The REAL milky way galaxy map - sol @ centre ;)

[Cirvol]

I thought you'd all like this map...



Here is another one...
(Click here to see the full size Version of this one)



And the final one...



[ September 03, 2003, 21:21: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

[Cirvol]

Ops, LOL, i wanted some of your inputs...

A) will anyone make a 'real' local map based on these for se4?
B) what do we need to do to get real 3d starmaps for se4? (other than wait for se5)
C) what do you all think of the real local stars around sol? i'm really kinda excited in one way... these are not all too far away...

hell, 5 or 10 LY can be done in 10 or 20 years with a half decent ion drive - going at .5 c speed is NOT that difficult for todays (or reasonably near term future) tech

so, its kinda exciting - i figure as soon as we get a decent fusion system going, we'll be off to the stars ... unmanned probes first of course... but with fusion engines, heck, there a LOT of stars within grasp

[Cirvol]

The closest 26 stars

i thought this might also help

[Arkcon]

Cirvol, you might want to start with this map here: Se4 Map. {link} Previously posted by someone else.

I've often thought of making a real stellar map of our corner of the milky way.

I played this one, and kinda lost interest. That's not to say this map isn't cool, it just doesn't add much to the game, that's all. Try this one and see.

And, ummm... could you edit your post so the pictures are smaller?

[ September 01, 2003, 23:47: Message edited by: Arkcon ]

[EvilGenius4ABetterTomorro]

I love maps, the big one is beautiful. Sure gets the imagination going. So... Where there be monsters? or Pirates? The lines are "Worm Hole" routes right?

[mottlee]

Geee there went the window format scroll right

[Cirvol]

ya, i know sorry about that...

the big map really messes with the text of Messages... perhaps that should be fixed?

use left justification=D

[geoschmo]

I fixed it. Shrunk the image and put in a link to the original large size image.

[ September 03, 2003, 21:27: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

[Arkcon]

Ahh... much better.

So anyways, I was once looking for a Sol neighborhood map. My plan was to write a scenario about several Groups from Earth leaving the solar system. They would encounter stars at the correct stellar distances, etc. I even went to some of the web pages Online and decided what to put in which system.

Now I personally ascribe to the theory that earth-like planets are extremely rare. Many people would disagree, but anyway. Most planets would be low mineral gas giants, small ice planets, and deadly tiny rock planets. Remote mining would be big.

Survival would be very difficult. The various Groups should start the game fairly well armed, but open warfare at the start would devastate both of them. The United Nations should claim the homesystem as a neutral race, and demand the expatriate Groups stay out.

At any rate, like I said before, the local neighborhood star map that was posted really doesn't add much to the standard rule set for SE4.

It's cool to play because the author added lots of very interesting odds and ends. But in the end it's just a somewhat sparse quadrant with some funkly distances between some of the systems.

I'm sure some similar parts have been randomly generated at some time by SE4's random quadrant generator.

[ September 03, 2003, 21:58: Message edited by: Arkcon ]

[Kamog]

[On the big map] What are all those objects with names like "CD-28�302 -0:0:-14" and so on? Are they stars that don't have names? I thought Alpha Centauri was the closest star but there are several of these objects closer to Sol then Alpha Centauri. What are they?