Oolite Bulletins

The Five Points Trade Barrier and the Rubicon Crossroad are two regions of what's known as the Rift Worlds (aka Baying Wolf).

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 7:03 am

Five Points cluster?

The Five Points Trade Barrier (G7 in ClymAngus' vector maps). And no, I don't know who named it thus.

phkb wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:54 am

PlanetFall 2.0 - creating craters since 2024!

Great! Can I has one named after me?

My frazzled brain was thinking larger planets would have higher gravity, therefore landing on them should be more difficult.
As you mentioned, ship dimensions should also be a factor - don't try landing a Conda on a high-G planet.

phkb wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:16 pm

I was considering making the effect more pronounced based on your ship dimensions...

I was considering making the effect more (or less) pronounced based on planet size.

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 9:22 pm

Wiki page now up:

And typo corrected. Shrews do it with echolocation!

The addition of CAT is clever - is that configurable too, or is it only on/off?

<scratches head - resumes listening to Pink Floyd's Eclipse>

<chortles> So Tux is really a puffin? <wanders away, singing Puff, the Magic Dragon>

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 5:18 pm

Does this happen?

Short answer: I think so.

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 4:45 pm

Would this be easily fixable?

For someone with mod powers, yes. All that link needs is an underscore not a space.

@Thargoid: if I stood you down as an assassin, your name would be black no longer.

Prosilver Dark Edition doesn't extend to the ACP for some reason.

Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended

R.I.P. Vernor Vinge - El Reg obit here.