Almean Astronomy
Almean Astronomy
Looking through the Drill-down as I do from time to time, I noticed that as well Almea, there was the planet Vler?i which, though terrestial, was bright blue in colour. What's the cause of this, and is it an ocean world? Something to do with the Ili? perhaps? For that matter, what else do the Verdurians (and the other advanced civilisations on Erel?e) know about their solar system?
Very little is known about the system, I'm afraid, unless it's described in those pesky iliu volumes. Almeans do have good telescopes, so they are aware of the craters on their moons and the satellites of the outer planets. In a telescope Vler?i can be seen to have ice caps and some tantalizing darker and lighter blotches, though it's not clear if these are continents, jungles, storms, or what.
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The books of the iliu used underwater aren't written on paper. They can write in any number of ways-- most picturesquely, by having coral grow or luminous plankton swim into position; most permanently, by carving into stone, protected with a sort of waterproof resin. Their books are made of a plasticlike substance.
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Interesting! I assume the stone carving came first? Or did the Ilii discover how to control plankton and other sea life very early? Is it a magical ability, or innate, like that of the ktuvoki, or is it just a form of husbandry?They can write in any number of ways-- most picturesquely, by having coral grow or luminous plankton swim into position; most permanently, by carving into stone, protected with a sort of waterproof resin. Their books are made of a plasticlike substance.
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Read the Iliu volumes and tell usDebegduk ing Debegduked wrote:Interesting! I assume the stone carving came first? Or did the Ilii discover how to control plankton and other sea life very early? Is it a magical ability, or innate, like that of the ktuvoki, or is it just a form of husbandry?They can write in any number of ways-- most picturesquely, by having coral grow or luminous plankton swim into position; most permanently, by carving into stone, protected with a sort of waterproof resin. Their books are made of a plasticlike substance.
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read the Iliu volumes and tell usTomHChappell wrote:But, what about "most portably"? Sometimes, writings, and material on which and with which to write, must be portable, as well as somewhat lasting.zompist wrote:The books of the iliu used underwater aren't written on paper. They can write in any number of ways-- most picturesquely, by having coral grow or luminous plankton swim into position; most permanently, by carving into stone, protected with a sort of waterproof resin. Their books are made of a plasticlike substance.
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Also, what about "most quickly"? Do they have a "shorthand"?
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The volumes haven't been trasported from Almea yet. We're working on the interuniversal physics right now.TomHChappell wrote:Apparently no library in my area carries them.blackhand wrote:1TomHChappell wrote:But, what about "most portably"? Sometimes, writings, and material on which and with which to write, must be portable, as well as somewhat lasting.zompist wrote:The books of the iliu used underwater aren't written on paper. They can write in any number of ways-- most picturesquely, by having coral grow or luminous plankton swim into position; most permanently, by carving into stone, protected with a sort of waterproof resin. Their books are made of a plasticlike substance.
Also, what about "most quickly"? Do they have a "shorthand"?
read the Iliu volumes and tell us
Can you tell me where to find them?
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Depends. If String Theory proves correct, we can move forward, all we need is a Dyson Sphere. If it isn't, we're pretty much back at square one.TomHChappell wrote:Any progress on this since the last time someone posted?Drydic Guy wrote:The volumes haven't been transported from Almea yet. We're working on the interuniversal physics right now.TomHChappell wrote:Apparently no library in my area carries them.blackhand wrote:read the Iliu volumes and tell us
Can you tell me where to find them?
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Hmm... like Mars. What color does Vlerëi appear through a telescope? That might tell us something. If it's bright blue as it says on the Verdurian Drilldown, then maybe it would be more like Minerva in Harry Turtledove's A World of Difference.zompist wrote:Very little is known about the system, I'm afraid, unless it's described in those pesky iliu volumes. Almeans do have good telescopes, so they are aware of the craters on their moons and the satellites of the outer planets. In a telescope Vler?i can be seen to have ice caps and some tantalizing darker and lighter blotches, though it's not clear if these are continents, jungles, storms, or what.
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I suppose if we wanted to be very simple, we could simply say that Vereon is a little rock ball like Mercury, Išire has a dense cloud cover and a runaway greenhouse like Venus, and Hírumor, Imiri, and Caiem are like Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus respectively.
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More importantly, how long would it take to land a man on one of the Almean moons, assuming technology levels of the 1960s, and assuming that I had an astronomy degree?