[Mkguild] Metamor's planet

[Raven Blackmane]

Kit wrote:

 > Furthermore, the map Raven gave can be considered 'incomplete'.
 > For all we know that map to scale with the rest of the world is just the
 >  size of Australia or something.

Um, actually no. That IS the planet, pole to pole. Huge swaths of it 
haven't been defined in more than the broadest strokes -- Fan Shoar and 
Irombi don't even have topography yet -- but the major landmasses are 
what they are.

--Raven


"I love science, and it pains me to think that so many are terrified of 
the subject or feel that choosing science means that you cannot also 
choose compassion, or the arts, or be awed by nature. Science is not 
meant to cure us of mystery, but to reinvent and reinvigorate it." 
--Robert Sapolsky




Kit wrote:
> Well to a certain extent this is all true. However, we define things 
> like gravity and such by what we know. MK's name for their planet 
> would translate in our language to earth anyway. They would define 
> gravity as 1 G, the sun to be warm, the atmosphere to be nice. They 
> are as adapted to their world as we are to ours. Now the fact that Fox 
> Cutter is there throws a wrench into the works, though I have a 
> personal theory that because he's a natural stuff like different 
> gravity and atmosphere composition doesn't phase him much. Haven't 
> finished reading his stories, so I don't know for sure, but for the 
> most part, your questions are moot because everyone there would 
> consider it to be normal. Furthermore, the map Raven gave can be 
> considered 'incomplete'. For all we know that map to scale with the 
> rest of the world is just the size of Australia or something. Maybe 
> even smaller. So while there's flexibility in world structure, and 
> geology and stuff, most of this gets translated into our terms and 
> would just be considered normal.
>
> On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 10:10 PM, Raven Blackmane 
> <ravenb at metamorcity.com <mailto:ravenb at metamorcity.com>> wrote:
>
>     Metamor's planet is called "Earth" for the sake of convenience.
>     For me, it also carries the idea that this is
>     Earth-as-it-might-have-been, which is something that we see hinted
>     at in the numerous parallels to our own world.
>
>     There IS a world map for Metamor, and has been for years. You can
>     find the most recent version here:
>
>     http://transform.to/~ravenb/pics/mkworld_political.jpg
>     <http://transform.to/%7Eravenb/pics/mkworld_political.jpg>
>
>     There are five inhabited continents, and Metamor is on Galendor,
>     the largest of these (and the first one for which we had a map).
>
>     The planet is much like Earth in all relevant aspects. There are
>     eight other known planets in the solar system; the two outermost
>     planets are not visible from Earth with current technology, but
>     humans know about them because the gods have passed down
>     information about the general arrangement of the solar system. The
>     other planets are named after the Titans, the ancient siblings of
>     the Aedra and Daedra Lords; from innermost to outermost, the
>     planets are known as Fallos, Amara, Earth, Mephisto, Malekis,
>     Nathales, Salestra, Lykos, and Reshina. The earth's moon is named
>     after Celine, the ninth Titan, who is associated with that body in
>     the ancient myths.
>
>     Cheers,
>
>     Raven
>
>
>     "I love science, and it pains me to think that so many are
>     terrified of the subject or feel that choosing science means that
>     you cannot also choose compassion, or the arts, or be awed by
>     nature. Science is not meant to cure us of mystery, but to
>     reinvent and reinvigorate it." --Robert Sapolsky
>
>
>
>
>
>     JL Badgley wrote:
>
>         On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 3:59 AM, Senko LKE
>         <senkolke at hotmail.com <mailto:senkolke at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>          
>
>             First, just out of curiosity.
>
>             Second, no telling you. Could be spoiling an idea I had :)
>
>             SenkoLKE
>
>                
>
>         Anything affecting the specifics of the world, make sure you
>         talk to
>         Chris, the universe controller.
>
>         Although I tend to agree with Hallan: 'why'?  I tend to view the
>         question as unimportant for the most part, as beings are currently
>         limited by the floor of the earth and the vault of the heavens.
>         Currently, the entire world could be flat, or gently curved,
>         riding on
>         the backs of elephants supported by a giant turtle.  Perhaps there
>         still is an 'end of the world'?
>
>         And we don't know that everything is like Earth because of Fox
>         Cutter.
>          We only know that he *perceives* it is roughly the same, or
>         at least
>         has not commented on it otherwise (it could be quite different
>         and he
>         just hasn't said anything).
>
>
>         -Tatsushu
>
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