star with at least some kind of satellite, whether it be two dozen planets, or just a single asteroid belt.

Is that better than the great big discussion we had? [Great and big compared to this, of course]

Why is it that nobody seems to have knowledge of quantum knowledge? The humans are sitting over here with their quantum transmitters and theory of everything while everyone else apparently thought "Well, the cat is obviously one of the two. It's determined already, we just don't know."

I can only imagine a conversation about that:

"Well, our people have realized that if an animal is in a closed box with a fifty-fifty chance of survival, then it is both alive and dead at the same time since nobody knows which it is."

*Alien diplomats slowly back away*

"Oh... that's... interesting. Yeahsorrygottagokthxbai."

EDIT:
And here comes the inevitable post where two guys find themselves looking at Eldritch abominations, resulting in some sort of unconventional mutilation(?)
I'm not sleeping because of this post.
*Shivers*

(At least I got a new post length record)

Hey duck, waiting for a post for the specs of this scout ship, im still watching it.

Oh and Im still waiting for nightfall so I can extract my team Abe, so whenever you feel like making it dark.

I am waiting for le ethereal ships to arrive at new condria so I can begin WARZ xD

Every time I make a major post it takes forever for anything to happen. I'm going to pretend it's because nobody wants to post anything after me for fear of looking like a bad writer, and it totally isn't because I make major posts after not posting for a week.

Apollo,

Would you mind if made a private company/special warfare organization for the Septonium Concordant? I guess I should also ask the rest of the RP if I can make a microcosm of an existing race. I choose the Aradites mainly because they already had the technologies I wanted and I can manipulate them to create what I want specifically. I figured, why make a race that acts and looks similar to an existing one.

Anywho.... I'd love to hear the rp's thoughts and concerns on my proposal so...... have at it!

Arkay said
Apollo,Would you mind if made a private company/special warfare organization for the Septonium Concordant? I guess I should also ask the rest of the RP if I can make a microcosm of an existing race. I choose the Aradites mainly because they already had the technologies I wanted and I can manipulate them to create what I want specifically. I figured, why make a race that acts and looks similar to an existing one.Anywho.... I'd love to hear the rp's thoughts and concerns on my proposal so...... have at it!

All you need in order to do something with a thing someone else made is get their consent.

Im down wit it!

This thing actually still exists? Wow, haha. I was sure the buddy brigade would have screwed it all up by now. Congrats then. Hope everyone is doing wonderful.

Cale Tucker said
This thing actually still exists? Wow, haha. I was sure the buddy brigade would have screwed it all up by now. Congrats then. Hope everyone is doing wonderful.

I have a idea
You stop posting in this thread since you left.