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Old 10-17-2005, 12:06 AM
Owen E Oulton Owen E Oulton is offline
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Re: Maps of the 'verse?

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Originally Posted by florin
No, the movie specifically says it is in one system. And quadrant makes perfect sense. Imagine the system and a 2D circle. Divid it into four equal parts, those are the quadrants.
Planets move. Not only that, they move at different rates. All a "quadrant" would do in a single-star system is to tell you what 90 degree arc of its orbit a planet is currently in. Not tremendously useful. About as useful as the pretty picture people are very generously calling a "map," in fact.
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