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Originally posted by Ultimate Rebel:
castor is also spanish for beaver.
And in French as well - both languages are derived from Latin. However, the stars Pollux and Castor are named after the sons of Zeus and Leda - who are part of Greek mythology - and are unconnected with beavers.
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Originally posted by David Arthur:
**Yes, the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy contains five books - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; The Restaurant at the End of the Universe; Life, the Universe, and Everything; So Long and Thanks for All the Fish; Mostly Harmless - all of which radically contradict each other and themselves.:)
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I love those books. Congrats on getting 10 karma, David! 2 up from when I last saw!
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Originally posted by David Arthur:
**Castor and Pollux are real stars. Apollo was named after the American moon-landing project, which is why the planet in that system is named Armstrong. Zeus and Hera I believe came directly from ancient Greek mythology. Persephone, which contains a planet called Rupert, is another reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. In Mostly Harmless (book 5 of the h2g2 trilogy), a tenth planet is discovered in the solar system, which is officially called Persephone, but is nicknamed 'Rupert' after an astronomer's parrot.
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In addition, I think the name "Dune" came from the 1982 Motion Picture (Dune is the name of the film), and in the same movie, the planet "Arrakis" (sp?) was also heard...
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**How do you know it's Earth? It could be a depiction of the Rebellion's first major victory, or something like that. For that matter, that wasn't the original image.
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From what I can tell, the two planets the Rebel fleet is flying toward is Earth and Luna. As for your image, I think the link is dead...
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As for your image, I think the link is dead...
The link is most certainly ~not~ dead. I found it just before posting that message. It's from an old Ambrosia Times preview of EV, and the link still works for me, and, judging by the responses to my message, it works for other people too. The problem must be on your end.
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Originally posted by David Arthur:
**The link is most certainly ~not~ dead. I found it just before posting that message. It's from an old Ambrosia Times preview of EV, and the link still works for me, and, judging by the responses to my message, it works for other people too. The problem must be on your end.
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Then the problem is on my end...I can't access the image no matter how much I mess around with URL or Internet Explorer. Would you mind throwing the link into your next post, David?
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Originally posted by Captain Skyblade:
**In addition, I think the name "Dune" came from the 1982 Motion Picture (Dune is the name of the film), and in the same movie, the planet "Arrakis" (sp?) was also heard...
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Dune is originally a book by Frank Herbert. It has two sequels penned by the author and three now, I believe, by his son.
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Originally posted by Captain Skyblade:
Then the problem is on my end...I can't access the image no matter how much I mess around with URL or Internet Explorer. Would you mind throwing the link into your next post, David?
The image is at the top of (url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/Ambrosia_Times/March_96/3.2EVUpdate.html")this article(/url) from the March 1996 issue of the Ambrosia Times.
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Originally posted by David Arthur:
**The image is at the top of this article from the March 1996 issue of the Ambrosia Times.
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Oh my goodness...I'm very happy Ambrosia settled on the current EV opening image instead of the one posted on the article. 
It took me awhile to make out some of the ships...Even the Confederation Cruiser looks pretty sorry. Oh well, there's a first time for everything...
Thanks for the link.
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I was kinda confused with that intro screen. Why would the confeds be attacking a planet with Kestrels and Corvettes. I think I saw some mantas too.
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Originally posted by Captaintripps:
**Dune is originally a book by Frank Herbert. It has two sequels penned by the author and three now, I believe, by his son.
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i think there's only one or two by his son, but the original series has six: dune, dune messiah, children of dune, god emperor of dune, heretics of dune, and chapterhouse: dune (i think i got the order right). arrakis (later, rakis) is also called dune (doubtless b/c it's almost entirely desert, at least for the first few books).
while i'm responding here, greek and roman mythological names for planets and moons are a fairly standard thing. over half of the planets in our solar system are named after greek or roman mythological figures, as are several of their moons. i also wouldn't be surprised if there are several named after figures from norse mythology (i did some of that in the human chronicles), i know i'd rather live on a planet named thor than jupiter
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Gee, David's up to 11 karma now. That's what, 3 or 4 in the last week? at this rate, he'll be at 15 well before the end of the month... David, you're incredible.
George's World in the THX-1138 system is from Star Wars. George's World is, of course, named for George Lucas. THX-1138 is the call number of one of the stormtroopers on the Death Star guarding the Falcon when the scanning crew went aboard. After being disabled in the ship, Luke came out in his armor. Also, for those of you who have the movie and want to watch that part and claim I'm wrong, this is the number from the novel. In the movie it's TK-421. And, no, I didn't look any of this up.
As for David's old intro pic, that's quite the mixed fleet there. Bulk Freigthers in an invasion I suppose I could understand, but Executive Transports? What kind of insane fleet is that? Confed and Civilian ships together, and Executive Transports... weird. 
Also on Zues and Hera, the name of that system, Olympus, is the moutain the Greek Gods live on.
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Originally posted by Mike MTL:
**I was kinda confused with that intro screen. Why would the confeds be attacking a planet with Kestrels and Corvettes. I think I saw some mantas too.
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Just remember that Escape Velocity was very much in alpha when that first intro screen was made...
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**Gee, David's up to 11 karma now. That's what, 3 or 4 in the last week? at this rate, he'll be at 15 well before the end of the month... David, you're incredible.:)
George's World in the THX-1138 system is from Star Wars. George's World is, of course, named for George Lucas. THX-1138 is the call number of one of the stormtroopers on the Death Star guarding the Falcon when the scanning crew went aboard. After being disabled in the ship, Luke came out in his armor. Also, for those of you
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THX-1138 is the name of Lucas' sound production company as well as his first student film which was actually quite horrible. It's about a society where everyone is named by numbers and the protagonist gets tortured by robots. Those numbers pop up in almost every Lucas film. It's Leia's cell number and the number of a room in Indiana Jones.
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Why Quake and Opal in Pelagon? I know there is some sci fi reference in there.
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Originally posted by Captaintripps:
**It's Leia's cell number and the number of a room in Indiana Jones.
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It's also a battle driod's number in Episode I. My friend pointed that out to me. As well as a few E.T.s is the Galactic Senate. Funny stuff.
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Originally posted by Captaintripps:
THX-1138 is the name of Lucas' sound production company...
The planet in the THX-1138 system is named George's World, after Lucas of course. The reason the planet is plagued with earthquakes is that there's so many super-powerful THX sound systems there.
While we're pointing out references, in the Confed and Rebel mission strings, there's mentions of people drinking their "jynnan tonnyx" and others who say things like "Thank Zarquon you're here." These are both references to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy.
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Originally posted by magicianeer:
**Why Quake and Opal in Pelagon? I know there is some sci fi reference in there.
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There is. I don't remember what it is but I remember seeing them in my Dictionary of Science Fiction Places.
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Originally posted by David Arthur:
**The planet in the THX-1138 system is named George's World, after Lucas of course. The reason the planet is plagued with earthquakes is that there's so many super-powerful THX sound systems there.
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How do you know? Well, it makes sense, I guess...
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Originally posted by David Arthur:
**While we're pointing out references, in the Confed and Rebel mission strings, there's mentions of people drinking their "jynnan tonnyx" and others who say things like "Thank Zarquon you're here." These are both references to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy.
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jynnan tonnyx= Gin and tonics
The author of HHGTTG (who was he, Scott Adams?) said that every culture on every planet in the universe had a drink that was pronounced "Gin-And-Ton-Ix" It's been a while since I read it, but I think he said they ranged from some that could kill a huge animal instantly, and some that are just slightly warm water... back me up here, someone...
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