Post by hamilton on Sept 23, 2011 10:20:26 GMT -5
Hi all,
I like the base background for the Colonials in MvM; in fact, I like it better than canonical BSG because it has more connection to Earth and less of the mystical aspect.
I want to flesh it out a bit in case I want to do different paint schemes/emblems, ship naming conventions, colony-specific faction bonus, early fleets and civil wars, etc.
That being said, all we get is that there are 8 colonies which are all moons of a gas giant in the habitable zone of Sigma Draconis.
One scenario names a moon Proxima Delta, but the impression is that it is a small research outpost, so I would make Proxima a smaller gas giant that occupies the innermost orbit and Delta would be its fourth moon.
My first effort is to come up with names for the colonies. Canon goes for zodiac, so I looked for groups of 8 with unique names. The two best fits I found are the 8 winds from the Tower of the Winds in Athens en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_the_Winds and the Ba Gua en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba_gua.
Wind names would be:
Gas Giant - Aeolus
Moons - Boreas, Skiron, Zephyrus, Livas, Kaikias, Eurus, Apeliotes, and Notus.
Ba Gua would be:
Gas Giant - Taiji
Moons - Qian/Sky, Dui/Lake, Li/Fire, Zhen/Thunder, Xun/Wind, Kan/Water, Gen/Mountain, and Kun/Earth.
I think I prefer the wind scheme, but the Ba Gua has lots of personalization already built-in, like symbols, animals, elements, numbers, etc.
Just wanted to throw this out and see if anyone else has ideas, or if everyone just uses canonical background (assuming no Fall!)
I like the base background for the Colonials in MvM; in fact, I like it better than canonical BSG because it has more connection to Earth and less of the mystical aspect.
I want to flesh it out a bit in case I want to do different paint schemes/emblems, ship naming conventions, colony-specific faction bonus, early fleets and civil wars, etc.
That being said, all we get is that there are 8 colonies which are all moons of a gas giant in the habitable zone of Sigma Draconis.
One scenario names a moon Proxima Delta, but the impression is that it is a small research outpost, so I would make Proxima a smaller gas giant that occupies the innermost orbit and Delta would be its fourth moon.
My first effort is to come up with names for the colonies. Canon goes for zodiac, so I looked for groups of 8 with unique names. The two best fits I found are the 8 winds from the Tower of the Winds in Athens en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_the_Winds and the Ba Gua en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba_gua.
Wind names would be:
Gas Giant - Aeolus
Moons - Boreas, Skiron, Zephyrus, Livas, Kaikias, Eurus, Apeliotes, and Notus.
Ba Gua would be:
Gas Giant - Taiji
Moons - Qian/Sky, Dui/Lake, Li/Fire, Zhen/Thunder, Xun/Wind, Kan/Water, Gen/Mountain, and Kun/Earth.
I think I prefer the wind scheme, but the Ba Gua has lots of personalization already built-in, like symbols, animals, elements, numbers, etc.
Just wanted to throw this out and see if anyone else has ideas, or if everyone just uses canonical background (assuming no Fall!)
