Finding Qo'nos (Kronos) the Klignon Home world in game
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I don't think any of the Star Trek planets have canonically recognized locations, in terms of linking them to actual real-life stars in the galaxy. Vulcan, for example, is reported to be in the 40 Eridani system... but this is never explicitly stated in the canonical sources, only in the novels, computer games etc. Wikipedia says that Qo'noS is in the Omega Leonis system (called "2 Omega Leonis" in the game); this is even less canonically certain.
"Vulcan" is a public-domain name, being from Roman mythology. There is therefore no copyright restriction on its use. The spelling "Qo'noS" is unique to Star Trek and thus presumably protected by copyright. A rival sci-fi franchise would use it at their peril.
There is a planet named "Cronus" in the Elysia system, which is a Latinized version of the Greek word "Kronos", the Greek god of time, from which the name "Qo'noS" was derived. It may be as close as you'll get.
The Romulus/Remus system is even less canonically known; Wikipedia does not hazard a guess, though apparently a novel lists it as being "128 Trianguli"; I'm not sure what name, if any, this star might be under in ED. "Romulus" and "Remus" are also both public-domain Roman-mythology figures, so there'd be nothing to stop FD using them.
"Vulcan" is a public-domain name, being from Roman mythology. There is therefore no copyright restriction on its use. The spelling "Qo'noS" is unique to Star Trek and thus presumably protected by copyright. A rival sci-fi franchise would use it at their peril.
There is a planet named "Cronus" in the Elysia system, which is a Latinized version of the Greek word "Kronos", the Greek god of time, from which the name "Qo'noS" was derived. It may be as close as you'll get.
The Romulus/Remus system is even less canonically known; Wikipedia does not hazard a guess, though apparently a novel lists it as being "128 Trianguli"; I'm not sure what name, if any, this star might be under in ED. "Romulus" and "Remus" are also both public-domain Roman-mythology figures, so there'd be nothing to stop FD using them.
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I thought Vulcan had been destroyed?
WHAT?! So why are we having our duel on January the 4th?
Anyway... are you thinking of this map?
59 Eridani is the closest I can get... perhaps you should start your search there?
Edit: Now can someone please tell me where to find Coruscant?
Edit2: Actually I can find Brestant (Delta Leporis in galaxy map). Epsilon Hydrae (Epsilon Hydri ingame) is also there, although much farther away.
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The intergalactic hyperdrive is coming any day now
It might not still be there though, it was a long time ago as well.
It was "a long time ago in a galaxy far far away"...you won't find Coruscant Cmdr.
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Well the exact coordinates are supposedly 43.89.26.05 in grid 09, quadrant 68, block 27, sector 70. this was then changed in the book "The Worlds of the Federation" to being coordinates Grid -321.5, Quadrant 48.6, Block -87.9. So it should be interesting to see if we can actually find where this "should" be, and if anything is there. I just have no known way of taking the coordinates used in the ST universe and converting them to Galactic standard.
Hydrus (genitive form Hydri) and Hydra (Hydrae) are two different constellations, so those are two different stars. Epsilon Hydrae is known as "11 Epsilon Hydrae" in-game.
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I have it on good authority that Coruscant is in the Milky Way but will be created by the Empire in many thousands of years time once they've spread across the whole galaxy.
Though Trantor in turn is only a metaphor for Rome's dependence on Egyptian grain or summat.
'Cause it's one thing to tell the kids I'm looking something up in a book and something else to disappear in the nerd basement.
I think that's on Trantor, right?
Yeah, that map. Other maps in the book provide not a lot of further information - it's supposed to be +80/-70/?? LY from Sol, orbiting a K-star.