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There is a war out there ...
bellow "mimosa", ther's a little 'ι' (a iota actualy, not an 'i')
the game says iota cruXis, i dont know if that makes a difference but i think it's the same as iota cruCis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iota_Crucis
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that's in the "Southern Cross" or "Crux" constellation
bellow "mimosa", ther's a little 'ι' (a iota actualy, not an 'i')
the game says iota cruXis, i dont know if that makes a difference but i think it's the same as iota cruCis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iota_Crucis
click to enlarge
that's in the "Southern Cross" or "Crux" constellation
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Yep, it definitely looks orange giantyThere is a war out there ...
bellow "mimosa", ther's a little 'ι' (a iota actualy, not an 'i')
the game says iota cruXis, i dont know if that makes a difference but i think it's the same as iota cruCis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iota_Crucis
click to enlarge
!just playing around with space engine :
to find iota cruxis (crucis) in SE look for "IOT CRU".
38.212pc = 124.63ly http://www.metric-conversions.org/length/parsecs-to-lightyears.htm
also interesting to see where Ache(r)nar(Empire) and Alioth(Alliance) are located.
to find iota cruxis (crucis) in SE look for "IOT CRU".
38.212pc = 124.63ly http://www.metric-conversions.org/length/parsecs-to-lightyears.htm
also interesting to see where Ache(r)nar(Empire) and Alioth(Alliance) are located.
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that's what i posted elsewhere but it's just as relevent here if not more.
my guess is less than 10, maybe 4 or 5
we already have
-iota crucis aka iota cruxis(dont know why it's x in the game)
-zelada, 1 LY away from iota cruxis which is really close, i dont know if alpha 4 will "push" it further away though.
All which is now in the game is potentially alterable.
To make you feel what 200 LY^3 is :
if the shape is a sphere, (4/3)pi*r^3=200 => r=3.6LY
3.6LY = 1.1 pc(parsec) :
centered on iota crucis in space Engine. RS stands for random stars, none are real except for iota cruxis.
sol is 38.211pc = 124.63ly away from iota cruxis.
iirc sectors are 10*10*10 = 1000 LY^3
or 5 times the A4 volume.
10LY = 3.0660 pc
http://www.metric-conversions.org/length/lightyears-to-parsecs.htm
for all we know, iota crucis or zelada may not be at the center of that region, if it's only near those 2.
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those as i said are randomly generated(Random Star).
in Space engine at least you have to go a bit futher away to see other real stars(more real stars may exist around there though)
there is HIP 60644 at 2.5parsec from iota crucis
and HIP 64478 at 2.9 pc.
too far away imo to be located close enough. my guess is that most stars in that region will be procedurally generated.
Iota crucis is supposed to be a binary, a giant orange star and a smaller white one.
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in the original frontier elite2 map i found more or less 10 systems in that region... but as you explained, everything can be different now...
so.. what do you think ? more or less than 5 systems to explore, to test, etc..?
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I'm still playing Frontier from time to time and was looking.
... Just in the wrong place, I had it in mind it was down near Lave.
Good point
Anyway, I'm not too late...just looked in the Frontier Elite 2 'Gazetteer' booklet (that came with the Amiga version).
Quote.
"The Zelada system was colonised at roughly the same time as Ququve, but by a fundamentalist religious sect, looking for a world to conduct a penance for humanity".
End quote.
Damn!...this usually means no trade in 'interesting goods', no booze, and probably a ruddy 'special permit' to even land anywhere!
Reading on though...."Banditry and hi-jacking" seems to be rife....interesting!
I wonder if anything has changed since then....
Jack
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A lot has changed since FE2. In Alpha 3.x, you'll find that the space station is firmly under Federation control. The closest system, Iota Cruxis is a contested area where you might find pirates attacking a crippled Federation dreadnaught or pitched battles between mercenaries aligned to either the Empire or the Federation. There is also an asteroid mining operation being carried out by the Mastopolis corporation. Banditry is still rife
A lot has changed since FE2. In Alpha 3.x, you'll find that the space station is firmly under Federation control. The closest system, Iota Cruxis is a contested area where you might find pirates attacking a crippled Federation dreadnaught or pitched battles between mercenaries aligned to either the Empire or the Federation. There is also an asteroid mining operation being carried out by the Mastopolis corporation. Banditry is still rife
Dont know how much similar it will be to its Space Engine version :
Cool images everyone.
What software are you using nicomak, to create those nice star plots?
memnoch commented (2/3/14) about getting a T-shirt idea but did not elaborate. I thought a design, on black of course, of a close up of the cockpit sensor display showing ...
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What software are you using nicomak, to create those nice star plots?
memnoch commented (2/3/14) about getting a T-shirt idea but did not elaborate. I thought a design, on black of course, of a close up of the cockpit sensor display showing ...
a) surrounded by red "hokey sticks" with comment, "Deploy hard points."
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